Monthly Landcare Update- Robyn Gill

Landcaring in May has been largely West Ridge month enjoying the amazing diversity of the new plants coming up after the rain. We’ve been tackling the regrowth of Ground

Acacia podalyrifolia- Weed Wattle

Asparagus before it seeds and the “weed wattles”/ Queensland Silver Wattles/ Acacia podalyrifolia – which are producing their usual crop of small seedlings and are spreading rapidly all around the area at the expense of the “locals”.

A further sweep for Formosan Lily showed that our earlier efforts are thankfully showing good results as these too are a serious problem around the lake with their thousands of papery seeds.

With five Thursdays in the month of May we’ve also been able to do some “catch up” at Carey Bay Wetland, Burnage and Yarul Reserves where growth of Farmers’ Friends/ Cobbler’s Pegs/Hitchhikers has been phenomenal after the rain.

Formosa Lily- It's fragile 'garlic like' bulb
requires care to remove it all