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The Enemy (Weeds)

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WEEDS!   . . . . . . . . . . .   Come to a weeding party  . . . . . . . . . .  meet them personally  . . . . . . . . . .  and take to them with an axe!

 
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Kill 'em Dead! (Weeding Methods)
The Enemy (Weeds)
Battling Cestrum - A Success Story
Pest Animals
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 ENVIRONMENTAL WEEDS IN SHERBROOKE FOREST

Priority weeds for control
Botanical name   Common name
Acer pseudoplatanus   Sycamore maple
Allium triquetrum   Angled onion
Cestrum elegans   Cestrum
Delairea odorata   Ivy groundsel (Cape ivy)
Hedera helix   English ivy (photo at right)
Ilex aquifolium   Holly
Lonicera japonica   Japanese honeysuckle
Myrsiphyllum scandens   Asparagus fern
Passiflora mollissima   Banana passionfruit
Pittosporum undulatum   Sweet pittosporum
Pittosporum undulatum x bicolor   Hybrid pittosporum
Phytolacca octandra   Ink weed
Prunus laurocerasus   Cherry laurel
Prunus lusitanica   Portugal laurel
Solanum mauritianum   Tree tobacco
Tradescantia albiflora   Wandering jew
Rubus fruticosus spp. agg   Blackberry
Viburnum tinus   Lauristinus
 
Weeds with limited distribution but needing control
Acmena smithii   Lilly-pilly
Alstromeria aurea   Peruvian lily
Berberis darwinii   Darwin’s barberry
Cirsium vulgare   Spear thistle
Conium maculatum   Hemlock
Coprosma robusta   Karamu
Cotoneaster species   Cotoneaster
Cornus capitata   Evergreen dogwood
Croscosmia x crocosmiifolia   Montbretia
Hypericum androsaemum   Tutsan
Leycesteria formosa   Himalayan honeysuckle
Ligustrum vulgare   Privet
Oxalis incarnata   Pale wood-sorrel
Pittosporum crassifolium   Karo
Pittosporum eugenioides   Tarata
Ranunculus ficaria   Lesser celandine
Ranunculus repens   Creeping buttercup
Trachycarpus fortunei   Chusan fan palm
Vinca major   Blue periwinkle
Vinca minor   Lesser periwinkle
Viola odorata   Common violet
Viola riviniana   Wood violet
Zantedeschia   White arum lily
 
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Last modified: 26 July 2009

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