Herbaceous weeds

Question 1

Cobblers Pegs, Biden

Answer 1

Biden pilosa
Attachment (achenes)
Hand weed (juvenile or mature)
Spray infestations
1-3 months

Question 2

Fleabane

Answer 2

Conyza spp.
Wind
Hand pull (juvenile)
Cut and Paint (mature)
1-3 months

Question 3

Cats ear

Answer 3

Hypochaeris radicata
Wind
Trowel out (long tap root)
Spray infestations
1-3 months

Question 4

Fireweed

Answer 4

Senecio madagascariensis
Wind
Hand weed (juvenile)
Spray infestations
1-3 months

Question 5

Trad

Answer 5

Tradescantia flumiensis
Fragmentation, waterways
Hand weed (juvenile)
Rake back/Push back large
* Monthly

Question 6

Fishbone fern

Answer 6

Nephrolepis cordifolia
Garden escape, Dumping
Hand pull (juvenile & mature)
Spray infestation
1-3, 3-6 months

Question 7

Paddy’s lucerne

Answer 7

Sida rhombifolia
Gravity
Hand weeding (juvenile)
Cut and Paint (mature)
1-3, 3-6 months

Question 8

Purple tops, verbena

Answer 8

Verbena spp.
Gravity
Hand weeding (juvenile)
Cut and Paint (mature)
1-3 months

Question 9

Kurnell curse, Pennywort

Answer 9

Hydrocotyle bonariensis
Vegetative
Trowel out
Solarising
* Monthly

Question 10

Ground asparagus

Answer 10

Asparagus aethiopicus
Fauna (berries)
Crowing out (remove rhizome)
Spray infestation
6-12 months

Question 11

Bridal creeper

Answer 11

Asparagus asparagoides
Fauna (berries)
Crowing out (remove rhizome)
Spray infestation
6-12 months