Aristea ecklonii

Background/history of Aristea control in Gahnia Grove
here

End of year result:
These plants were not evident at all in the Trial area over late Spring, Summer and Autumn, having been uprooted fairly easily throughout the site once the ground became thoroughly wet. Seedlings became common with first rains in about April, but were so fiddly to pull out that most were either mulched with a nearby handful of weeds, or left. They self-thinned to a certain extent, and the remainder are being easily broken off, and as the ground becomes wetter, uprooted entirely.

Large plants remain in the canopy below Gahnia Grove's Year 1 boundaries, but will be treated in the same manner if we extend our weed control down the ridge to protect the Tanekaha moss beds and surrounding kauri ridge community, including the margin of the mown area where the density of these is highest, and the forest path where there are scattered large groups of Aristea.

Posted on July 12, 2019 09:32 PM by kaipatiki_naturewatch