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Weed Profile – Easter cassia
Flowering Easter cassia
Easter cassia, Senna pendula var. glabrata, is native to South America. The shrubs are easy to spot this time of year as they are in flower. This weed is not classified under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002, however it is classified as an environmental weed by the Fraser Coast Regional Council. (more…)
Jamella treatment
Infected Pandanus at Happy Valley (photo: Bree Jashin)
Following the information workshop on Jamella last September a 2-day treatment and control working bee was set up by FIA/FINIA. Four FCRC Parks and Gardens staff, two QPWS volunteers, one FIA member/volunteer and two QPWS staff inspected and injected almost 40 plants on private land and road reserve and over 200 plants on Parks land. (more…)
Myrtle Rust
Myrtle rust on Rhodamnia spp. foliage. (Photo: Courtesy of Biosecurity Queensland)
Myrtle rust is a fungal disease that affects plants in the Myrtaceae family (including eucalypts, bloodwoods, bottlebrushes, paperbarks, tea trees, lilly pillies and water gums). The disease is spread by wind, human activity and animals. (more…)
Display Garden Project
Photo: Juliet Musgrave
As the FINIA partners would be aware, we have been looking at the issue of introduced plants in the coastal settlements and garden “escapees” that can become weeds impacting on the island’s native plants. Following an idea raised through FINIA, a number of our members – Fraser Coast Regional Council, Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO), Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service and Cooloola Coastcare’s Michael Lowe have been working to establish a native plant display garden at Eurong.
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