Phytolacca octandra

Inkweed at Wyndham, NSW

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17 May 2020

JoyGeorgeson

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Many of these plants coming up after bush fire in February on north facing ridge.

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JackieMiles wrote:

18 May 2020

Before I scrolled down and saw your comment, I was about to comment that you'll probably see a lot of this weed in coming months. It comes up profusely after fire, and turns into a big spreading non-woody and short-lived "shrub" that can suppress native regen, so if you have the energy it is good to chip them out while still small. They develop a huge woody taproot when older. I'm just about to go and tackle our post-drought ones now! Left them far too long due to more pressing weed issues, and they've got very big and unwieldy, but still only with green fruits. I'm hopeful of preventing seeding, but then I thought I'd done that after our fire in 2018 too, but apparently not!

JoyGeorgeson wrote:

18 May 2020

Thanks for this information Jackie, I will take out as many as possible although there were dozens of them in the severely burnt bush on the way to my property.

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