Every year, weeds cost Australia over $4 billion dollars, in control and lost production. Our primary production and unique environment are under threat from invasive weeds. Environmental weeds are encroaching on important wilderness areas with a profound effect on biodiversity.
Since the arrival of the first Europeans with their crops and ornamental plants, more than 28,000 exotic plants have been brought into Australia, a few accidentally but most deliberately. Now, more than 2500 species of introduced plants are established in the wild. (Info courtesy CSIRO Entomotology Dept).
Weed identification
Click here to access weed identification fact sheets
Contolling weeds
Information on controlling weeds common the Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges
Click here to learn more about controlling weeds in a bushland setting
Asparagus Weeds
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Stipoid Weeds
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For more information on how to control weeds in the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM area please contact one of the Boards offices: Willunga 85564500 Salisbury 82852033 Lobethal 83896166 Lyndoch 85244603