Field guide to the identification and removal of environmental weeds in the bush in south-east Australia. Defines the problems environmental weeds pose to the region’s indigenous flora and fauna and details the principles and practices underlying their management and control. Describes 93 environmental weeds and presents diagnostic characteristics, ecological and biological information, specific control techniques, and notes on indigenous species likely to be mistaken for weeds. Includes full-colour photographs, glossary, references and plant names index.
A field guide for anyone who loves and cares about the Australian bush, this book identifies the most serious environmental weeds and suggest how they can be dealt with.
xvi, 304 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. #250122
Introduction
The environmental weed problem
Managing environmental weeds
Environmental weed controls: manual removal; herbicide control; woody weed treatments; fire; slashing and mowing treatments; biological control; grazing; cultivation; scalping; mulches and smothering treatments; solarisation; competition strategies and practices
Environmental weed identification guide: grasses; other narrowleaf herbs; broadleaf herbs; climbers and creepers; shrubs; trees; aquatics
Eighty other invasive species of natural ecosystems in south-east Australia
Glossary
References
Plant names index.
Weeds — Australia, Southeastern — Identification. | Weeds — Control — Australia, Southeastern.