Ok, next ones definitely gotta be lantana then. wouldn’t be surprised if #1 turns out to be the cute “harmless” little bunny😂🐰... isn’t always the predators that do the most damage, especially when you take plants and other things into consideration and not just the animals themselves!
G'day, Nick! I must confess, it never would have occured to me that the humble blackberry would be considered invasive. We used to own property on Seneca Lake here in NY, and I can remember many a pleasant summer wandering up and down our road with my elder brother and younger sister, with beat up old pots, picking wild blackberies for my mum. We knew they were thorny, so we used care when picking the bushes. Sometimes, we'd have to fight rabbits and deer to get to the berries first! Is there no way you can cull the blackberry bushes to help out the species whose food supply is being strangled off? Or would you have to have pesticide, and not want to use it for obvious reasons? Do wombats or other animals like to eat them, or are they poisonous to them? I hear your country is finally starting to open back up, yay! Can you go to SA yet? When you do, make sure you give King Harry a hug and kiss from me, and tell him I miss Itty Bitty, and Billy, too!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🐨
I didn’t realize how invasive blackberries are in Australia, but it makes sense considering how tenacious they are even here in their native range. Nice work Nick! - Harrison and Evan
I didn't know blackberries were planted for erosion control. May explain why Melbourne's creeks and rivers have so much of the stuff growing along the embankments. I know it's a major pest around waterways and on farms and know from experience that blackbirds are one of the main distributors of seeds. We had a pair of European song-thrushes which bred in the garden each year and I was forever pulling out new blackberry canes from under the pomegranate bush where they nested.
Blackberry is so annoying, but out of all the invasive plants at least it's a delicious tasting one that does at least feed wildlife and humans. I think farmers thought it was a good idea to use it as screens and fencing on their farms which act like a wind break but just outta control everywhere. The leaves are also edible of blackberries humans should start eating wild blackberry more often and we may be able to control it better it's easy to forage because it's everywhere
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Good one. You are coming up with stuff that I just took for granted had been here all along 👍🏻
Thank you, Nick!
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Next plant might be Lantana? That stuff is such a pain. See it on every hike.
I could eat my way through #8 most invisible species lol... Great knowledge! These are great
their thorns are a real prick tho
Ok, next ones definitely gotta be lantana then.
wouldn’t be surprised if #1 turns out to be the cute “harmless” little bunny😂🐰...
isn’t always the predators that do the most damage, especially when you take plants and other things into consideration and not just the animals themselves!
Wow wasn't expecting that Nick! I have a load in my garden that I'm always fighting to contain!
G'day, Nick! I must confess, it never would have occured to me that the humble blackberry would be considered invasive. We used to own property on Seneca Lake here in NY, and I can remember many a pleasant summer wandering up and down our road with my elder brother and younger sister, with beat up old pots, picking wild blackberies for my mum. We knew they were thorny, so we used care when picking the bushes. Sometimes, we'd have to fight rabbits and deer to get to the berries first!
Is there no way you can cull the blackberry bushes to help out the species whose food supply is being strangled off? Or would you have to have pesticide, and not want to use it for obvious reasons? Do wombats or other animals like to eat them, or are they poisonous to them?
I hear your country is finally starting to open back up, yay! Can you go to SA yet? When you do, make sure you give King Harry a hug and kiss from me, and tell him I miss Itty Bitty, and Billy, too!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🐨
I didn’t realize how invasive blackberries are in Australia, but it makes sense considering how tenacious they are even here in their native range. Nice work Nick!
- Harrison and Evan
My guess for number 1 is the kitty cat
I didn't know blackberries were planted for erosion control. May explain why Melbourne's creeks and rivers have so much of the stuff growing along the embankments. I know it's a major pest around waterways and on farms and know from experience that blackbirds are one of the main distributors of seeds. We had a pair of European song-thrushes which bred in the garden each year and I was forever pulling out new blackberry canes from under the pomegranate bush where they nested.
Blackberry is so annoying, but out of all the invasive plants at least it's a delicious tasting one that does at least feed wildlife and humans. I think farmers thought it was a good idea to use it as screens and fencing on their farms which act like a wind break but just outta control everywhere. The leaves are also edible of blackberries humans should start eating wild blackberry more often and we may be able to control it better it's easy to forage because it's everywhere
You need to get the goats to the blackberries.
are they evergreen or deciduous?
Even the lavender and agapanthus are weeds now lol… as long as they are overgrown they become a weed 😂
Number one would have to be either European carp or cane toad