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Botanist Puppies

Postby Giddy_up » Sun 06 Mar, 2016 8:56 am

What a great way to detect an obviously hard plant to find.

Top Stories: 'Botanist puppies' detect weeds threatening Kosciuszko National Park
http://ab.co/1L8srXv


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Re: Botanist Puppies

Postby Giddy_up » Sun 06 Mar, 2016 9:54 am

I had never heard of Hawkweed before. Here is a brief outline of the weed and it's reproduction etc...

http://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/Weeds/Details/156


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Postby neilmny » Sun 06 Mar, 2016 12:50 pm

The dogs are a great asset. I suppose they can be trained to sniff out almost anything.
The remark in the article re the KNP infestation being the only known one in Australia is incorrect.
"Only 200 square metres of the weed is known to exist across nine extremely remote alpine locations within Kosciuszko National Park — the only known infestation in Australia. "
This is an article from 2013 - http://invasives.org.au/blog/hawkweeds- ... me-change/
During the 2014/2015 summer we saw a large section was fenced off at Pretty Valley and access was prohibited because of Hawkweed.
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Re: Botanist Puppies

Postby MickyB » Wed 09 Mar, 2016 5:24 pm

neilmny wrote:The remark in the article re the KNP infestation being the only known one in Australia is incorrect."Only 200 square metres of the weed is known to exist across nine extremely remote alpine locations within Kosciuszko National Park — the only known infestation in Australia. "


Looks like the error has been corrected
About 200 square metres of the weed is known to exist across nine extremely remote alpine locations within Kosciuszko National Park.
The weed was first found in Tasmania, and is believed to have also spread to the Victorian Alps.
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