Shade Loving Weeds and Revegetation

Re-vegetation with native species can be a great way to enhance the local environment, provide habitat for local wildlife and also shade out weeds such as Blackberries and Ragwort. One thing to be aware of is that some weeds thrive in shady conditions and if left unchecked can rapidly take over and smother and kill any of your new plantings and provide no chance for other native species to naturally regenerate. Weeds that already exist in the area and that thrive under canopy shade include Blue Periwinkle (Vinca Major), Arum Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) and Wandering Creeper (Tradescantia fluminensis). A major priority of any project, where shady conditions exist or will be created, should be to control these weeds if they are present. If you are planning re-vegetation these weeds should be eliminated from a site before you start any planting.

Blue Periwinkle has taken over the understorey under the canopy of these trees at this site in Traralgon South.

Very High Threat – Environmental Weeds

Senecio jacobea – Ragwort

Genista monspessulana – Montpellier Broom (Seedling)

Vinca major – Blue Periwinkle

Trifolim repens – White clover

Acacia baileyana – Cootamundra Wattle

Salix Spp – Willows

Vinca Major – Blue Periwinkle

Pinus Radiata – Montery Pine wildling invading forest

Holcus lanatus – Yorkshire Fog

Briza maxima – Quaking Grass

Fraxinus angustifolia – Desert Ash

Fuchsia magellanica – Fuchsia

Blackberry Species

Acer pseudoplantus – Sycamore Maple – Some Large infestations occur in Tarra Bulga National Park

Erharta erecta – Panic Veldt Grass