Cape Jervis Coastal Community Group – Working weekend

Come for part or all of any of the weekend’s activities 1^st & 2^nd Dec 2012.

Saturday 1^st Dec

10.00 AM – 12.30 PM

Removing tree guards for re-use (by CJCCG and Friends of Heysen Trail greening group) near Lands End (trig point)

12.30 PM – 2.00 PM

BBQ Lunch (provided)

2.00 PM – 4.00 PM

Woody weed lopping (cyclops) and seed collecting

Sunday 2^nd Dec

10.00 AM – 12.00 Noon

Seed Sowing

Please contact Carolyn (carolyn.schultz165@gmail.com) or Liz (liz.cousins1@gmail.com) for directions.

Perennial Veldt Grass (Ehrharta calycina)

This grass was encouraged to emigrate from South Africa for use as a fodder crop. Unfortunately, it likes our shores so much that it is now invading local ecosystems, presenting a major threat to our local native plants.

It’s a hardy blighter: it likes the poor, sandy soils around Cape Jervis, is resistant to drought, and its seed will germinate in most conditions. The massive amounts of seed each plant produces germinate quickly compared to native species, so it doesn’t give the natives much of a fighting chance! You can fight back against this bad guy by using herbicide in winter, or by manually removing plants in summer.

Photo Source: (http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/347; 22-8-12)