The south of the state is shimmering with a golden flowering plant — but biologists say it's a very attractive pest.
abc.net.au/news/wa-wages-war-on-invasive-sydney-golden-wattle/102749548Western Australia's south is currently shimmering with a golden flowering plant — but biologists say it's a very attractive pest.The Sydney golden wattle is one of around a thousand species of acacia native to AustraliaEnvironmentalists say it is choking out indigenous wattle species and is hard to eradicate— has reached plague proportions in Western Australia's south.
It is considered a pest by conservationists and thrives in the conditions of the south coast, where it is abundant in bushland this time of year, but can squeeze out other varieties of wattle that are native to the state. Professor Stephen Hopper is a conservation biologist in the Great Southern and said the Sydney golden wattle was the most pernicious woody weed in his part of WA.
"It is very attractive. It's in full flower at the moment and can get up to 10 metres high as trees, so a real big splash of gold and yellow in late winter," he said.Seeds spread by birds, animals The Sydney golden wattle was introduced to WA as a horticultural plant and is one of almost 1,000 species of wattle around the country.
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