31 January 2007

Weeds (1)

A major problem along Kangaroo Island's roadsides and creeks, are garden plants that have become pests in the bush.

Possibly the biggest problem throughout the Island has been Bridal Creeper, but sometimes it seems that everywhere you look, your eye is taken by what turns out to be a weed of significance.

One of the most chastening moments for anyone at all aware of weeds and their costs to indigenous plants, is the first plant you encounter at the ferry terminal in Penneshaw ... or perhaps I am wrong?

Perhaps it IS an indigenous species?