BEACH WEEDS: JUST A SINGLE PAGE SPREAD FOR ALL OF THESE
Beaches and dunes, and adjacent sandy areas, including off-shore islands. Most of these plants tolerate burial, and will continue to grow until they reach the surface again, as they need to do to survive in the very changeable beach ... [... more]
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Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) NO PHOTO
A large perennial herb which is rooted at the water's edge and spreads out as a floating mat over the water surface, and over the adjacent moist ground as well. Mats may be up to 1m thick. Stems are spreading, hollow and may be green, yellow or ... [... more]
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Periwinkle (Vinca major)
A spreading groundcover, which form extensive mats, but does not climb. Broad-oval, hairless, glossy dark green leaves, about 5cm long and in opposite pairs. There are cultivars with variegated foliage, which are also weedy. Flowers are mauve to ... [... more]
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Caulerpa (Caulerpa taxifolia) NO PHOTO
Caulerpa is a seaweed which grows in saltwater on the floor of coastal lakes, estuaries and harbours. It grows from creeping stolons, which are long branching "runners", attached to the floor of the lake by root -like rhizoids. Leaves are fern [... more]
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Evening primrose (Oenothera species)
An erect perennial herb, up to 1m high, which may be single stemmed or branched. Habit of the plant and leaf shape varies from species to species but all are characterised by showy 4-petalled, usually yellow flowers which change colour to orange ... [... more]
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Foxtail or feathertop grass (Pennisetum villosum)
A tufted grass, usually around 30-50cm high with very distinctive white fluffy seed heads. Grows in pasture and on road verges, tolerating a range of conditions including dry infertile soils. Mature plants are unpalatable to stock, so the plant ... [... more]
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Spanish heath (Erica lusitanica)
A dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub 1 to 3m high, with a very upright growth habit. Leaves are very small (4-7mm), narrow and tightly rolled, arranged in whorls of 3 or 4 around the stem. Flowers are tiny white bells (may be pink in bud), ... [... more]
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Bluebell creeper (Sollya heterophylla)
A low tangled shrub or climber, which can smother other shrubs. Young stems are a reddish-brown, leaves are narrow oval and glossy. The small bell-shaped flowers hang in clusters of 2-5 on long stalks. They are usually blue, but may be pale pink ... [... more]
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Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
A spreading groundcover, which can form extensive mats in wet areas. Leaves are divided into three toothed or lobed segments, often with pale markings towards the base of the segments, usually on a long leaf stalk (up to 35cm). Flowering stems ... [... more]
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African olive (Olea europaea ssp africana )
Tall evergreen shrub or small tree 2-15m high, with smooth grey bark, rougher at the base of large plants. New stems have small lumps called lenticels on the bark. These may be too scattered and small to be readily visible, but they can be felt ... [... more]
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Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
A large climber with twining stems and oval, thin-textured leaves in opposite pairs. Young leaves are lobed. Flowers are long-tubular, very sweet-scented, and white aging to yellow. Fruit is a black berry. Found along forest edges and river ... [... more]
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Madeira vine or Lamb's Tail (Anredera cordifolia)
A large vine with rather fleshy, glossy, slightly heart shaped leaves, and long pendulous spikes of tiny cream flowers. Seed is probably not formed in southern Australia. The plant grows from large underground tubers. It also forms aerial tubers ... [... more]
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