Have you seen these in your local area?
They are both environmental weeds which can take over bushland. National Parks and Council Staff, volunteers and contractors have spent a great deal of time and money in the last 30 years trying to eliminate them from natural areas. But they persist in urban areas.
Braeside Catchment Group is a new community group established to improve the natural environment in an area bounded by Govetts Leap Road, Evans Lookout Road and the highway. If you have seen these weeds in that area please contact us. We need to know where they are before we can have them removed. And yes, we do know about the Railway easement – please write to the NSW Transport Minister to complain about that!
More information:
- Scotch Broom, Cytisus scoparius, also called English Broom
- Cape Broom, Genista monspessulana, also called Montpellier Broom
- Gorse, Ulex europaeus
Photos: Keith Brister
Govetts Leap Catchment Group 