Spanish heath
Common weeds
- Scientific name
- Erica lusitanica
- Description
- Dense erect woody shrub, young growth densely hairy.
- How to indentify
- Fine crowded leaves 4-7mm x 0.5mm, in rings of 4. Masses of white to pink bell-shaped flowers in pairs or clusters of 3-4, at the ends of short side branchlets.
- How it spreads
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- Water
- Wind
- Birds
- Animals
- Machinery
- Seed can spread during removal
- Environmental impact
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Regenerate readily, invading bushland areas.
- Suggested plant replacement
- Removal methods
- Plant specific removal methods
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Hand weed ensuring to remove all roots while minimising disturbance to surrounding soil. Large infestations can be slashed and the regrowth sprayed.
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- Thank you to Shire of Yarra Ranges for assistance in compiling this directory
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