Plant invaders!

Take part in this week's challenge - it shouldn't be hard to find a weed. Environmental weeds have a serious impact on Australia's biodiversity but iNaturalist can be a useful weapon against them, helping us recognise and record them, and alerting land managers to their presence. @steve818 is an ACT weeds manager who has set up Weed Swap - Early Invaders which offers an incentive for people to record new and emerging weed species in the ACT region, like this Pink Pampas Grass. Look out for similar projects in your area.

© Steve Taylor

For your chance to win a $30 online voucher for Snowgum and a Bush Blitz cap, photograph at least one plant living in the wild that is not native to Australia, upload it to the Backyard Species Discovery project and email links to your observations to bushblitz@awe.gov.au by midnight AEST Wednesday 29 July. Visit the Bush Blitz website for further details.

Don't forget the closing date for the Week 5 and Week 6 challenges 'Plant a native' and 'Build a native bee hotel' is midnight AEST tonight Wednesday 22 July!

Posted on July 22, 2020 02:03 AM by bushblitz