Planted Histories

The Weeds of Melbourne and other stories. Guidebooks that remember.
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[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

This. There are so many histories to write from this stupid beautiful thing, and you can do it anywhere, at any time. You don't need to be able to sit at the library on a weekday afternoon, spinning the microfilm. The search function even works okay. Trove!

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

Weeds of Melbourne: Narrow-leaved Bladder Ketmia (presumed Hibiscus tridactylites) https://t.co/1bM8RGGaxK

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

@Katebfitz @Bedeapk Heh, the Seaside Daisy is its own kind of weed. It will insinuate itself into your brick masonry fence, the brick veneer on your house, the cracks in your footpath and the drainage pit out front on the street. A common nuisance weed of suburban Melbourne, but bright and cheerful!

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

@AsFarce @jagbsn @cycnet The spinach contamination story was something else though, I wish I had had the time to comment when it was happening!

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

@AsFarce @jagbsn @cycnet Sorry about the delayed reply, coincidentally I was in Canada and not monitoring this account. Datura definitely thrives on waste ground with cyclical disturbance in N.A.; range could be strongly shaped by length of growing season and moisture access.

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

Weeds of Melbourne: Sky Lupine (Lupinus ?nanus) https://t.co/gL36gIi6od

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

Weeds of Melbourne: Yellow Archangel (Lamium argentatum) https://t.co/Cc1l2TnoUp

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

Weeds of Melbourne: Darwin’s Barberry (Berberis darwinii) https://t.co/yOX9Rr65EC

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

How good are those flower spikes? At some point I will have to start writing about grasses.

[CRM114 @crn114]

Weedologists: a new grass weed for me.
Catapodium rigidum. Scattered in waste areas across Melb. This from Coburg football ground at rear of scoreboard. Inflorescence a linear to narrowly ovate, one-sided panicle. Though it appears to be laterally compressed. @plantedhistory

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

Weeds of Melbourne: Winter Heliotrope (Petasites pyrenaicus) https://t.co/z0LY5axfSo

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

Weeds of Melbourne: Winter Euryops (Euryops abrotanifolius) https://t.co/duGYfrVHwy

[Sarah Bekessy @sbekessy]

The clearing of this critically endangered grassland should be treated in the same way as the demolition of the Corkman Pub - Unbelievably sad to see one of the last patches of this exquisite ecosystem gone https://t.co/tOMbfrMjtc via @ABCaustralia @ICON_Science @tanya_plibersek

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

@bloodiedwombat Bourke Street, maybe shot from vicinity of Queen/Little Queen as nearest buildings climbing back out of the valley. Before tree plantations put back in (someone else can ID the cars). Nothing special hung off the side of Parliament, so just an ordinary Friday/Saturday night then?

[Weed Woman @weedyk8]

Update of the Advisory list of environmental weeds in Victoria just published with 34 new species added since 2018
https://t.co/BMgB7d9P0A
#InvasiveSpecies #WeedRisk #EarlyInvaderWeeds #AdvisoryListWeeds #EnvironmentalWeeds
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[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

@HeritageScrapbo @KiLeRaD @weedyk8 Hibiscus tridactylites. Native (recently reclassified, people spent almost two centuries thinking it was introduced) but happy to be weedy on the right soils. Has shown up in Melbourne in the last few years!

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

Bigleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) https://t.co/7soYEtITOG

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

@moltopopulare It's possible. I can't tell what the tree is. My impression is that mistletoe usually does hang down a bit, where those look like they are maybe just fresh epicormic growth off the tree itself maybe, all growing upwards. So yes, potentially witch's broom / witches broom.

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

@moltopopulare I think those were likely to have been witches' broom.

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

@weedyk8 Definitely, and there is a whole set of buzz-pollinated horticultural plants that will all but certainly become more significant weeds in Victoria if bumblebees ever get established here.

[Planted Histories @plantedhistory]

There has been plenty of work on woody invasives as refuges for native fauna (and foxes, natch), but has anyone bravely looked into native pollinator relationships with weeds? Are there situations where we might selectively keep exotics that are supporting insect numbers?