African lovegrass

Friday 18th of November, 9:00am – 12:30pm followed by lunch, Westwood Farm, 244 Kambah Pool Road, Kambah.

African Lovegrass is an extremely invasive grass weed which poses a major threat to the biodiversity of the ACT’s native grasslands and woodlands. A number of groups in the ACT have come together to offer a “Don’t love this grass” African Lovegrass Workshop.

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African Lovegrass has been increasingly encroaching upon farmland, bushland, and roadsides throughout the ACT and southern NSW over the past three decades. South Australia and Victoria are similarly affected. There have been various studies and meetings to discuss the problem. On a local level African Lovegrass is included in the Australian Capital Territory’s Environmental Weed Control Operations Plan, but it continues to spread, particularly through the southern suburbs.

Redgrass African lovegrass mix.

‘Living with Lovegrass’ a forum designed around learning from each other on how to manage African Lovegrass was held at the Namadgi Visitor Centre on Saturday 22nd May.

Around sixty people attended the forum and it was interesting to hear the range of views expressed about lovegrass. Some graziers expressed the view that lovegrass is here, cattle can use it, so perhaps we are better off devoting resources to Serrated Tussock. Others thought that lovegrass is potentially our worst environmental and agricultural weed species. Whatever the view there is no denying African lovegrass is a highly persistent, summer growing, perennial grass weed that is invading rural properties, urban parklands and roadsides and nature reserves across our region.