ICE PLANT REMOVAL JANUARY 11th, 2018
As part of the Department of Conservations summer volunteer activity programme, a large quantity of ice plant was removed from the Cooks Beach dunes.
Not to be confused with New Zealand's native ice plant (Disphyma austral), the species targeted in our dunes is the South African variety. It makes the dunes less resilient to erosion by:
Not to be confused with New Zealand's native ice plant (Disphyma austral), the species targeted in our dunes is the South African variety. It makes the dunes less resilient to erosion by:
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Many thanks to Jo Fearn, the other Department of Conservation staff , and the volunteers for doing a wonderful job of helping remove this exotic pest from the Cooks Beach dunes.
More information on ice plant is available from the Weedbusters website.