Control of Ragwort, Thistles and Other Problem Plants
06 Kent Wildlife Trust Land Management Advice Series Control of ragwort, thistles and other problem plants Generally speaking, the more reptiles and nesting habitat for birds. By biodiversity there is on a site, the better. using chemical control methods, you run the This advice sheet contains However, there are undoubtedly some risk of destroying other non-invasive species information about the following species which can become invasive which are from the same family. Ragwort topics: if left unchecked. This advice sheet and thistles are both part of the Asteraceae ● conservation benefits of ‘weeds’ explains the conservation benefits (Daisy) family and no selective herbicide of injurious weed species and other will exclusively target these few species ● weeds and the law species such as bramble and nettles; and leave all the other species of thistle, ● how to prevent weeds from taking the legislation surrounding injurious mayweed, fleabane, knapweed, hawkweed hold in the first place weed species; some steps you can and daisy unharmed. ● control of ragwort, docks and take to prevent them from becoming nettles, thistles, sycamore, bramble a problem in the first place; and some Weeds and the law and dogwood, snowberry, rushes, methods of control. There is no such thing as a ‘notifiable’ weed and it is not illegal to have plants bracken Conservation benefits of such as creeping thistle growing on your ● a note on the benefits of ivy land. However, five species are classified these species ● as injurious weeds under the Weeds Act using herbicides on your site It is important to remember that these 1959: common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), ● ‘weed’ species have evolved over millions of references and further reading creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), spear years and play a part in the lifecycle of many ● further advice thistle (Cirsium vulgare), curled dock (Rumex animals.
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