Habitat modification due to native and iHabitat modification due to native and introduced weeds

Habitat modification due to native and introduced weeds

Changing grazing and fire regimes have led to habitat loss by encroachment of coast tea tree (Leptospermum laevigatum) in some Pookila habitat (Burns 2019a; Seebeck et al. 2003). This is particularly evident at Wilsons Promontory National Park and in other coastal Vic sites along Ninety Mile Beach where dune succession has given rise to dense thickets of coast tea tree, such as at Reeves Beech. Weed species are of growing concern in other Pookila habitat, for example, in Lakes National Park. Invasive weeds include Asparagus asparagoides (bridal creeper) and Lycium ferocissimum (boxthorn).