Thread: Big Bush reserve south of Milton

Seems strange how Gorse is never a problem with DOC but a feral animal is a bloody national disaster.

Originally Posted by viper

Seems strange how Gorse is never a problem with DOC but a feral animal is a bloody national disaster.

Could be that gorse is a good nursery for native regeneration as it allows shade tolerant plants to establish over time, over top the gorse and then eventually shade out the gorse (which is a shade intolerant plant species). When I was involved in native regeneration proposals up north, that was the justification for keeping gorse on site, rather than wholesale removal and planting natives after gorse removal. The key to native regeneration in those gorse areas was removal of animals that ate the regenerating natives.

Originally Posted by Kimber 7mm-08

Could be that gorse is a good nursery for native regeneration as it allows shade tolerant plants to establish over time, over top the gorse and then eventually shade out the gorse (which is a shade intolerant plant species). When I was involved in native regeneration proposals up north, that was the justification for keeping gorse on site, rather than wholesale removal and planting natives after gorse removal. The key to native regeneration in those gorse areas was removal of animals that ate the regenerating natives.

Yeah I know all that and have more than planted my share of Native plants. It's 100% true what you say. I wonder though if it is planted underneath or just land covered in Gorse and nothing much else.