Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Jul 26, 2024

Rare rodent prefers an invasive noxious weed over native vegetation https://phys.org/news/2024-07-rare-rodent-invasive-noxious-weed.html

Threatened stick-nest rats preferentially eat invasive #boxthorn rather than native vegetation on Australia’s #ReevesbyIsland: Annie Kraehe et al. https://www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR23140

In a twist to the native #animal survival story, new research shows that a threatened #rodent that only survives on offshore islands prefers one of #Australia's most invasive weeds for food and shelter.

Rare rodent prefers an invasive noxious weed over native vegetation, study finds

In a twist to the native animal survival story, new research shows that a threatened rodent that only survives on offshore islands prefers one of Australia's most invasive weeds for food and shelter.

Phys.org
gergMar 25, 2024
African boxthorn flower, Lycium ferocissimum. A horrible pest plant with long thorns (and pretty little flowers).

#macro #nature #flower #boxthorn #africanboxthorn
Ms_PymSep 3, 2023
My goodness African Boxthorn is a menace. It tackles up into itself like a roll of barb wire and even when it’s all dried out it just forms caltrop-mulch. #Gardening #Weedbusters #Boxthorn