Emerging Weeds - Appendix C: Questionnaire on future weeds of hill country pastures

Appendix C: Questionnaire on future weeds of hill country pastures

When completed, please return to: Dr Anis Rahman, AgResearch, Private Bag 3123, Hamilton 2001

1) Scrub weeds

a) Which are the commonest scrub weeds of hill country pastures in your area? (Put a 1 against the commonest, 2 against the next commonest, and so on )

barberry gorse privet
blackberry hawthorn sweet brier boxthorn Himalaya honeysuckle tauhinu
bracken manuka/kanuka tutu
broom matagouri woolly nightshade
elder pampas
others: (please insert names and order)

b) Which are the most serious scrub weeds in hill country pastures in your area? (Which do land managers spend most time and money worrying about and controlling?)

Most serious:
2^nd most serious:
3^rd most serious:

c) Do you know of any scrub weeds that are becoming increasingly important in hill country in your area? (Please tick one box)

d) If your answer to c. is yes, which scrub weeds are they, and why are they a problem?

e) Do you have any further comments about scrub weeds, especially increasingly important ones, in your area?

1) Smaller, non-palatable or poisonous pasture weeds (like thistles or ragwort)

a) Which are the commonest non-palatable or poisonous weeds (other than scrub weeds) of hill country pastures in your area? (Please list in order, most important first - list of some possibilities can be found on the back page of the questionnaire).

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. .

b) Which are the most serious non-palatable or poisonous weeds (other than scrub weeds) in hill country pastures in your area? (Which do farmers spend most time and money in worrying about and controlling?)

Most serious:
Second most serious:
Third most serious:

c) Do you know of any non-palatable or poisonous weeds (other than scrub weeds) that are becoming increasingly important in hill country pastures in your area? (Please tick one box)

d) If yes, which non-palatable or poisonous weeds (other than scrub weeds) are they? (List of some possibilities can be found on the back page of the questionnaire)

e) Do you have any further comments about non-palatable or poisonous weeds (other than scrub weeds), especially increasingly important ones, in your area?

2- Information about yourself

· We are asking for this information so that we know who has taken part in the survey, and so that we can contact you again if necessary for any clarification.

· We will not use this personal information in our report, nor pass it on to anyone else.

Name Organisation Postal Address Contact telephone number Fax number

Occupation

4) Do you have any other comments on any aspects of weeds, weed control or regional weed strategies in your area?

Thank you very much for your co-operation

List of non-palatable or poisonous weeds (other than scrub weeds)

arum lily	Australian sedge	barley grass	Bathurst bur	black nightshade
bristle grass	burdock	buttercups	Cape weed	catchfly
chickweed	cudweed	daisy	docks	fennel
flatweeds	fleabane	goat's rue	foxglove	geranium
hawkweed	hedge mustard	hemlock	horehound	inkweed
mallow	mouse-ear chickweed	nassella tussock	needle grass (Austrotipa)
nettle	oxeye daisy	oxtongue	Paterson's curse	pennyroyal
piripiri (bidibid)	fireweed	ragwort	ratstail	redroot
ring fern	rushes	sheep's sorrel	sow thistle (puha)	St John's wort
stinking iris	stinking mayweed	storksbill	summer grass
thistles (Californian, marsh, nodding, saffron, Scotch, variegated, winged)
thornapple	tree lupin	wincress	viper's bugloss	vulpia hairgrass
water pepper	wild carrot		willow weed	woolly mullein

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