Appendix D: Detailed results of stakeholder survey
Survey responses allocated to areas. The number in each entry is the mean of scores given by respondents, with 1 being the commonest or most important weed in the area - the lower the score the more serious the problem (number of respondents for each score in brackets). NNI = Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne; SNI = Volcanic Plateau, Manawatu/ Wanganui, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, Wellington; NSI = Nelson, Marlborough, North and Central Canterbury; SSI = South Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Westland.
Commonest scrub weeds |
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NNI |
SNI |
NSI |
SSI |
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barberry |
3.7 (10) |
4.4 (9) |
5.5 (6) |
11 (2) |
Others: boneseed NSI - 6 (1); buddleia SSI - 6 (1); burdock SNI - 6 (1); | ||
blackberry |
2.4 (15) |
2.6 (13) |
5.2 (6) |
5.8 (4) |
bush lawyer NNI - 6 (1); coprosma NNI - | ||
boxthorn |
4.7 (3) |
9 (2) |
9.5 (2) |
10.3 (3) |
5 (1); cotoneaster SNI - 9(1); crack | ||
bracken |
3.8 (6) |
5.2 (6) |
4.7 (6) |
3 (7) |
willow SNI - 9 (1); inkweed NNI - 7 (1), | ||
broom |
4 (4) |
4.1 (10) |
1.4 (16) |
3.2 (9) |
SNI 4(1);prickly hakea NSI 9 (1); rata | ||
elder |
5 (1) |
13 (2) |
11.7 (3) |
NNI8 (1);ring fern SNI 5 (1); rowan SSI | |||
gorse |
1.5 (15) |
1.6 (16) |
2.5 (13) |
2.4 (9) |
1(01); Russell lupin NSI 7 (1), SSI 10 | ||
hawthorn |
4 (2) |
7.8 (4) |
7.4 (7) |
8.7 (3) |
(1); Spanish heath SNI 3.5 (2), NSI 8 (2); | ||
Himalayan honeysuckle |
6.5 (4) |
8.5 (4) |
10 (2) |
12.5 (2) |
tutsan NNI 6 (1), SNI 5 (1); wilding pines SSI 8 (2). | ||
manuka/kanuka |
4.1 (7) |
2.2 (14) |
4.2 (6) |
5.8 (4) |
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matagouri |
14 (1) |
3.3 (7) |
3.5 (8) |
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pampas |
3 (7) |
11.5 (2) |
13 (2) |
15 (2) |
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privet |
5.3 (9) |
10 (1) |
14 (1) |
16 (2) |
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sweet briar |
5 (2) |
8 (4) |
6.6 (7) |
5.3 (6) |
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tauhinu |
4.5 (2) |
3.8 (5) |
10.3 (3) |
8 (2) |
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tutu |
4.7 (3) |
6 (3) |
8.7 (7) |
4.8 (6) |
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woolly nightshade |
4.7 (9) |
15 (1) |
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Most serious scrub weeds |
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NNI |
SNI |
NSI |
SSI |
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barberry |
3 (4) |
2 (3) |
Others: boneseed NSI - 2 (1); | ||||
blackberry |
2.1 (11) |
1.8 (11) |
2.4 (5) |
2 (1) |
hawthorn NSI - 2.3 (3); inkweed SNI - 2 | ||
bracken |
2.5 (2) |
2 (1) |
(1); mingimingi SNI - 3 (1); nassella NSI | ||||
broom |
2 (2) |
3 (2) |
1.8 (11) |
1.7 (9) |
- 2 (1); ring fern SNI3 (1); Spanish heath | ||
gorse |
1.1 (12) |
1.3 (14) |
1.3 (13) |
1.1 (9) |
SNI - 3 (1); tauhinu SNI - 10 (4); wilding | ||
manuka/kanuka |
2.5 (6) |
2.2 (9) |
3 (1) |
pines SSI - 2.5 (2); woolly nightshade | |||
matagouri |
2.3 (3) |
2.7 (3) |
NNI - 2 (1) | ||||
sweet brier |
3 (1) |
3 (1) |
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tutu |
3 (1) |
3 (1) |
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Commonest non-scrub weeds |
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NNI |
SNI |
NSI |
SSI |
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barley grass |
12 (1) |
6 (2) |
3.5 (4) |
3.4 (4) |
Others: alligator weed NNI - 3.5 (2); | |||||||
burdock |
1 (1) |
3 (2) |
apple of Sodom NNI - 4(1); Australian | |||||||||
buttercup |
2.5 (2) |
4 (2) |
3.3 (3) |
sedge NNI - 4 (1); barnyard grass NNI - | ||||||||
docks |
4.7 (3) |
4 (1) |
4 (1) |
11 (1); Bathurst burr SNI 5 (1); Chilean | ||||||||
foxglove |
9 (2) |
3.5 (2) |
5 (1) |
needle grass SNI - 1 (1); daisy' SNI - 6 | ||||||||
hawkweed |
3.8 (5) |
2 (6) |
(1); flatweeds' NNI - 3 (2); hedge | |||||||||
hemlock |
5 (2) |
5 (1) |
4.7 (3) |
mustard SNI- 5 (1); kikuyu grass NNI - 9 | ||||||||
horehound |
4.5 (4) |
3.6 (5) |
(1); mayweeds NNI - 6 (1); needle grass | |||||||||
inkweed |
4.5 (2) |
2.5 (2) |
NSI - 5 (1); nettle NSI - 2 (1); oxtongue | |||||||||
nassella |
6 (1) |
2.7 (3) |
4 (1) |
NNI - 5 (1); parsley dropwort NNI - 2.5 | ||||||||
oxeye daisy |
6 (1) |
3 (1) |
(2); Russell lupin SSI 6 (1); stinking | |||||||||
pennyroyal |
4.1 (7) |
5 (2) |
5 (1) |
mayweed SNI - 4 (1); stonecrop SSI - 6 | ||||||||
piripiri |
5 (1) |
2 (1) |
(1); tarata SNI - 3 (1); thorn apple NNI | |||||||||
ragwort |
1.8 (11) |
2.6 (14) |
3.2 (8) |
2.3 (3) |
3 (1); tussock' SSI - 2 (1); tutu (ground) | |||||||
ratstail |
6 (1) |
5.7 (3) |
5 (1) |
NSI - 1 (1); viper's bugloss NSI - 4 (1); | ||||||||
ring fern |
3 (5) |
7 (1) |
willow weed NNI - 6 (2); yarrow NNI - 6 | |||||||||
rushes |
5.2 (3) |
3.3 (3) |
(1) | |||||||||
St John's wort |
6 (1) |
5 (1) |
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storksbill |
5 (1) |
5.5 (2) |
6 (1) |
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thistles |
2.5 (28) |
2.2 (35) |
2.6 (16) |
2.5 (11) |
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wooly mullein |
5 (1) |
3.5 (2) |
4.5 (2) |
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Most serious non-scrub weeds |
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NNI |
SNI |
NSI |
SSI |
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buttercups |
3 (1) |
2 (1) |
2.5 (2) |
Others: alligator weed NNI - 3 | ||||||||
hawkweed |
3 (1) |
1 (3) |
2(1); burdock SSI -.5 (2);CNG SNI - 1 | |||||||||
horehound |
2 (1) |
2.7 (3) |
(1); fireweeds NNI - 3 (1); parsley | |||||||||
nassella |
2 (1) |
1.5 (4) |
1.5 (2) |
Dropwort NNI - 2 (4); ratstail NSI - 1 (1); | ||||||||
nettle |
3 (1) |
1 (1) |
ring fern SNI 3 (3); rushes NNI - 3 (1); | |||||||||
pennyroyal |
3 (1) |
2 (1) |
summer grass SNI - 1 (1); tutu NSI 2 (1); | |||||||||
ragwort |
1.5 (12) |
1.4 (10) |
2 (4) |
2.3 (4) |
wild ginger NNI - 3 (1). | |||||||
thistles |
1.7 (18) |
1.9 (18) |
1.9 (9) |
1.6 (8) |
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Emerging scrub weeds |
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NNI |
SNI |
NSI |
SSI |
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blackberry |
1.6 (3) |
1 (1) |
2 (2) |
Others: boneseed NSI - 2.7 (3); | |||||
broom |
1.6 (3) |
1 (1) |
1.75 (4) |
buddleia SSI - 1 (1); clerodendrum NNI | |||||
burdock |
2 (1) |
1 (1) |
- 1 (1); coprosma NSI - 1 (1)cotoneaster | ||||||
gorse |
1 (4) |
1 (2) |
1.6 (3) |
2 (3) |
NSI - 2 (1); Darwin's barberry SNI - 1(1); | ||||
hawthorn |
3 (1) |
1.5 (2) |
elder SSI - 3 (1); heather NNI - 3 (1); | ||||||
himalayan honeysuckle |
2 (1) |
1 (2) |
2 (1) |
inkweed SNI - 2 (2); lantana NNI - 1 (1); matagouri NSI - 4 (1); muhlenbeckia NSI | |||||
manuka/kanuka |
2 (3) |
3 (1) |
- 3 (1); old man's beard NSI - 1 (1); rata | ||||||
pampas |
2 (1) |
1 (1) |
NNI - 1 (1); rowan SSI - 4 (1); Russell | ||||||
Spanish heath |
2 (1) |
1.5 (2) |
lupin NSI - 2 (1); sweet brier SSI - 1.5 | ||||||
tutsan |
1.5 (2) |
1 (1) |
(2); tutu NNI - 2 (1); wineberry NNI - 3 | ||||||
wilding pines |
1 (2) |
2 (2) |
(1); woolly nightshade NNI - 2 (6) | ||||||
Emerging non-scrub weeds |
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NNI |
SNI |
NSI |
SSI |
Others: Australian sedge NNI - 2 (1); | ||
barley grass |
3 (1) |
1.7 (3) |
3 (1) |
Bathhurst bur SNI - 2 (1); Cape daisy | ||
burdock |
1 (1) |
1 (1) |
SNI - 2 (1); Canadian fleabane NNI- 2 | |||
buttercup |
1 (1) |
3 (1) |
(1); chamomile SNI - 1 (1); `daisy' NNI - | |||
foxglove |
3 (1) |
1 (1) |
2(1); docks SNI - 1 (1); honesty SSI- | |||
hawkweed |
1 (1) |
1 (5) |
4(1); horehound NSI - 2.5 (2); horsetail | |||
nassella |
1 (1) |
1 (5) |
NSI 2 (1); inkweed SNI - 1 (1); Maori | |||
nettle |
3 (1) |
2 (1) |
onion SSI - 2 (1); Mexican daisy NNI - | |||
pennyroyal |
4 (1) |
1 (1) |
1 (2) |
2 (1); parrot's feather NNI - 3 (1); | ||
ragwort |
1.7 (3) |
1 (1) |
parsley dropwort NNI - 1 (2); poppies | |||
thistles |
1.6 (5) |
1 (1) |
2.7 (3) |
2 (2) |
SSI - 3 (1); pyrethrum SSI - 1 (1); ratstail | |
NSI - 1 (1) ring fern SNI - 2 (1); rushes | ||||||
SNI - 2 (1); Senegal tea NNI - 1 (1); St John's wort SSI - 1 (1); stipa NSI - 1 (1); summer grass SNI - 2 (1); tall oat grass NSI - 4 (1); tutu SNI - 1 (2); veld grass NSI - 3 (1). | ||||||
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