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

 
 

NNI

SNI

NSI

SSI

 

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)

 

matagouri

 

14 (1)

3.3 (7)

3.5 (8)

 

pampas

3 (7)

11.5 (2)

13 (2)

15 (2)

 

privet

5.3 (9)

10 (1)

14 (1)

16 (2)

 

sweet briar

5 (2)

8 (4)

6.6 (7)

5.3 (6)

 

tauhinu

4.5 (2)

3.8 (5)

10.3 (3)

8 (2)

 

tutu

4.7 (3)

6 (3)

8.7 (7)

4.8 (6)

 

woolly

nightshade

4.7 (9)

 

15 (1)

 

Most serious scrub weeds

 
 

NNI

SNI

NSI

SSI

 

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)

 

tutu

   

3 (1)

3 (1)

     

Commonest non-scrub weeds

 
 

NNI

SNI

NSI

SSI

 

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)

       

storksbill

5 (1)

 

5.5 (2)

6 (1)

       

thistles

2.5 (28)

2.2 (35)

2.6 (16)

2.5 (11)

       

wooly mullein

5 (1)

 

3.5 (2)

4.5 (2)

       
                 

Most serious non-scrub weeds

 
 

NNI

SNI

NSI

SSI

     

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)

       

Emerging scrub weeds

     
 

NNI

SNI

NSI

SSI

 

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

 
 

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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