Ginger out
A NUMBER OF northern Forest and Bird branches helped launch a campaign in November to stem the tide of wild ginger invading our forests. At Auckland’s Aotea Square the branches created an enormous map of New Zealand on to which heaps of ginger were placed to denote the areas where infestation is worst. The public was asked to phone in to "hot lines’ to tell eradicators where the plants were. Forest and Bird members and others then moved in and put the plants in local council disposal facilities. Plant shops were also requested not to sell ginger. Those that do not stock ginger and other noxious plants such as wandering Jew and old man’s beard, are being presented with a "forest friendly’ award. The Noxious Plants Council is now being urged to declare wild ginger a noxious weed.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 9
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140Ginger out Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 9
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