Rubber vine
Rubber vine has impacts on pastoral and conservation areas of northeastern Australia.
Its main impact on pastoralism is the loss of grazing country, which in 1995 was estimated to cost the Queensland beef industry $18 million.
It also increases the costs of mustering and fencing. Rubber vine threatens waterways, woodlands and rainforests throughout northeastern Australia, including significant conservation areas such as the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and Cape York.
It also severely threatens riverine vegetation, and can potentially displace the plants and animals that inhabit riverbanks, thereby affecting the water quality of streams.
The whole ecological integrity of native vine thickets and riverine systems of northern Australia is under threat from rubber vine.
This weed management guide covers the following topics:
- The weed
- How it spreads
- Where it grows
- Potential distribution
- What to do about it
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