Sycamore is one of the worst threats to Dunedin’s native vegetation, writes Matt Thomson. They actively out-compete native vegetation to the point where it is shaded out and killed. Last year, a further section of sycamore was taken out below the Robert Scott monument above Port Chalmers. Subsequent poisoning trials are happening before winter in the Port Chalmers town belt. -Matt Thomson is director of Monowai Ecological, a vegetation control, ecological restoration and conservation company.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 04, 2017 18:45 UTC