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BITOU BUSH MANAGEMENT
Bitou Bush has been identified as a Weed of National Significance (WONS), as well as a high priority weed in the Sydney region. It is causing significant environmental impacts in many coastal areas of Sydney, especially in endangered plant communities such as the Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub and Themeda Grassland headlands. It also has the potential to spread much more widely along the coastline than it currently occurs.
The Sydney Weeds Committees have developed the Sydney Bitou Bush / Boneseed Regional Management Plan (2004-09) which aims to control the spread and reduce the impacts of Bitou Bush on biodiversity.
In April 1999, invasion of native plant communities by Bitou Bush was listed as a key threatening process under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. In 2006 the Dept of Environment and Climate Change produced a threat abatement plan (TAP) for NSW aimed at reducing, abating or ameliorating the threat posed by Bitou Bush to threatened species, populations and ecological communities.
To assist in the management this high priority weed, there are two regionally funded projects in Sydney for Bitou Bush management:• Bitou Bush Control in the Sydney Metropolitan Region
• Targeted Bitou Bush Management - TAP implementation
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