Environmental Weeds on Coochiemudlo Island
Photography captured September 2025 for discussion about invasive weed management with Redlands City Council.
Blue Billygoat Weed ageratum houstonianum
Noted on page 10 of Environmental Weeds of Redlands Coast.
Field of ageratum on freehold land on Victoria Parade West.
Ageratum growing on Melaleuca border, near RCC’s waste depot.
Ageratum growing deeper into the Melaleuca Wetlands, in line with the water-course gully in previous photo. Click the photo to see the same weed, some 20 metres deeper into the Wetlands.
Closeup of ageratum with additional heart-shaped weed growing on the freehold land on Victoria Parade West.
Ageratum growing at water-course gully into the to Melaleuca Wetlands.
Mickey mouse plant ocha serrulata
Noted on page 41 of Environmental Weeds of Redlands Coast.
Ochna growing on the nature strip between Elizabeth Street and the Melaleuca Wetlands.
Ochna growing in the Melaleuca Wetlands,, near the Elizabeth Street nature strip.
Mother-in-law Tongue sansevieria trifasciata
Noted on page 20 of Environmental Weeds of Redlands Coast.
Mother-in-law tongues in the Melaleuca Wetlands, off Ooyan Street
Mother-in-law tongues on the Elizabeth Street nature strip, near the Melaleuca Wetlands.
Mother-in-law tongues in the Melaleuca Wetlands, off Elizabeth Street