coral berry at suppressed
Identification history
| Antigonon leptopus | 24 Feb 2025 | JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 |
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Alien invasive, weed, climbing including up trees, and scrambling, with multiple, large, persistent, tuberous roots similar to *Rumex sagittatus* .
Emerging potentially major impactful alien invasive climbing–scrambling weed .
At this time flowering and foliage rapid extension growths across the ground and up Casuarina trees, since my last sightings recordings in 2024 Sept. .
Now occupying an area over ca. 30+ sq. m. [–50] .
In weedy remnants and regrowth wetlands–bushlands area, which retains many kinds of significant ecosystem values .
PortSmith area, inland of the corner of Aumuller Street and Ray Jones Drive (main) road, Cairns south–western side .
As I GPSed photographed around the whole area this alien invader weed has extended occupation to .
Then after these photographs i pulled in down to the ground and crushed it there as much as possible, out of the trees, then photographed the cleaned trees again .
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Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 Recorded by
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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 NatureMapr North Queensland Climbers & Mistletoes Plants
Additional information
- ca. 10 mm . Flower dimension
- Greater than 5 metres Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Antigonon leptopus Scientific name
- coral berry Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Severe weed or pest
- Machine learning
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In flower
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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