The Management of Mimosa Pigra
Mimosa (Mimosa pigra) is a small spindly shrub, less than 1m tall in its home range. In the NT it is a vigorous woody plant up to 3 m tall. In Australia is it confined to the NT, where it is well established on a number of river systems. It has the potential to spread across the savanna wetlands of northern Australia. An outbreak was located and eradicated in QLD in 2001.
After completing Topics 2 and 3 you will now be familiar with many aspects of the weed Mimosa pigra.
Required Reading
Required Reading The (Boustead 2009) gives you a general overview of the strategies for managing Mimosa (Chapter 2) and how to choose a control program (Chapter 3). The manual also gives a range of case studies of Mimosa management in northern Australia.