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WA on cusp of eradicating gamba grass as Queensland and Northern Territory battle to contain it
At very first look, gamba grass appears to fit correct into Australia’s normal landscape, but the tall green tussocks are an insidious threat to indigenous animals, residences and life. Critical points: Gamba grass competes with native crops and can increase fire gasoline masses by 8 times The weed is widespread by the Northern Territory and Queensland WA is the only state to arrive near to the eradication of gamba grass Native to Africa’s savannas and growing to four metres, gamba grass was released to the Northern Territory in 1931 for testing as cattle feed. It was introduced to Queensland in 1942, and big-scale planting took location in the 80s as it…