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19-05-2009, 11:10 AM
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| | | Stinking tutsan
I've noticed that Stinking Tutsan is beginning to get established in a bit of semi-natural woodland, in an area of bluebell/bracken that is very regularly disturbed by badgers. I presume seed was brought in by birds. As it is an alien, should this plant be removed? Is there any risk that it might become invasive? It seems to be able to hold its ground against bracken.
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19-05-2009, 11:23 AM
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| | | Re: Stinking tutsan
I believe native Tutsan has the ability to dominate large areas of ground, so I'd only imagine this non native variety to be able to do just that also if not more rapidly, though I'm far from able to give you expert advice. Hopefully other members will more knowledge on this!  |
20-05-2009, 07:37 AM
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| | | Re: Stinking tutsan
Sorry about this SheffieldLass. I thought at there'd be someone who might be help you out on the matter!  |
20-05-2009, 07:52 AM
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| | | Re: Stinking tutsan
Jez is right. This is a beast! It can be far worse than Periwinkle and if left unattended is quite likely to form a monolayer to the exclusion of everything else. That means that it is not just the native plant species that suffer but all the invertebrates, fungi etc that are currently in that habitat.
Because of the way it grows, it is quite difficult to clear but I would get it out asap.
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20-05-2009, 02:44 PM
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| | | Re: Stinking tutsan
I would also wear gloves because the juice of the leaves absolutely stinks!!!  |
21-05-2009, 09:10 PM
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| | | Re: Stinking tutsan
Thanks all. It should be easy to remove as it is just one patch at the moment. However I spotted quite a lot of small patches of it around Damflask Reservoir, which is not that far away (about a dozen woodpigeon wing beats away), so it could well get bird sown in the wood again. I'll be keeping an eye open to see just how established it has got in this area.
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