Thanks for the posting Terry,
Chinese pistachio is an official weed species in the ACT now. There are
pistachio plants growing in bush reserves and inhibiting the survival chances
of native species.
The species has separate male and female tree with the berries being borne on
the female trees though both give spectacular autumn colour; hence their
popularity.
If the hungry birds’ systems destroy the berries’ viability well and good.
Obviously some bird species eat the berries but don’t destroy the seeds hence
the species’ unwelcome appearance in other gardens and reserves alongside
long-established problem species such as privet, cotoneaster, hawthorn and
firethorn..
Rosemary
> On 29 Jan 2020, at 1:34 pm, Terry Bell <> wrote:
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> Growing in our retirement village in Braddon continues to attract many types
> of parrot to the interest and enjoyment of residents
>
> During the weekend a family of gang gangs ( 5 ), two kings about 5 sulphurs
> crested cockatoos and several crimson rosellas were in regular attendance.
>
> It appears that in addition to the seed clusters they snip off the young
> foliage because the ground underneath the tree was heavily littered by debris.
>
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