Blackberry is a troublesome scrub weed in Northland, both in pastures and forests. The hooks can trap woolly sheep, and make pruning and thinning in forests difficult. Seedlings are generally killed by grazing, so it does best to fence-lines, among …

Pennyroyal is mainly a weed of moist pastures and turf, although it can tolerate some summer dryness. It is often not noticed until summer when conditions can be quite dry as this is when it flowers most prolifically, making it …

Lifestyle block maintenance.   Weeds like broad-leaf and parsley dropwort (commonly known as carrot weed) in your pasture compete for space, light, soil moisture and soil nutrients creating poor quality pasture.   Parsley dropwort is a common problem in pasture and …