Kyasuma

New weed found on outskirts

13 July 2010

Once thought eradicated from the Townsville region, one of the Northern Territory’s worst weeds has been found thriving in Alligator Creek, south of Townsville.

Kyasuma grass, a highly invasive variety of mission grass, has been discovered growing on a hectare of private property.

The grass is loathed because it’s quick growing, unpalatable to livestock and out-competes native species.

Parts of the Northern Territory have been so overtaken by the grass it’s impossible to eradicate.