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Cleland Wildlife Park

Phytophthora Management

Banksia killed by Phytophthora Photo: Renate Velzeboer

Phytophthora (fy-TOFF-thora) is present in this park and is killing our plants and threatens the survival of animals. Phytophthora is a water mould carried in plant roots, soil and water and is not native to Australia.

We can't eradicate Phytophthora from an area, but we can control its spread. People spread Phytophthora faster and more widely than any other means of spread.

We have implemented on-ground management strategies to ensure that Phytophthora infestations remain localized and are not spread to un-infested areas. For example, tracks may be closed, re-routed or upgraded with a hard surface. Our staff, contractors and volunteers working in Phytophthora infested areas have adopted hygiene procedures. We have installed boot-cleaning stations at the exit of the Phytophthora infested area for cleaning your footwear. Signs have been erected at the entrance and near infestations to make you aware of the presence of Phytophthora infestations in the park and how you can help to minimise its spread. Please obey these signs.

You can also help stop the spread by finding out where Phytophthora has been discovered in your area and informing others about it, parking your car in designated car parks or on sealed surfaces, cleaning your footwear before and at the end of each bushwalk and staying on designated roads and trails.

Further information on Phytophthora can be found at: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/plantsand.html#dieback