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Weed bank

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Weed bank

Most weeds in the native bush have escaped from suburban gardens. This undergrowth at the edge of bush in suburban Wellington is overrun by a number of weed species, which have dominated seedlings of regenerating bush.

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Bob Brockie, Weeds of the bush – Unwelcome plants, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13607/weed-bank (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Bob Brockie, published 2 March 2009, updated 18 April 2016.