This project is now defunct.

See the OMB Free Wellington project for a map of all reported Old Man's Beard across Wellington.

Please join the Weed Management Aotearoa NZ project and add your OMB observation to this project, filling in the relevant observation fields.

Old man's beard is a wide spread weed in Wellington. In order to determine priority areas for control it would be good to understand more about its distribution. Currently Wellington City Council concentrates control in reserves of high ecological value. For the Regional Council it is listed here https://www.gw.govt.nz/pest-and-weed-central/?pwsystem=true&pwid=693

Information on how to control Old man's beard can be found here http://www.weedbusters.org.nz/weed-information/clematis-vitalba/59/

Old man’s beard (Clematis vitalba) is a deciduous woody climber. It is very invasive and threatens our forests. It is highly visible as it produces feathery seed heads between February and June. less ↑