Revegetation in The Australian Alps
From the 1950s, the New South Wales Soil Conservation Service undertook an extensive program of rehabilitation of the vegetation of the Carruthers Peak–Mount Twynam area, which was in sore need of help after a century of grazing. They tried various methods using bitumen, wire netting and bales of straw, however none were very successful. However, Sheep Sorrel was present in the bales of straw, and in fact helped to hold the soil for recolonisation by the native vegetation.
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