Pampas grass or Cortaderia jubata with it’s wind-dispersed seeds readily escapes cultivation. Tackling established populations far from civilization takes some work…check out the work in one of our remote field camps–Haipua‘ena.
Helicopters bring the gear and materials out for both the crew and for building a new platform out of the mud.
The crew prepares to start hiking in. Along the way they’ll be searching for pampas.
The boardwalk running along the Waikamoi flume…the easy part.
A dead pampas grass…excellent!
A not-so-dead pampas grass…not excellent.
Very lively and seeding pampas grass…euuuwwh
Check back to see how we treat pampas grass in this kind of environment!
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