Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality
Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality
Marloth Park Management Plan. - Nkomazi Local Municipality
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Supplementary feed must be placed in containers, as the leaching of salt and other nutrients<br />
into the soil will result in permanent sterilisation. Protein and energy lick blocks may be made<br />
available from May to September. Salt licks may be made available throughout the year.<br />
Anthelminthic or deworming lick blocks may be supplied in July only. Although lick blocks<br />
can be mixed locally, it is recommended that a more reliable composition be purchased from a<br />
reputable company. Feeding game cubes to animals must be seen as supplementation only as<br />
this feed is not a constant resource and cannot substitute the natural ingestion of roughage. No<br />
supplementary feed must be supplied in the Dichrostachys cinerea – Tragus berteronianus<br />
Low bushland areas.<br />
At least one rare and potentially endangered plant is currently found on <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong>. If this<br />
plant is encountered on a development site, it is recommended that it be protected. Where the<br />
development footprint cannot be changed, a reputable botanist should be contacted to remove<br />
and transplant the Cyphostemma sp. Another plant of note is the summer impala lily Adenium<br />
swazicum that is restricted in its distribution on <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong>. The same guidelines for<br />
protection are advocated.<br />
A number of invasive and noxious weeds occur throughout <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong>. It is recommended<br />
that all plants declared as undesirable by law be eradicated. However, it must be emphasized<br />
that success will not be achieved without co-operation of the property owners, where<br />
education and understanding of the implications is considered crucial, as many of these plants<br />
are still being planted as garden subjects. The presence of sickle bush Dichrostachys cinerea<br />
is the only species currently exhibiting encroaching properties on <strong>Marloth</strong> <strong>Park</strong>, and although<br />
not classified as an alien plant species, it is invasive and recommended that the number of<br />
individuals be reduced in an attempt to decrease the localized densities. The liase fair<br />
approach to this problem in the Dichrostachys cinerea – Tragus berteronianus Low bushland<br />
areas has resulted in these trees becoming of age, thus exceeding the maximum browse high<br />
of 2.0 m, with effect that these trees have little to no browsing value. It is recommended that a<br />
combination of mechanical and chemical treatment of the sickle bush be initiated, where all<br />
trees rooted within a circumference of 5 m of each other, irrespective of age or size, are<br />
removed. To achieve effective control of the sickle bush infestations, initial, follow-up and<br />
maintenance treatments must be implemented.<br />
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