{"id":568371,"date":"2026-05-06T01:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/568371\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:08:12","slug":"work-continues-to-eradicate-invasive-species-from-meadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/568371\/","title":{"rendered":"Work continues to eradicate invasive species from meadow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  People using Greg&#8217;s Meadow in Spixworth were initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25223020.warning-japanese-knotweed-growth-spixworth\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">advised to keep their distance from part of a picnic area<\/a>\u00a0last summer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Greg&#8217;s Meadow, Spixworth (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It followed the discovery of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/24169633.japanese-knotweed-thriving-norfolk-due-wet-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Japanese knotweed<\/a>,\u00a0a plant native to East Asia which has spread since being introduced to the UK in the 1800s.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Japanese Knotweed (Image: PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Work has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25309955.work-starts-banish-invasive-species-meadow-near-norwich\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">started to clear the area<\/a> of the invasive species.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Matthew Field, vice chairman of Spixworth Parish Council, confirmed &#8220;treatment is ongoing&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The fenced off area in Spixworth (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While Paul Rowe, the parish council chairman, said they would continue to treat the area &#8220;as recommended by our ground maintenance contractor&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The work is taking place after warning notices appeared in the meadow last year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A warning letter regarding the knotweed (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Japanese knotweed is\u00a0identified by distinctive\u00a0red stems and bamboo-like appearance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It can grow up to\u00a08ft tall\u00a0and its roots can reach as wide as\u00a028ft.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The knotweed being treated in Spixworth (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It can grow up to four inches a day and forms dense thickets which can kill native plant species, making it particularly harmful to the flora of the Norfolk Broads.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The knotweed being treated in Spixworth (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tackling its spread costs the UK nearly\u00a0\u00a3250 million a year, according to invasive plant specialists Environet, with an estimated 5pc of homes affected across the UK.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It can crack tarmac, block drains, undermine foundations and invade homes. Its presence can be\u00a0enough to cut a property&#8217;s value\u00a0or prevent a mortgage lender approving a loan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People using Greg&#8217;s Meadow in Spixworth were initially advised to keep their distance from part of a picnic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-568371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}