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Weeds for Monarto Safari Park

Monarto Safari Park is committed to animal conservation and regularly seeks out support from across the region by means of suitable weed material for their animals.

Rhino at Monarto Safari Park

Monarto Safari Park is part of Zoos South Australia, and exists to connect people with nature and save species from extinction.

Monarto is routinely involved in a wide range of conservation programs including captive breeding, habitat restoration, biological surveys, creation of insurance populations, studies in reproductive biology, conservation education, corporate and community fundraising, wildlife disease management, translocation and community development to foster alternative livelihoods.

The Park is a fantastic tourist destination in the wider Adelaide Hills region, as well as an important conservation charity. They appreciate support given in creative ways, such as the provision of weed materials for animal fodder. By sourcing weed materials from around the region, they can free up and maximise other resources.

If you have sufficient appropriate weed material (see list below) to fill a trailer or ute tray, please contact Monarto Safari Park about possible collection.

Mr Cris Katona
Browse Coordinator, Monarto Safari Park
CKatona@zoossa.com.au
0413 024 724

Appropriate browse material

The following list provides detail about suitable weed materials for animals at Monarto.

Common Name

Botanical Name

Timing

Animals that benefit

Acacia/Wattle
Cyclops Acacia
Gossamer Wattle
Flinders Ranges Wattle
Sallow Wattle
Golden Wreath Wattle

Acacia spp.
A. cyclops
A. floribunda
A. iteaphylla
A. longifolia ssp. longifolia
A. saligna

Any time

Black Rhino
Giraffe

Ash

Golden Ash
Desert Ash
Claret Ash

Fraxinus excelsior
F. aurea
F. oxycarpa
F. raywoodii		Spring

Black Rhino
Barbary Sheep
Mongolian Horse

Bamboo
Black Bamboo
Yellow Bamboo
Budda Belly Bamboo

Phyllostachys sp. (nigra aurea)
Bambusa sp. (ventricosa)

Any time

Black Rhino
Primates

Banana Palm

Musa sp.

Any time

Primates
Bongo
Buffalo
Giraffe

Cape Honeysuckle

Tecomaria capensis

Any time

Black Rhino

Carob

Ceratonia siliqua


Giraffe

Cottonwood

Hibiscus tiliaceus

Any time
Primates

Crabapple

Malus spp.


Primates
Mongolian Horse
Black Rhino

Elm

Ulmus sp.

Spring

Black Rhino
Eland

Fig
Weeping Fig
Banyan Fig
Edible Fig
Rubber Tree
Moreton Bay Fig
Small Leaf Moreton Bay
Port Jackson Fig
Hills Weeping Fig

Ficus spp.
F. benjamina
F. bengalensis
F. carisa
F. elastic
F. microphylla
F. platypoda
F. rubiginosa
F. microcarpa ssp hillii

Any time

Black Rhino
Primates
Giraffe
Barbary Sheep

Golden Rain-tree

Koelreuteria paniculata


Primates

Grape Vine

Vitis spp.


Primates

Hackberry

Celtis sp.

Spring

Black Rhino
Primates

Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Any time
Primates

Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Spring
Black Rhino

Kaffir Plum

Harpephyllum caffrum

Any time
Black Rhino
Lilly Pilly

Syzygium smithii

Any time
Primates

Liquid Ambar

Liquidambar styraciflua

Primates
Lemur
Giraffe

Mirror Bush

Coprosma spp.
(repens / picturata / marble queen)


Primates

Mulberry
White Mulberry
Black Mulberry
Red Mulberry

Morus spp.
M. alba
M. nigra
M. rubra

Spring

Black Rhino
Primates
Mongolian Horse
Black Buck
Axis
Lemur
Barbary Sheep

Nasturtium

Tropaeolum majus


Primates

Oak

Quercus sp.

Spring
Black Rhino

Olive (must be non-fruiting)


Pear

Pyrus sp.

Spring
Black Rhino

Poplar

Populus sp.

Spring
Primates

Sheoaks

Casuarina sp.



Tree Lucerne or
Tagasaste

Chamaecytisus palmensis

Any time

Primates
Giraffe

Willow
Weeping Willow
Chilean Willow

Salix sp.
S. babylonica
S. chilensis

Spring

Black Rhino
Primates

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