Grevillea banksii R. Br.

Andrianandrasana et al. (2014) which found that grevillea significantly inhibited soil microbial activity in a small patch of native forest, disturbing mycorrhizal- and nitrogen-fixing symbioses. (Kull et al., 2018)

Little invasion biology research exists on grevillea; an exception is Andrianandrasana et al. (2014) which found that grevillea significantly inhibited soil microbial activity in a small patch of native forest, disturbing mycorrhizal- and nitrogen-fixing symbioses. They also determined that the species developed cluster roots to cope with sites of degraded soils and that it locally enhanced soil phosphatase activity. They interpret their results as demonstrating that grevillea is a threat to the regeneration of native forest species. Indeed, due to its conversion of grassland into monospecific stands, grevillea could be seen as a ‘transformer species’, an invasive species causing a regime shift in the character of ecosystems over substantial areas (Richardson et al., 2000). (Kull et al., 2018)