Environmental Weeds
1. Species included in the Biosecurity Act – prioritised for the Brisbane LGA
Risk classification |
Common name |
Species name |
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Significant |
Alligator weed |
Altemanthera philoxeroides |
Cabomba |
Cabomba caroliniana |
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Horsetails |
Equisetum spp. |
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High
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Broad-leaved pepper tree |
Schinus terebinthifolius |
Cat’s claw creeper |
Dolichandra unguis-cati |
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Hymenachne |
Hymenachne amplexicaulis |
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Kudzu |
Pueraria lobate |
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Parthenium |
Parthenium hysterophorus |
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Rat’s tail grass/giant rat’s tail grass |
Sporobulus pyramidalis and S.natalensis
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Salvinia |
Salvinia molesta |
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Senegal tea |
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides |
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Water hyacinth |
Eichhornia crassipes |
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Water lettuce |
Pistia stratiotes |
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Water mimosa |
Neptunia oleracea (and N. plena) |
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Moderate |
Asparagus ferns |
Asparagus aethiopicus ‘Sprengeri’ A. africanus |
Balloon vine |
Cardiospermum grandiflorum |
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Bridal creeper |
Asparagus asparagoides |
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Broadleaf privet |
Ligustrum lucidum |
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Giant Parramatta grass/rat’s tail grasses/Parramatta grass |
Sporobolus fertilis, S. africanus, S. jacquemontii |
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Groundsel bush |
Baccharis halimifolia |
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Hygrophila/glush weed |
Hygrophila costata |
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Kahili ginger |
Hedychium gardnerianum |
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Madeira vine |
Anredera cordifolia |
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Willows |
Salix spp. other than S. babylonica, S. x calodendron, S. xreichardtii and S. chilensis; syn. S. humboldtiana = pencil willow (Chilean willow) |
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Low |
Annual ragweed |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia |
Bitou bush |
Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata |
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Boneseed |
Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera |
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Camphor laurel |
Cinnamomum camphora |
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Chinese celtis |
Celtis sinensis |
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Dutchman’s pipe |
Aristolochia elegans |
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Fireweed |
Senecio madagascariensis |
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Honey locust |
Gleditsia triacanthos including cultivars and varieties |
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Mexican feather grass |
Nassella tenuissima |
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Rubber vine |
Cryptostegia grandiflora |
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Tropical soda apple |
Solanum viarum |
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Yellow ginger |
Hedychium flavescens |
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Very low
Very low
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African fountain grass |
Pennisetum setaceum (Cenchrus setaceus) |
African tulip tree |
Spathodea campanulata |
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Athel pine |
Tamarix aphylla |
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Belly-ache bush/cotton leaf/physic nut |
Jatropha gossypiifolia |
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Bitterweed |
Helenium amarum |
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Blackberry |
Rubus anglocandicans, Rubus fruticosus agg. |
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Chilean needle grass |
Nasella neesiana |
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Elephant ear vine |
Philodendron spp. Argyreia nervosa |
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Harrisia cactus |
Harrisia martinii |
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Lantana (all species) |
Lantana spp. |
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Mexican bean tree |
Cecropia. palmata and C. peltata |
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Miconia |
Miconia calvescens, M. racemosa and M. nervosa |
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Mother of millions hybrid |
Bryophyllum × houghtonii |
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Pond apple |
Annona glabra |
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Prickly pear/ tiger pear/ drooping tree pear/westwood pear/velvety tree pear |
Opuntia spp. (O. elata and O. microdasys – cat.2,3,4,5) |
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Sagittaria |
Sagittaria platyphylla |
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Singapore daisy |
Sphagneticola trilobata |
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Small-leaved privet/ Chinese privet |
Ligustrum sinense |
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Telegraph weed |
Heterotheca grandiflora |
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Yellow bells |
Tecoma stans |
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Yellow oleander/Captain Cook tree |
Cascabela thevetia syn. Thevetia peruviana |
2. Species in the Biosecurity Act – but assessed as having little impact in the Brisbane LGA
Common name |
Species name |
Biosecurity matters – Pest vegetation
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Acacias non-indigenous to Australia |
Acacia spp. other than Acacia nilotica and Acacia farnesiana |
African boxthorn |
Lycium ferocissimum |
Anchored water hyacinth |
Eichhornia azurea |
Annual thunbergia |
Thunbergia annua |
Badhara bush |
Gmelina elliptica |
Black Sigatoka of banana |
Mycosphaerella fijiensis |
Candleberry myrtle/candleberry myrth |
Myrica faya |
Candyleaf |
Stevia ovata |
Chinee apple |
Ziziphus mauritiana |
Cholla cactus/coral cactus/devil’s rope pear/snake cactus/Hudson pear |
Cylindropuntia spp. and their hybrids, other than C. spinosior, C. fulgida and C. imbricata |
Christ’s thorn |
Ziziphus spina-christi |
Eurasian water milfoil |
Myriophyllum spicatum |
Floating water chestnuts |
Trapa spp. |
Gamba grass |
Andropogon gayanus |
Giant sensitive plant |
Mimosa diplotricha (prev. Mimosa invisa) |
Giant sensitive tree |
Mimosa pigra |
Gorse |
Ulex europaeus |
Harungana |
Harungana madagascariensis |
Kochia |
Kochia scoparia syn Bassia scoparia |
Koster’s curse |
Clidemia hirta |
Lagarosiphon |
Lagarosiphon major |
Laurel clock vine, fragrant thunbergia |
Thunbergia laurifolia, (syn grandiflora) |
Limnocharis/yellow burrhead |
Limnocharis flava |
Madras thorn |
Pithecellobium dulce |
Mesquites |
All Prosopis spp. and hybrids other than Prosopis glandulosa, P. pallida and P. velutina |
Mikania vine |
Mikania spp. |
Parkinsonia |
Parkinsonia aculeata |
Peruvian primrose |
Ludwigia peruviana |
Prickly acacia |
Acacia nilotica syn(Vachellia nilotica) |
Red sesbania |
Sesbania punicea |
Serrated tussock |
Nassella trichotoma |
Sicklepod/hairy cassia/foetid cassia |
Senna obtusifolia, S. hirsuta and S. tora and obtusifolia |
Spiked pepper |
Piper aduncum |
Tobacco weed |
Elephantopus mollis |
Water soldiers |
Stratiotes aloides |
White ginger |
Hedychium coronarium |
Witch weeds |
Striga spp. other than native species |
3. Species NOT in the Biosecurity Act but that are regulated under the NALL
Common name |
Scientific name |
Agave |
Agave spp. |
Amazon frogbit |
Limnobium laevigatum |
Anzac tree daisy |
Montanoa hibiscifolia |
Arrowhead vine |
Syngonium spp. |
Arsenic bush |
Senna septemtrionalis |
Arum lily |
Zantedeschia aethiopica |
Bahia grass |
Paspalum notatum |
Balsam (busy Lizzie) |
Impatiens spp. |
Bamboos |
Phyllostachys aurea and nigra |
Black eyed Susan |
Thunbergia alata |
Blackberry nightshade |
Solanum nigrum |
Blade apple, lemon vine, Barbados gooseberry |
Pereskia aculeata |
Blue trumpet vine |
Thunbergia grandiflora |
Brazilian nightshade |
Solanum seaforthianum |
Cadaga or cadaghi |
Corymbia torelliana |
Cape ivy |
Senecio angulatus |
Cape spinach |
Emex australis |
Capeweed |
Arctotheca calendula |
Castor oil plant |
Ricinus communis |
Chinese tallow |
Triadica sebifera |
Cockspur coral tree |
Erythrina crista-galli |
Cocos palm or Queen palm |
Syagrus romanzoffiana |
Common Indian hawthorn |
Rhaphiolepis indica |
Condamine couch/lippia |
Phyla canescens |
Coral berry or Indian currant |
Ardisia crenata, Rivina humilis or Symphoricarpos orbiculatus |
Coral creeper |
Barleria repens |
Corky passion vine |
Passiflora suberosa |
Cotoneaster |
Cotoneaster lacteus |
Creeping lantana |
Lantana montevidensis |
Crofton weed |
Eupatorium adenophorum |
Dense water weed |
Egeria densa |
Devil's fig |
Solanum torvum |
Duranta |
Duranta erecta syn. D. repens and D. plumieri |
Dyschoriste |
Dyschoriste depressa |
Easter cassia |
Senna pendula var. glabrata |
Elephant grass |
Pennisetum purpureum |
Feathertop Rhodes grass |
Chloris virgata |
Fire flag |
Thalia geniculata |
Fishbone fern |
Nephrolepis cordifolia |
Foxglove |
Digitalis purpurea |
Giant devil's fig |
Solanum hispidum |
Giant reed |
Arundo donax |
Glory lily |
Gloriosa superba |
Glycine |
Neonotonia wightii |
Golden chain tree |
Laburnum anagyroides |
Golden rain tree |
Koelreuteria elegans ssp. formosana |
Golden rod |
Solidago altissima |
Green cestrum |
Cestrum parqui |
Guinea grass |
Megathyrsus maximus |
Hemlock |
Conium maculatum |
Himalayan ash |
Fraxinus griffithii |
Hiptage |
Hiptage benghalensis |
Indian rubber tree |
Ficus elastica |
Ivy gourd |
Coccinia grandis |
Jacaranda |
Jacaranda mimosifolia |
Japanese/Mexican sunflower |
Tithonia diversifolia, T.sp |
Japanese honeysuckle |
Lonicera japonica |
Johnson grass |
Sorghum halepense |
Khaki weed |
Alternanthera pungens |
Kidney leaf mud plantain |
Heteranthera reniformis |
Leucaena |
Leucaena leucocephala (all spp.) |
Little bluestem |
Schizachyrium microstachyum |
Live plant, Resurrection plant |
Bryophyllum pinnatum |
Mile a minute |
Ipomoea cairica |
Mist flower |
Ageratina riparia |
Mock orange |
Murraya paniculata |
Molasses grass |
Melinis minutiflora |
Monkey's comb |
Pithecoctenium crucigerum |
Morning glory |
Ipomoea indica |
Mossman river grass |
Cenchrus echinatus |
Mother-in-law's tongue |
Sansevieria trifasciata |
Needle burr or spiny amaranth |
Amaranthus spinosus |
Ochna |
Ochna serrulata |
Oleander |
Nerium oleander |
Pampas grass |
Cortaderia selloana |
Paper mulberry |
Broussonetia papyrifera |
Para grass |
Urochloa mutica |
Parrot feather |
Myriophyllum aquaticum |
Perennial horse gram |
Macrotyloma axillare |
Perennial ragweed |
Ambrosia psilostachya |
Pongamia tree |
Millettia pinnata |
Praxelis |
Praxelis clematidea |
Prickly poppy or Mexican poppy |
Argemone ochroleuca |
Purple succulent |
Callisia fragrans |
Red-head cotton bush |
Asclepias curassavica |
Rhodes grass |
Chloris gayana |
Rhus |
Toxicodendron succedaneum |
Ruellia |
Ruellia tweediana |
Shoebutton ardisia |
Ardisia elliptica |
Sicklebush |
Dichrostachys cinerea |
Signal grass |
Urochloa decumbens |
Silver leaf desmodium or velcro plant |
Desmodium uncinatum |
Sirato |
Macroptilium atropurpureum |
Slash pine |
Pinus elliotii |
South African pigeon grass |
Setaria sphacelata |
Stinking roger |
Tagetes minuta |
Taro |
Colocasia esculenta |
Thorn apples |
Datura spp |
Tipuana |
Tipuana tipu |
Tropical pickeral weed |
Pontederia rotundifolia |
Umbrella tree |
Schefflera actinophylla |
Wandering Jew |
Tradescantia fluminensis, T. pallida and T. spathacea |
Water lily |
Nymphaea caerulea ssp. zanzibarensis |
Whiskey grass |
Andropogon virginicus |
White moth plant |
Araujia sericifera and A. hortorum |
White mulberry |
Morus alba |
Wait-a while |
Caesalpinia decapetala |
Wild aster |
Aster subulatus |
Wild tobacco tree |
Solanum mauritianum |
Zebrina |
Tradescantia zebrina |