Broad-leaved privet
Ligustrum lucidum
family
Oleaceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
Category 3 Restricted Matter (Biosecurity Act 2014)
Must not be distributed or disposed. This means it must not be released into the environment unless the distribution or disposal is authorised in a regulation or under a permit.
Common names
Broad-leaved privet, Broad leaf privet, Chinese glossy privet, Chinese liguster, Chinese privet, Chinese wax leaved privet, Chinese white-wax tree, Glossy privet.
A small tree with leathery, hairless, oppositely arranged leaves. Its relatively large dark green leaves (4-24 cm long and 2.5-8 cm wide) are glossy in appearance. Its small white flowers (about 6 mm across) are borne in large branched clusters (8-25 cm long) at the tips of the stems. Its bluish-black 'berries' (5-10 mm long) are borne in large attractive clusters.
Impact
Impact
Broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum) is regarded as an environmental weed or potential environmental weed in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT. It is currently of most concern in south-eastern Queensland, where it is ranked among the top 20 most invasive plants, and eastern New South Wales. This species causes widespread and significant environmental damage, and was recently listed as a priority environmental weed in seven Natural Resource Management regions. Its annual seed production is enormous, it can invade relatively intact rainforest communities, and it quickly outcompetes riparian vegetation. Broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum) can form dense thickets, particularly in coastal areas, which shade out and displace rainforest species. This can transform the habitat available to native animals, creating an ecosystem dominated by weeds, and disrupt the access of animals to natural corridors.In New South Wales broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum) has become an invasive weed of rainforests, gullies and creek banks in coastal districts north from Bega, on the far south coast, and inland to West Wyalong. Abundant fruiting populations of this weed support artificially high numbers of pied currawongs (Strepera graculina ) in New South Wales, disrupting the natural ecological balance and adversely affecting other native birds. It is widely distributed throughout south-eastern Queensland and can also be found on the Atherton Tablelands, in northern Queensland. Small naturalised populations also exist in north-eastern and southern Victoria, where it is regarded as a potential threat to grasslands, woodlands, riparian vegetation and sclerophyll forests.
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
Broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum) is regarded as an environmental weed or potential environmental weed in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT. It is currently of most concern in south-eastern Queensland, where it is ranked among the top 20 most invasive plants, and eastern New South Wales. This species causes widespread and significant environmental damage, and was recently listed as a priority environmental weed in seven Natural Resource Management regions. Its annual seed production is enormous, it can invade relatively intact rainforest communities, and it quickly outcompetes riparian vegetation. Broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum) can form dense thickets, particularly in coastal areas, which shade out and displace rainforest species. This can transform the habitat available to native animals, creating an ecosystem dominated by weeds, and disrupt the access of animals to natural corridors.In New South Wales broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum) has become an invasive weed of rainforests, gullies and creek banks in coastal districts north from Bega, on the far south coast, and inland to West Wyalong. Abundant fruiting populations of this weed support artificially high numbers of pied currawongs (Strepera graculina ) in New South Wales, disrupting the natural ecological balance and adversely affecting other native birds. It is widely distributed throughout south-eastern Queensland and can also be found on the Atherton Tablelands, in northern Queensland. Small naturalised populations also exist in north-eastern and southern Victoria, where it is regarded as a potential threat to grasslands, woodlands, riparian vegetation and sclerophyll forests.
