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Use this Weeds Index to find information on weeds, including images for identification and control guides plus information sheets and management plans (where available). Note: Property managers are required by law to control declared weeds (see column three).

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for illustrations of many weed species.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Declared Weed?

African Boxthorn - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Lycium ferocissimum	Yes

African Feather Grass - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Pennisetum macrourum	Yes

African Lovegrass - Images - Management plan	Eragrostis curvula	Yes

African Thistle - Images - Management plan	Berkheya rigida	Yes

Alligator Weed - Images - Management Plan	Alternanthera philoxeroides	Yes

Amsinckia species - Management plan	Amsinckia species	Yes

Apple-of-Sodom - Management plan	Solanum sodomaeum	Yes

Arrowhead - Management plan	Sagittaria montevidensis	Yes

Artichoke Thistle - Images - Management plan	Cynara cardunculus	Yes

Asparagus Fern - Management plan	Asparagus scandens	Yes

Athel Pine - Images - Management plan	Tamarix aphylla	Yes

Bear-skin Fescue - Management plan	Festuca gautieri	Yes

Bifora - Images - Management plan	Bifora testiculata	Yes

Blackberry - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Rubus fruticosus aggregate	Yes

Boneseed, Bitou Bush - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Chrysanthemoides monilifera (including subspecies)	Yes

Bracken - Control guide	Pteridium esculentum	No

Bridal Creeper - Images - Management plan	Asparagus asparagoides (= Myrsiphyllum asparagoides)	Yes

Broomrape - Images - Management plan	Orobanche species (except O. minor and O. cernua var. australiana)	Yes

Burrs - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Xanthium species	Yes

Californian Thistle - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Cirsium arvense	Yes

Caltrop - Images - Management plan	Tribulus terrestris	Yes

Canadian Pondweed, Elodea - Management plan	Elodea canadensis	Yes

Cape Tulips - Images - Management plan	Homeria species	Yes

Capeweed - Control guide	Arctotheca calendula	No

Chilean Needle Grass - Images - Management plan	Nassella neesiana	Yes

Common Crupina - Management plan	Crupina vulgaris	Yes

Common Heliotrope - Images - Management plan	Heliotropium europaeum	Yes

Creeping Knapweed - Management Plan	Acroptilon repens	Yes

Creeping Willow Herb - New weed bulletin	Epilobium nummulariifolium	No

Creeping Yellowcress - Images - Management plan	Rorippa sylvestris	Yes

Crow Garlic - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Allium vineale	Yes

Cumbungi, bullrush - Control guide	Typha species	No

Cut Leaf Nightshade - Management plan	Solanum triflorum	Yes

Darwin's Barberry - Management plan	Berberis darwinii	Yes

Datura - Images - Management plan	Datura species	Yes

Docks - Control guide	Rumex species	No

Dodder - Images - Management plan	Cuscuta species (excluding Cuscuta tasmanica)	Yes

Egeria, Dense Water Weed - Images - Management plan	Egeria densa (= Elodea densa)	Yes

Elisha's Tears - Management plan	Leycesteria formosa	Yes

English Broom - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Cytisus scoparius	Yes

Espartillo - Management plan	Achnatherum caudata	Yes

False Cleavers - Management plan	Galium spurium	Yes

False Yellow Head - Management plan	Dittrichia viscosa	Yes

Fanwort - Images - Management plan	Cabomba caroliniana	Yes

Feathertop - Images - Management plan	Pennisetum villosum	Yes

Fennel - Images - Management plan	Foeniculum vulgare	Yes

Floating Water Chestnut, Water Caltrop - Management plan	Trapa species	Yes

Giant hogweed - Management plan	Heracleum mantegazzianum	Yes

Glyceria, Reed Sweet Grass - Control guide	Glyceria maxima	No

Gorse	Ulex europaeus	Yes

Hawkweed, Orange Hawkweed, Mouse Ear Hawkweed - Management plan	Hieracium species	Yes

Heather - Management plan	Calluna vulgaris	Yes

Holly Leaved Senecio - Management plan	Senecio glastifolius	Yes

Horehound - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Marrubium vulgare	Yes

Hornwort - Images - Management plan	Ceratophyllum demersum	Yes

Horsetail - Images - Management plan	Equisetum species	Yes

Hydrilla - Images - Management plan	Hydrilla verticillata	Yes

Japanese Knotweed - Images - Management plan	Fallopia japonica	Yes

Karamu - Management plan	Coprosma robusta	Yes

Kochia - Images - Management plan	Bassia scoparia (= Kochia scoparia)	Yes

Lagarosiphon, Oxygen Weed - Images - Management plan	Lagarosiphon major	Yes

Lantana - Images - Management plan	Lantana camara	Yes

Leather Leaf Sedge - Management plan	Carex buchananii	Yes

Mallee Cockspur - Management plan	Centaurea eriophora	Yes

Meadow Parsley - Management plan	Oenanthe pimpinelloides	Yes

Mediterranean Daisy - Management plan	Urospermum dalechampii	Yes

Montpellier Broom - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Genista monspessulana	Yes

New Zealand Hair Sedge - Management plan	Carex albula	Yes

New Zealand Sedge - Management plan	Carex flagellifera	Yes

New Zealand Sedge - Management plan	Carex testacea	Yes

Nodding Thistle - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Carduus nutans	Yes

Onion Weed - Images - Management plan	Asphodelus fistulosus	Yes

Onopordum Thistles - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Onopordum species	Yes

Pampas Grasses - Images - Management plan	Cortaderia species	Yes

Pampas Lily-of-the-Valley - Images - Management plan	Salpichroa origanifolia	Yes

Parodi - Management plan	Eleocharis parodii	Yes

Parrot's Feather - Images - Management plan	Myriophyllum aquaticum (= M. brasiliense)	Yes

Paspalum - Control guide	Paspalum dilatum	No

Paterson's Curse - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Echium plantagineum L.	Yes

>Purple Nut Grass - Management plan	Cyperus rotundus	Yes

Ragwort - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Senecio jacobaea	Yes

Rope Twitch, English Couch Grass - Control guide	Agropyron repens	No

Saffron Thistle - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Carthamus lanatus L.	Yes

Sagittaria - Images - Management plan	Sagittaria graminea	Yes

Salvinia - Images - Management plan	Salvinia molesta	Yes

Senegal Tea Plant, Temple Plant - Images - Management plan	Gymnocoronis spilanthoides	Yes

Serrated Tussock - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Nassella trichotoma	Yes

Silver-leaf Nightshade - Images - Management plan	Solanum elaeagnifolium	Yes

Skeleton Weed - Images - Management plan	Chondrilla juncea	Yes

Slender Thistle - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Carduus pycnocephalus	Yes

Slender Thistle - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Carduus tenuiflorus	Yes

South African Orchid - New weed bulletin	Disa bracteata	No

Spanish Heath - Images - Management plan	Erica lusitanica	Yes

Spear Thistle, Scotch Thistle - Control guide	Cirsium vulgare	No

Spiny Amaranth, Needle Burr - New weed bulletin	Amaranthus spinosus	No

Spiny Burrgrass - Images - Management plan	Cenchrus longispinus	Yes

Spiny Burrgrass - Management plan	Cenchrus incertus (= Cenchrus pauciflorus)	Yes

Spiny Emex - Images - Management plan	Emex australis	Yes

Square stemmed St John’s wort - Management plan	Hypericum tetrapterum	Yes

St John's Wort - Images - Management plan	Hypericum perforatum	Yes

Star Thistle - Management plan	Centaurea calcitrapa	Yes

Stinking Mayweed - Images - Management plan	Anthemis cotula	Yes

Sweet Briar - Control guide	Rosa rubiginosa L.	No

Three-horned Bedstraw - Images - Management plan	Galium tricornutum	Yes

Tumble Weed - Management plan	Amaranthus albus	Yes

Variegated Thistle - Control guide	Silybum marianum L.	No

Viper's Bugloss - Images - Management plan	Echium vulgare L.	Yes

Water Hyacinth - Images - Management plan	Eichhornia crassipes	Yes

White Spanish broom - Management plan	Cytisus multiflorus	Yes

White Weed (Hoary Cress) - Control guide - Images - Management plan	Cardaria draba	Yes

White-edged Nightshade - Images - Management plan	Solanum marginatum	Yes

Wild Rice - Management plan	Zizania species	Yes

Willow Herb - Control guide	Epilobium ciliatum	No

Willows except weeping willows, pussy willow and sterile pussy willow - Images - Management plan	Salix species (except S. babylonica, S. x calodendron and S. x reichardtii)	Yes

Witchweed - Management plan	Striga species (all non-indigenous species)	Yes

Yellow Nut Sedge - Management plan	Cyperus esculentus	Yes

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