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Noxious weeds

This collection of photographs is to help you identify some of the weeds found throughout northwest New South Wales and beyond. Click on any of these small photographs for a closer view... 

See also WEEDS LISTS for information on individual weeds or MORE PHOTOS for images of problem native and/or other non-declared local weeds.

African boxthorn taking over the shade areas

African boxthorn fruit

Blue heliotrope spreading along a roadside

Chilean needle grass - hard to locate unless it is in seed (as in this photo)

Blackberry fruit

Common pear with cochineal insects

Common prickly pear in early flowering stage

Common pear with cactoblastis eggstick (about 50 eggs) attached to the underside of the leaf. Photo GE Ryan

Cactoblastis larvae

Galvanised burr

Major infestation of green cestrum - Beardy River, Bonshaw - 8 Jan 2003

Green cestrum flowers

Harrisia cactus with fruit

Harrisia cactus under attack from mealybug

Mother of millions

Nodding thistle produces hundreds of wind-borne seeds.

Nodding thistle is a problem in the higher, tablelands country of NSW

Parthenium weed (Photo NSW DPI)

Paterson's curse and horses - not an ideal combination

Rope pear flower

St John's wort flower (thumbnail in foreground)

St John's wort property near Inverell Dec 03 prior to clearing

Silverleaf nightshade - Myall Creek Dec 2002

Sweet briar closeup - Elsmore area (near Inverell)

Tiger pear with cochineal

Tiger pear in car tyre

Segments of tiger pear stuck to a boot.

Tree pear flower

Tree pear patch Scotts Rd Nth Star

Velvety tree pear, Bonshaw area - Kevin Whitton (centre)

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