NOXIOUS WEEDS

OTHER PEST WEEDS…

POISONOUS PLANTS

Declared noxious weeds include

• African boxthorn

• Athel pine

• Alligator weed*

• Blackberry

• Chilean needle grass*

• Common prickly pear

• Dodder*

• Galvanised burr

• Green cestrum

• Harrisia cactus

• Mother-of-millions

• Nodding thistle

• Pampas grass

• Parthenium weed*

• Paterson’s curse

• Prickly pear history (see notes below)

• Prickly pear poster

• Prickly pear (see common pear, rope pear, velvety tree pear,  harrisia cactus, tiger pear, cactoblastis, cochineal)

• Rope pear

• Rhus tree*

• Salvinia (to small aquatic weed poster only)

• Serrated tussock*

• Silverleaf nightshade

• St John’s wort

• Sweet briar

• Tiger pear

• Velvety tree pear

• Water lettuce

* Weed names marked with an asterisk are linked to the NSW Dept of Primary Industries weeds website

(For a FULL LIST of declared noxious weeds, please access PDF document listed  below

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Other (non-declared) plants of concern and established in the north-west of NSW

• African lovegrass

• Bathurst burr

• Blue heliotrope

• Briar bush
  (Vachellia farnesiana)

• Coolatai grass

• Foxtail
  (longstyle feather grass)

• Johnson grass

• Khaki weed

• Lippia*

• Longstyle feather grass

• Mimosa bush

• Noogoora burr

• Prickly acacia 
  TRY mimosa bush

• Privet*

• Spiny burrgrass

• St Barnaby's thistle

• Tree of heaven

• Wild carrot

OTHERS...

Items of general interest:

• Cactoblastis insects

• Cochineal insects

• Mistletoe - friend or foe?

• LABELS FOR WEED DISPLAYS

WEED ALERTS...

Warnings have been issued by NSW Dept of Primary Industries about the threat of these NEW WEEDS entering New South Wales

• Broomrape

• Chinese violet*

• Glory lily*

• Japanese knotweed

• Mexican feather grass*

• Knapweed*

• Siam Weed*

*  link to the NSW Dept of Primary Industries weeds site.  Thence to respective PDF documents, slow to load...

Found in gardens and rural situations – some examples of the more common ones…

• Arum lily

• Blue couch

• Blue heliotrope

• Castor oil plant

• Cotoneaster

• Cotton bush

• Crown beard

• Darling pea (label)

• Green cestrum

• Hemlock

• Mother of millions

• Nardoo

• Native fuschia

• Oleander

• Paterson’s curse*

• Pellitory (asthma weed)

• Poinsettia

• Rhus tree*

• Rock/Mulga fern

• Shrubby rice flower

• St John’s wort

• Tree of heaven

• Turkey bush

• Variegated thistle (label)

• Wisteria

• Wild tobacco

Please note this list of poisonous plants is NOT COMPLETE!!!!! 
Many plants have potential to cause harm to animals and/or human under certain conditions!

More information:
NSW Dept of Primary Industries weeds website – "publications" page and select “Poisonous Plants in the Garden”.

"Poisonous Plants of Australia"  - Selwyn L Everist, published by Angus & Coote.

Poison Information
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Gwydir Shire Council is custodian, on behalf of NIWAC, of the former Parthenium Weed Display Caravan used throughout the region for promoting weeds awareness...…