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Weeds of National Significance

Bitou Bush / Boneseed

Agencies Involved

Dept. of Environment & Climate Change (DECC) NSW (lead)
Dept. of Primary Industries & Water (DPIW) Tas
Dept. of Water Land & Biodiversity Conservation (DWLBC) SA
Dept of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Biosecurity QLD
Dept. of Primary Industries (DPI) Vic
Department of Agriculture and Food (WA)

National Contact

Ms Hillary Cherry
National Coordinator Bitou Bush and Boneseed
Pest Management Unit
Department of Environment & Climate Change (NSW)
PO Box 1967
Hurstville, NSW, 1481

Phone: (02) 9585 6587
Mobile: 0427 104 448
Fax: (02) 9585 6401
e-mail: hillary.cherry@environment.nsw.gov.au

Boneseed awareness poster
available from the National
Coordinator or download here.
(pdf - 665kb)

Keynote address: Research on bitou bush and boneseed – a work in progress.

Current status and management of boneseed in New Zealand.

Future directions for bitou bush and boneseed management in Australia.

Management implications of recent research into the effect of bitou bush invasion.

Progress on boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera (L.) Norlindh) biological control: the boneseed leaf buckle mite Aceria (Keifer) sp., the lacy-winged seed fly Mesoclanis magnipalpis Bezzi and the boneseed rust Endophyllum osteospermi (Doidge) A.R.Wood.

The role of fire in integrated management of boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera).

Economic evaluation of the management of bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata (DC.) T.Norl.) to conserve native plant communities in New South Wales.

Projecting the impact of climate change on bitou bush and boneseed distributions in Australia.

Bitou bush and boneseed eradication and containment in Australia.

Assessing the recovery of native plant species following bitou bush control – the need for monitoring.

The Cradle Coast boneseed incentive program.

Community weed education initiatives in NSW: getting school children involved.

Bitou bush aerial spraying in New South Wales – what have we learned?

Implementing the Bitou Bush Threat Abatement Plan across different land tenures: challenges and successes.

National western boneseed containment: a line in the sand on the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas, South Australia.

Manning Coastcare Group – a case study.

Coordinated regeneration programs in coastal vegetation on the Tomaree Peninsula – a decade of bitou bush control.

Biodiversity, fire and bitou bush management on the mid-north coast headlands of New South Wales: a study in progress.

A history of boneseed control in the You Yangs Regional Park, Victoria.

The Zen of controlling bitou bush in Crowdy Bay National Park.

Management of bitou bush on the New South Wales north coast.

New South Wales south coast bitou bush and boneseed control program.

Funding Priorities

Bitou Bush National
Priority Action Framework
2008 - 2010
(pdf - 45kb)

Boneseed National
Priority Action Framework
2008 - 2010
(pdf - 52kb)

Current Status

Strategy endorsed by Standing Committees November 2000.

Steering Committee established.

Strategy published July 2001.

Review of Progress Against the Strategic Plan 2006-2007.(pdf - 443kb)

Documents and Resources Available

Boneseed Management Manual

Available from the National Coordinator in hard copy or as a high resolution pdf, or low resolution pdf download here.

This document has been divided into seven files so that it can be downloaded in smaller sections, to make it more accessible to people with slow internet connections.

Introduction (pdf - 1744kb)
The boneseed profile (pdf - 3398kb)
Managing boneseed (pdf - 1300kb)
Control methods (pdf - 1561kb)
Follow-up control, revegetation and monitoring (pdf - 985kb)
Case studies (pdf - 4074kb)
Further information (pdf - 1721kb)

Information Flyers: available from the national coordinator or download here.
Full colour, double-sided A4 flyers are available flat or folded (envelope size). High resolution electronic copies are also available from the National Coordinator.

Bitou bush flyer Eastern Australia (pdf - 622kb)	Boneseed flyer NSW (pdf - 611kb)	Boneseed flyer SA (pdf - 524kb)

Boneseed flyer Tasmania (pdf - 526kb)	Boneseed flyer Victoria (pdf - 538kb)	Boneseed flyer Western Australia (pdf - 420kb)

Banners: Large (2m tall), eye-catching information banners available for use at workshops, field days and any other weed awareness events! These are housed in each state and can be borrowed at no charge. Please contact the National Coordinator to arrange a loan of the banner for your event.

Boneseed banner NSW (pdf - 593kb)	Boneseed banner SA (pdf - 513kb)	Boneseed banner Tas (pdf - 518kb)	Boneseed banner Vic (pdf - 529kb)
National bitou bush banner (pdf - 430kb)	National boneseed banner (pdf - 153kb)

Weed Management Guides

Weed Management Guide
- Bitou bush -
CRC for Australian
Weed Management
(external link)

Weed Management Guide
- Boneseed -
CRC for Australian
Weed Management
(external link)

Bitou bush and Boneseed Identification

Weeds Australia
Bitou bush identification page

Weeds Australia
Boneseed identification page

Three slides illustrating
the difference between
bitou bush and boneseed
(pdf - 433kb)

Biological Control Information

Bitou seed fly
Photo: CSIRO

Larvae of bitou
leaf-rolling moth
(Tortrix sp.)
Photo: P. Downey

Boneseed leaf buckle mite
(Aceria sp.)
Photo: C. Craemer

A Review of the Chrysanthemoides
monilifera Biological Control
Program in Australia: 1987-2005.

(journal paper from Plant Protection
Quarterly Vol 22(1) 2007)
(pdf - 316kb)

Future Directions for
Boneseed and Bitou Bush
Biological Control
(pdf - 31kb)

Biological Control of bitou bush
with the leaf-rolling moth (Tortrix sp)
(pdf - 545kb)

Research

University of Wollongong - Research on the impact of bitou bush on native communities (External link)

A Strategy to Reduce the Impacts of Bitou Bush on Biodiversity

The NSW Bitou Bush Threat Abatement Plan (TAP) is aimed at reducing, abating or ameliorating the threat posed by bitou bush and boneseed to threatened species, populations and ecological communities, and those species which may become threatened as a result of bitou bush or boneseed invasion.

Read more about the TAP and how it is being implemented in NSW. (external link)

Western Australia Boneseed Eradication Program


Western Australian Boneseed Eradication Strategy (pdf - 464kb)	WA Boneseed Site Records (pdf - 44kb)

Distribution Maps

bitou bush	boneseed
National Distribution	National distribution	NSW distribution
Close-up of east coast distribution	SA distribution	Tas distribution
	Vic. distribution	WA distribution

Download National Bitou Bush & Boneseed Strategy (pdf - 352kb)

Comments Requested

You are encouraged to provide ongoing comments on the strategy to the National Contact.

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