Weed Identification
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Significant weeds known to occur, or with the potential to occur, in the region you have selected include the following 35 shrubs.
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Introduced as a garden or hedge plant in the mid 1800s. Now a serious weed, particularly on neglected land in arid temperate Australia. May produce thickets that become refuges for feral animals.... more |
First collected in Australia in 1801. Now mainly found in coastal areas, often associated with sandy calcareous soils. Minor weed of disturbed areas, especially roadsides and in rough pastures. Not eaten by stock. Fruits are poisonous to st... more |
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Planted as an ornamental for its rapid growth and attractive fruit. Grows in moist tropical forests. Plants are shade-tolerant. Forms dense monotypic stands in invaded range overseas.... more |
Forms dense thickets in its introduced range. Weed of disturbed forest, plantations, perennial crops and roadsides in the Philippines, Indonesia, southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.... more |
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Introduced as an ornamental. Small infestations occur around townships in the NT, near Townsville and in the Kimberley region of WA. Barleria prionitis is also naturalised in Mauritius.... more |
Probably first introduced in ships' ballast prior to 1908. Used for sand stabilisation by the Soil Conservation Service of NSW between 1946 and 1968. Now out of control and a serious weed of coastal sand dunes from near Tathra, NSW to SE Qu... more |
Robinia is a small genus of about twenty species of trees and large shrubs usually with spines on the branches. Leaves have many leaflets giving a fine tracery when viewed upwards. Sweetly perfumed, white pea-like flowers borne in tr... more |
Introduced to Australia and noted in records in 1803. Now in all States except Tasmania. Widespread and common in wasteland. Seedlings and juveniles grow rapidly. Castor oil is extracted from seeds. Seeds contain the toxin ricin. Toxicity t... more |
Seeds have been used as a coffee substitute. Can be a serious competitor with crops and pastures and may be toxic to stock, although rarely eaten. Now a pantropical weed.... more |
Common ornamental. Widely naturalised on the fringes of urban bushland and roadsides near plantings. At least nine species of Cotoneaster have naturalised in Australia.... more |
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