Invasive Garden Plants in Australia



Ninety invasive garden plants by State / Territory

New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Australian Capital Territory
Northern Territory - top end
Northern Territory - arid zone

Click on a plant name for a comprehensive description of the plant.

New South Wales

Banana passion fruit (Passiflora tarminiana (= P. mollisima))
Broom (Cytisus scoparius cultivars)
Cat’s claw creeper (Macfadyena unguis-cati)
Glory lily (Gloriosa superba)
Holly leafed senecio (Senecio glastifolius)
Hybrid mother of millions (Bryophyllum daigremontianum x B. delagoense)
Lippia (Phyla canescens)
Madeira vine (Anredera cordifolia)
Mother of millions (Bryophyllum delagoense)
Yerba de hicotea (Hygrophila costata)


Queensland

Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
Glory lily (Gloriosa superba)
Guava (Psidium guajava & P. guineense)
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Mickey Mouse plant (Ochna serrulata)
Murraya (Murraya paniculata cv. exotica)
Parrot’s feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
Pink periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
Taro (Colocasia esculenta)
Yellow allamanda (Allamanda cathartica)

South Australia

Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis)
Desert ash (Fraxinus angustifolia)
Fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum)
Gazania (Gazania linearis hybrids)
Golden wreath wattle (Acacia saligna)
Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum)
Olive (Olea europaea)
Periwinkle (Vinca major)
Topped lavender (Lavandula stoechas)
Weeping willow (Salix babylonica)


Tasmania

Asparagus fern (Asparagus scandens)
Blue psoralea (Psoralea pinnata)
Broom (Cytisus scoparius cultivars)
Cape Leeuwin wattle (Paraserianthes lophantha)
Himalayan honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa)
Holly Ilex (aquifolium)
Looking glass bush (Coprosma repens)
Radiata pine (Pinus radiata)
Sweet pittosporum (Pittosporum undulatum)
Tree heath (Erica arborea)

Victoria
African lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula)
Asparagus fern (Asparagus scandens)
Gazania (Gazania spp.) (fertile species or cultivars, varieties)
Horsetails (Equisetum spp.)
  - Common Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
  - Horsetail (Equisetum hyemale)
Oxalis (Oxalispp.)
Pepper tree (Schinus areira (= S. molle))
Periwinkle (Vinca major)
Prickly pear (Opuntia spp.)
Spanish heath (Erica lusitanica)
White tussock (Nassella tenuissima)


Western Australia

Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Black flag (Ferraria crispa)
Broadleaf pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolius)
Coastal tea tree (Leptospermum laevigatum)
Freesia (Freesia alba x leichtlinii)
Spotted gum (Eucalyptus maculata)
Sweet pittosporum (Pittosporum undulatum)
Sydney golden wattle (Acacia longifolia)
Watsonia (Watsonia spp.)
Weeping white broom (Retama raetum)

Australian Capital Territory

Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Broom (Cytisus spp.)
Broom (Genista spp.)
Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster spp.)
Firethorn (Pyracantha spp.)
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra ‘Italica’)
Olive (Olea europaea)
Radiata pine (Pinus radiata)
White poplar (Populus alba)


Northern Territory - top end

African tulip (Spathodea campanulata)
Candle bush (Senna elata)
Clumping fishtail palm (Caryotis nitis)
Golden shower (Cassia fistula)
Neem (Azadarichta indica)
Poinciana (Delonix regia)
Rubbervine (Cryptostegia grandiflora)
Snakeweeds (Stachytarpheta spp.)
White teak (Gmelina arborea)
Yellow bells (Tecoma stans)


Northern Territory - arid zone

American cotton palm (Washingtonia filifera)
Couch grass (Cynodon dactylon)
Fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum)
Himalayan raintree (Dalbergia sissoo)
Hybrid mother of millions (Bryophyllum daigremontianum x B. tubiflorum)
Lead tree (Coffee bush) (Leucaena leucocephala subsp. glabrata)
Mayne’s pest (Verbena aristigera (= V. tenuisecta))
Pepper tree (Schinus molle var. areira (= S. areira))
Umbrella sedge (Cyperus involucratus)
White cedar (Melia azedarach)

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