Invasive plants (weeds)

Data and Resources

• Prohibited invasive plants of Queensland PDF

  Under the Biosecurity Act 2014, certain species of invasive plants are listed...

• African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for African boxthorn (Lycium...

• African fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for African fountain grass...

• African lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for African lovegrass (Eragrostis...

• African olive (Olea europaea subsp. cuspidate) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for African olive (Olea europaea...

• African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for African tulip tree (Spathodea...

• Agave (Agave species) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for agave (Agave species) in...

• Aleman grass (Echinochloa polystachya) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Aleman grass (Echinochloa...

• Amazon frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Amazon frogbit (Limnobium...

• Anzac flower (Montanoa hibiscifolia) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Anzac flower (Montanoa...

• Arrowhead vine (Syngonium podophyllum) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Arrowhead vine (Syngonium...

• Asparagus ferns (basket, climbing and feathered asparagus fern and bridal creeper) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for asparagus ferns (basket,...

• Baby pepper or coral berry (Rivinia humilis) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for baby pepper or coral berry...

• Balloon or heart seed vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for balloon or heart seed vine...

• Balsam pear (Momordica charantia) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for balsam pear (Momordica...

• Bamboo (Phyllostachys spp. and Bambusa spp.) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for bamboo (Phyllostachys spp. and...

• Barleria (Barleria prionitis) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for barleria (Barleria prionitis) in...

• Bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Bathurst burr (Xanthium...

• Blackberry (Rubus anglocandicans, Rubus fruticosus agg.) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for blackberry (Rubus...

• Blainvillea (Blainvillea gayana) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for blainvillea (Blainvillea gayana)...

• Blue morning glory (Ipomoea indica) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for blue morning glory (Ipomoea...

• Brillantaisia (Brillantaisia lamium) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for brillantaisia (Brillantaisia...

• Broad-leafed paspalum (Paspalum mandiocanum) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for broad-leafed paspalum (Paspalum...

• Broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum...

• Broad-leaved pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolius) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for broad-leaved pepper tree...

• Bunny ears (Opuntia microdasys) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Bunny ears (Opuntia microdasys)...

• Cabomba (Cabomba spp.) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for cabomba (Cabomba spp.) in...

• Calopo (Calopogonium mucunoides) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for calopo (Calopogonium mucunoides)...

• Calotrope (Calotropis procera) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for calotrope (Calotropis procera)...

• Camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for camphor laurel (Cinnamomum...

• Candyleaf (Stevia ovata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for candyleaf (Stevia ovata) in...

• Captain Cook tree or yellow oleander (Cascabella thevetia) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Captain Cook tree or yellow...

• Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea)...

• Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis) PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for castor oil plant (Ricinus...

• Cat's claw creeper (Macfadyena unguis-cati) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for cat's claw creeper (Macfadyena...

• Centro (Centrosema pubescens) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for centro (Centrosema pubescens) in...

• Chinese celtis (Celtis sinensis) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Chinese celtis (Celtis sinensis)...

• Coastal morning glory (Ipomoea cairica) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for coastal morning glory (Ipomoea...

• Cocos or queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for cocos or queen palm (Syagrus...

• Common pest pear or prickly pear (Opuntia stricta) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for common pest pear or prickly pear...

• Common sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for common sensitive plant (Mimosa...

• Coral cactus (Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for coral cactus (Cylindropuntia...

• Corky passionflower (Passiflora suberosa) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for corky passionflower (Passiflora...

• Crofton weed (Ageratina adenophora) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for crofton weed (Ageratina...

• Cucumber tree (Parmentiera aculeata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for cucumber tree (Parmentiera...

• Cumbungi (Typha species) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for cumbungi (Typha species) in...

• Currant bush (Carissa ovata and Carissa lanceolata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for currant bush (Carissa ovata and...

• Dense waterweed (Egeria densa) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for dense waterweed (Egeria densa)...

• Devil’s rope pear (Cylindropuntia imbricata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for devil's rope pear...

• Drooping tree pear (Opuntia monacantha) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for drooping tree pear (Opuntia...

• Duranta (Duranta erecta) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for duranta (Duranta erecta) in...

• Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia spp. other than native species) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia...

• Easter cassia (Senna pendula var. glabrata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Easter cassia (Senna pendula...

• East Indian mahogany (Chukrasia velutina) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for East Indian mahogany (Chukrasia...

• Elephant ear vine (Argyreia nervosa) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for elephant ear vine (Argyreia...

• Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for elephant grass (Pennisetum...

• Eve's pin cactus (Austrocylindropuntia subulata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Eve's pin cactus...

• Firethorn (Pyracanthan spp.) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for firethorn (Pyracanthan spp.) in...

• Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for fireweed (Senecio...

• Gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus)...

• Giant bramble (Rubus alceifolius) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for giant bramble (Rubus...

• Giant sensitive plant (Mimosa diplotricha) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for giant sensitive plant (Mimosa...

• Glycine (Neonotonia wightii) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for glycine (Neonotonia wightii) in...

• Green cestrum (Cestrum parqui) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for green cestrum (Cestrum parqui)...

• Groundsel bush (Baccharis halimifolia) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for groundsel bush (Baccharis...

• Guinea grass (Panicum maximum) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for guinea grass (Panicum maximum)...

• Hairy senna (Senna hirstua) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for hairy senna (Senna hirstua) in...

• Harrisia cactus (Harrisia martinii, Harrisia tortuosa and Harrisia pomanensis) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for harrisia cactus (Harrisia...

• Harungana (Harungana madagascariensis) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for harungana (Harungana...

• Honey locust (Gleditsia spp. including cultivars and varieties) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for honey locust (Gleditsia spp....

• Horehound (Hyptis suavelons) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for horehound (Hyptis suavelons) in...

• Hudson pear (Cylindropuntia pallida and Cylindropuntia tunicata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Hudson pear (Cylindropuntia...

• Hygrophila (Hygrophila costata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for hygrophila (Hygrophila costata)...

• Hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for hymenachne (Hymenachne...

• Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera...

• Japanese sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Japanese sunflower (Tithonia...

• Jumping cholla (Cylindropuntia prolifera) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for jumping cholla (Cylindropuntia...

• Knobweed (Hyptis capitata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Knobweed (Hyptis capitata) in...

• Koster's curse (Clidemia hirta) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Koster's curse (Clidemia hirta)...

• Kudzu (Pueraria montana) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for kudzu (Pueraria montana) in...

• Laurel-leaf pigeon wings (Clitoria laurifolia) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for laurel-leaf pigeon wings...

• Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala)...

• Limnocharis (Limnocharis flava) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for limnocharis (Limnocharis flava)...

• Limnocharis restricted invasive plant (Thai) PDF

  Limnocharis is introduced weed. It is an aquatic plant, which colonises...

• Limnocharis restricted invasive plant (Vietnamese) PDF

  Limnocharis is introduced weed. It is an aquatic plant, which colonises...

• Lippia (Phyla canescens) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for lippia (Phyla canescens) in...

• Madeira vine (Anredera cordifolia) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Madeira vine (Anredera...

• Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for mesquite (Prosopis spp.) in...

• Mexican bean tree (Cecropia spp.) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Mexican bean tree (Cecropia...

• Miconia (Miconia spp.) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Miconia (Miconia spp.) in...

• Mikania vine (Mikania spp.) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for mikania vine (Mikania spp.) in...

• Mimosa bush (Acacia farnesiana) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for mimosa bush (Acacia farnesiana)...

• Mimosa pigra (Mimosa pigra) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for mimosa pigra (Mimosa pigra) in...

• Mistflower (Ageratina riparia) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for mistflower (Ageratina riparia)...

• Molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for molasses grass (Melinis...

• Mossman river grass (Cenchrus echinatus) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Mossman river grass (Cenchrus...

• Mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena...

• Mysore thorn (Caesalpinia decapetalia) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for mysore thorn (Caesalpinia...

• Navua sedge (Cyperus aromaticus) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for navua sedge (Cyperus aromaticus)...

• Para grass (Urochloa mutica) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for para grass (Urochloa mutica) in...

• Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for parkinsonia (Parkinsonia...

• Peacock fern (Selaginella willdenovii) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for peacock fern (Selaginella...

• Persian shield (Strobilanthes dyerianus) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Persian shield (Strobilanthes...

• Peruvian primrose (Ludwigia peruviana) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Peruvian primrose (Ludwigia...

• Pond apple (Annona glabra) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for pond apple (Annona glabra) in...

• Praxelis (Praxelis clematidea) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for praxelis (Praxelis clematidea)...

• Prickle bushes identification fact sheet — prickly acacia, mesquite, parkinsonia, mimosa bush PDF

  Identification of prickle bushes in Queensland — prickly acacia (Vachellia...

• Prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica)...

• Prickly pear story (Opuntia spp. other than O. ficus-indica) PDF

  How the prickly pear (Opuntia spp. other than O. ficus-indica) was introduced...

• Puero (Neustanthus phaseoloides) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for puero (Neustanthus phaseoloides)...

• Rain tree (Samanea saman) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for rain tree (Samanea saman) in...

• Rat's tail grasses (Sporobolus pyramidalis, S. natalensis, S. jacquemontii and S. fertilis) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for rat's tail grasses (Sporobolus...

• Red Christmas pride (Ruellia graecizans) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for red Christmas pride (Ruellia...

• Red ivy (Hemigraphis colorata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for red ivy (Hemigraphis colorata)...

• Riverina pear (Opuntia elata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Riverina pear (Opuntia elata) in...

• Sagittaria (Sagittaria platyphylla) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Sagittaria (Sagittaria...

• Salvinia (Salvinia spp.) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for salvinia (Salvinia spp.) in...

• Sanchezia (Sanchezia parvibracteata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for sanchezia (Sanchezia...

• Senegal tea (Gymnocoronis spilanthoides) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Senegal tea (Gymnocoronis...

• Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata)...

• Sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia, S. hirsuta and S. tora) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia, S....

• Singapore daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Singapore daisy (Sphagneticola...

• Small-leaf or Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for small-leaf or Chinese privet...

• Snake cactus (Cylindropuntia spinosior) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for snake cactus (Cylindropuntia...

• Soap pod wattle (Senegalia rugata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for soap pod wattle (Senegalia...

• Stinking passion flower (Passiflora foetida) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for stinking passion flower...

• Sweet prayer (Thaumatococcus danielii) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for sweet prayer (Thaumatococcus...

• Telegraph weed (Heterotheca grandiflora) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for telegraph weed (Heterotheca...

• Thunbergia (Thunbergia annua, T. fragrans, T. grandiflora and T. laurifolia) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for thunbergia (Thunbergia annua, T....

• Tobacco weed (Elephantopus mollis) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for tobacco weed (Elephantopus...

• Turbina (Turbina corymbosa) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for turbina (Turbina corymbosa) in...

• Umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for umbrella tree (Schefflera...

• Velvety tree pear (Opuntia tomentosa) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for velvety tree pear (Opuntia...

• Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for water lettuce (Pistia...

• White moth vine (Araujia hortorum) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for white moth vine (Araujia...

• White passion flower (Passiflora subpeltata) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for white passion flower (Passiflora...

• Willows cactus or night-blooming cactus (Cereus uruguayanus) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for willows cactus or night-blooming...

• Yellow allamanda (Allamanda cathartica) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for yellow allamanda (Allamanda...

• Yellow bells (Tecoma stans) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for yellow bells (Tecoma stans) in...

• Yellow guava (Psidium guajava) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for yellow guava (Psidium guajava)...

• Zebrina (Tradescantia zebrina) fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for zebrina (Tradescantia zebrina)...