Weed management
Weeds are everybody’s responsibility. We can all work together to protect our World Heritage Area and the unique bushland, swamps and waterways of the Blue Mountains
The tables below contain the State, Regional and Local priority weeds for the Blue Mountains LGA and their recommended control measure, pursuant to the NSW Biosecurity Act 2015.
Weeds found in the Blue Mountains are identified with *
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Table 1: State Priority Weeds
Control Measure: The plant must be eradicated from the land and be fully and continuously suppressed and destroyed; and the land must be kept free of the plant.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| African Boxthorn Asparagus Weeds* Athel Pine Bellyache Bush Blackberry* Boneseed* Bridal Creeper* Cape Broom* Chilean Needle Grass* Fireweed* Flax-leaf Broom* Gorse* Lantana* Madera Vine* Mesquite Mouse Eared Hawkweed Opuntia (Prickly Pear)* Orange Hawkweed Sagittaria Scotch/English Broom* Serrated Tussock* Silver-leaf nightshade Tropical Soda Apple Willows* |
Lycium ferocissimum Asparagus spp. Tamarix aphylla Jatropha gossypiifolia Rubus fruticosus agg. Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera Asparagus asparagoides Genista monspessulana Nassella neesiana Senecio madagascariensis Genista linifolia Ulex europaeus Lantana camara Anredera cordifolia Prosopis spp. Hieracium pilosella Opuntia spp. Hieracium aurantiacum. Sagittaria platyphylla Cytisus scoparius Nassella trichotoma Solanum eleagnifolium Solanum viarum Salix spp. |
Control Measure: If the weed is part of a new infestation of the weed on the land, notify the Local Control Authority as soon as practicable.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Alligator Weed* Bitou Bush Cabomba* Cats Claw Creeper* Salvinia* Water Hyacinth* |
Alternanthera philoxeroides Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotunda Cabomba caroliniana Dolichandra unguis-cati Salvinia molesta Eichhornia crassipes |
Table 2: Regional Priority Weeds
Control Measure: The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| African Olive* Black Willow Chinese knotweed Climbing Asparagus Glory Lily Horsetails* Hygrophilla Kei Apple Kidney leaf mud plantain Kudzu Leaf cactus Ming Fern* Mysore Thorn Sea Spurge Sicilian Sea Lavender Sicklethorn Skunk Vine |
Olea europaea subsp.cuspidata Salix nigra Persicaria chinensis Asparagus africanus Gloriosa superba Equisetum spp. Hygrophilla costata Dovyalis caffra Heteranthera reniformis Pueraria lobate Pereskia aculeate Asparagus macowanii var. zuluensis Caesalpinia decapetala Euphorbia paralias Limonium hyblaeum Asparagus falcatus Paederia foetida |
Control Measure: The plant should be fully and continuously suppressed and destroyed.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Giant Reed* Green Cestrum* Holly-leaved Senecio Pampas Grass* Senegal Tea Serrated Tussock* Singapore Daisy Water Poppy Willow-leaf Primrose* |
Arundo donax Cestrum parqui Senecio glastifolius Cortaderia jubata Gymnocoronis spilanthoides Nassella trichotoma Sphagneticola trilobata Hydrocleys nymphoides Ludwigia peruviana |
Table 3: Local Priority Weeds
Control Measure: The plant should be fully and continuously suppressed and destroyed.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| African Lovegrass* Barberry* Black Cherry* Box Elder* Butterfly Bush* Cassia/Senna* Castor Oil Plant* Cherry Laurel* Coolatai Grass* Cootamundra Wattle* Cotoneaster* Crofton Weed* English Holly* Evergreen Dogwood* Firethorn* Himalayan Honeysuckle* Mickey Mouse Plant/Ochna* Mistflower* Montbretia* Mother of Millions* Mount Morgan/ Queensland Silver Wattle* Paterson’s Curse* Portuguese Laurel* Privet* European* Privet* Large-leaf* Privet* Small-leaf* Rhizomatous Bamboo* - Black Rhizomatous Bamboo* Rhus Tree* Spanish/Portuguese Heath* St. John’s Wort* Sycamore* Tree Lucerne/Tagasaste* Tree of Heaven* Tutsan* Viper’s Bugloss* Wild Tobacco Bush* Yellow Bells* |
Eragrostis curvula Berberis aristata Prunus serotina Acer negundo Buddleia davidii Senna pendula Ricinus communis Prunus laurocerasus Hyparrhenia hirta Acacia baileyana Cotoneaster spp. Ageratina adenophora Ilex aquifolium Cornus capitata Pyracantha spp. Leycesteria formosa Ochna serrulata Ageratina riparia Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora Bryophyllum spp. Acacia podalyriifolia Echium plantagineum Prunus lusitanica Ligustrum vulgare Ligustrum lucidum Ligustrum sinense Phyllostachys nigra Phyllostachys aurea Toxicodendron succedaneum Erica lusitanica Hypericum perforatum Platanus orientalis Chamaecytisus palmensis Ailanthus altissima Hypericum androsaemum Echium vulgare Solanum mauritianum Tecoma stans |
Control Measure: Plants under 4 metres in height should be fully and continuously suppressed and destroyed.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Black Locust* Camphor Laurel* Honey Locust* |
Robinia pseudoacacia Cinnamomum camphora Gleditsia triacanthos |
Control Measure: The spread of this plant should be adequately contained to prevent spread impacting on a priority asset. Weed Notices will only be issued for these weeds under special circumstances.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Agapanthus* Arum Lily* Balloon Vine* Banana Passionfruit* Blue Morning Glory* Blue Periwinkle* Cape Ivy* English Ivy* Evergreen Alder* Japanese Honeysuckle* Moth Vine* New Zealand Cabbage Gum* Scotch Thistle* Sweet Briar* Sweet Vernal Grass* Trad/Wandering Jew* Turkey Rhubarb* Watsonia* White Jasmine* White Poplar* Yorkshire Fog* |
Agapanthus praecox subsp.orientalis Zantedeschia aethiopica Cardiospermum grandiflorum Passiflora mollissima Ipomoea indica Vinca major Delairea odorata Hedera helix Alnus jorullensis Lonicera japonica Araujia sericifera Cordyline australis Onoporum acanthium Rosa rubiginosa Anthoxanthum odoratum Tradescantia fluminensis Acetosa sagittata Watsonia meriana Jasminum polyanthum Populus alba Holcus lanatus |
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