Macquarie Valley Weeds Committee & Lachlan Valley Weeds Advisory Committee

Top Weeds

Declared Weeds

1. African Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum)
2. St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
3. Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium)
4. Coolatai Grass (Hyparrhenia hirta)
5. Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
6. Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)

• Parthenium Weed (Parthenium hysterophorus )
• Rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora )
• Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)

• Mesquite (Prosopis sp)
• Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata)

• Green Cestrum (Cestrum parqui)
• Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense)

• Lippia (Phyla canescens)
• Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma)
• Spiny Burrgrass (Cenchrus incertus & longispinus)
• Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)
• Noogoora Burr (Xanthium occidentale)
• Tiger Pear (Opuntia aurantiaca )
• Chilean Needle Grass (Nassella neesiana)
• Star Thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa)
• Hudson Pear (Cylindropuntia rosea )
• Prickly Pear (Cylindropuntia & Opuntia sp except O. ficus-indica )
• Devils Rope Pear (Cylindropuntia imbricata)
• Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)
• African Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum)
• Bathurst Burr (Xanthium spinosum)
• Golden Dodder (Cuscuta campestris)
• Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium)
• Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
• St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
• Harrisia Cactus (Harrisia sp)

• Bridal Creeper (Asparagus asparagoides)
• Athel Pine (Tamarix aphylla )
• Willows including crack, white, golden, broadleaf, pencil, tortured, black willows and common sallow (Salix sp except S. babylonica, S. x reichardtii, S. x calodendron)