Macquarie Valley Weeds Committee & Lachlan Valley Weeds Advisory Committee

Top Weeds

Declared Weeds

1. African Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum)
2. Mimosa Bush (Vachellia farnesiana)
3. Green Cestrum (Cestrum parqui)
4. St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
6. Blue Heliotrope (Heliotropium amplexicaule)
7. Tiger Pear (Opuntia aurantiaca )
8. Prickly Pear (Cylindropuntia & Opuntia sp except O. ficus-indica )
9. Harrisia Cactus (Harrisia sp)
10. Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium)

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

• Devils Rope Pear (Cylindropuntia imbricata)
• Lippia (Phyla canescens)
• Hudson Pear (Cylindropuntia rosea )
• Tiger Pear (Opuntia aurantiaca )
• Prickly Pear (Cylindropuntia & Opuntia sp except O. ficus-indica )
• Harrisia Cactus (Harrisia sp)
• Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)

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