Macquarie Valley Weeds Committee & Lachlan Valley Weeds Advisory Committee

Top Weeds

Declared Weeds

1. Chilean Needle Grass (Nassella neesiana)
2. St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
3. Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma)
4. Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
5. Blue Heliotrope (Heliotropium amplexicaule)

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

• Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata)
• Cape broom (Genista monspessulana)
• Mesquite (Prosopis sp)

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

• Lippia (Phyla canescens)
• Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius )
• Spiny Burrgrass (Cenchrus incertus & longispinus)
• Sweet Briar Rose (Rosa rubiginosa)
• Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)
• Noogoora Burr (Xanthium occidentale)
• Hudson Pear (Cylindropuntia rosea )
• Chilean Needle Grass (Nassella neesiana)
• Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma)
• Tiger Pear (Opuntia aurantiaca )
• Prickly Pear (Cylindropuntia & Opuntia sp except O. ficus-indica )
• 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)
• Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans)
• Devils Rope Pear (Cylindropuntia imbricata)

• 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)