Macquarie Valley Weeds Committee & Lachlan Valley Weeds Advisory Committee

Top Weeds

Declared Weeds

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

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

• Cape broom (Genista monspessulana)

• Coolatai Grass (Hyparrhenia hirta)
• Chilean Needle Grass (Nassella neesiana)
• Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma)

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