Asparagus weeds (Asparagus species)

A number of Asparagus species are weeds in NSW and have individual profiles in WeedWise. Please see Related weeds for details.

Profile

How does this weed affect you?

A number of Asparagus species are weeds in NSW and have individual profiles in WeedWise. Please see Related weeds for details.  

What does it look like?

Asparagus plants are shrubs or vines. They have leaf-like cladodes which are often clustered or whorled. Sometimes the clasodes look like ferny leaves. The fruit are small berries. 

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Control

Please see Related weeds for specific control and herbicide options for each species of Asparagus. 

Herbicide options

Contact your local council weeds officer for control advice for Asparagus weeds (Asparagus species).

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Biosecurity duty

The content provided here is for information purposes only and is taken from the NSW Biosecurity Act 2015 and its subordinate legislation, and the Regional Strategic Weed Management Plans (published by each Local Land Services region in NSW). It describes the state and regional priorities for weeds in New South Wales, Australia.

Please see Related weeds for details of the biosecurity duties associated with various species of Asparagus.

Area	Duty
All of NSW	General Biosecurity Duty All pest plants are regulated with a general biosecurity duty to prevent, eliminate or minimise any biosecurity risk they may pose. Any person who deals with any plant, who knows (or ought to know) of any biosecurity risk, has a duty to ensure the risk is prevented, eliminated or minimised, so far as is reasonably practicable.

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Reviewed 2014