Note: this region includes the local council areas of Cessnock, Dungog, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Mid-Coast, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Singleton and Upper Hunter.
Weed | Duty |
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All plants | General Biosecurity Duty All 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. |
African boxthorn Lycium ferocissimum |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
African olive Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. Land managers reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. Land managers prevent spread from their land where feasible. The plant or parts of the plant are not traded, carried, grown or released into the environment |
Alligator weed Alternanthera philoxeroides |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Alligator weed Alternanthera philoxeroides |
Biosecurity Zone
The Alligator Weed Biosecurity Zone is established for all land within the state except land in the following regions: Greater Sydney; Hunter (but only in the local government areas of City of Lake Macquarie, City of Maitland, City of Newcastle or Port Stephens). Within the Biosecurity Zone this weed must be eradicated where practicable, or as much of the weed destroyed as practicable, and any remaining weed suppressed. The local control authority must be notified of any new infestations of this weed within the Biosecurity Zone |
Anchored water hyacinth Eichhornia azurea |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Arrowhead Sagittaria calycina var. calycina |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Asparagus fern Asparagus virgatus |
Regional Recommended Measure
Exclusion zone: whole of region except Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. Core infestation area: Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. Whole of region: Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Within exclusion zone: The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. Notify the Local Control Authority if found. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. Within Core infestation: Land managers to reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Athel pine Tamarix aphylla |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Bellyache bush Jatropha gossypiifolia |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Bitou bush Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Bitou bush Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata |
Biosecurity Zone
The Bitou Bush Biosecurity Zone is established for all land within the State except land within 10 kilometres of the mean high water mark of the Pacific Ocean between Cape Byron in the north and Point Perpendicular in the south. Within the Biosecurity Zone this weed must be eradicated where practicable, or as much of the weed destroyed as practicable, and any remaining weed suppressed. The local control authority must be notified of any new infestations of this weed within the Biosecurity Zone |
Black knapweed Centaurea X moncktonii |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Black willow Salix nigra |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Blackberry Rubus fruticosus species aggregate |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold All species in the Rubus fruiticosus species aggregate have this requirement, except for the varietals Black Satin, Chehalem, Chester Thornless, Dirksen Thornless, Loch Ness, Murrindindi, Silvan, Smooth Stem, and Thornfree |
Blackberry Rubus fruticosus species aggregate |
Regional Recommended Measure
The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. Land managers to reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Boneseed Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Boneseed Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera |
Control Order
Bonseed Control Zone: Whole of NSW Boneseed Control Zone (Whole of NSW): Owners and occupiers of land on which there is boneseed must notify the local control authority of new infestations; immediately destroy the plants; ensure subsequent generations are destroyed; and ensure the land is kept free of the plant. A person who deals with a carrier of boneseed must ensure the plant (and any seed and propagules) is not moved from the land; and immediately notify the local control authority of the presence of the plant. |
Boxing glove cactus Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Bridal creeper Asparagus asparagoides |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold *this requirement also applies to the Western Cape form of bridal creeper |
Bridal veil creeper Asparagus declinatus |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Broomrapes Orobanche species |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries All species of Orobanche are Prohibited Matter in NSW, except the natives Orobanche cernua var. australiana and Orobanche minor |
Cabomba Cabomba caroliniana |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Cabomba Cabomba caroliniana |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Cane cactus Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold All species in the Austrocylindropuntia genus have this requirement |
Cape broom Genista monspessulana |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Cat's claw creeper Dolichandra unguis-cati |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Cat's claw creeper Dolichandra unguis-cati |
Regional Recommended Measure
The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. Land managers to reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Chilean needle grass Nassella neesiana |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Chilean needle grass Nassella neesiana |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Chinese knotweed Persicaria chinensis |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Chinese violet Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Climbing asparagus Asparagus africanus |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Climbing asparagus Asparagus africanus |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Climbing asparagus fern Asparagus plumosus |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Common pear Opuntia stricta |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Coolatai grass Hyparrhenia hirta |
Regional Recommended Measure
The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. Land managers to reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
East Indian hygrophila Hygrophila polysperma |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Espartillo - broad kernel Amelichloa caudata |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Espartillo - narrow kernel Amelichloa brachychaeta |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Eurasian water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Fireweed Senecio madagascariensis |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Flax-leaf broom Genista linifolia |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Frogbit Limnobium laevigatum |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries All species of Limnobium are Prohibited Matter |
Gamba grass Andropogon gayanus |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Giant devil's fig Solanum chrysotrichum |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Giant Parramatta grass Sporobolus fertilis |
Regional Recommended Measure
The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. . Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land.Land managers to reduce impacts from plant on prioriuty assets. |
Giant rat's tail grass Sporobolus pyramidalis |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Glory lily Gloriosa superba |
Regional Recommended Measure
Exclusion zone: whole region except core infestation area of the MidCoast, Port Stephens, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas Whole region: The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. Exclusion zone: The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. Core infestation area: Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. |
Gorse Ulex europaeus |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Gorse Ulex europaeus |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Green cestrum Cestrum parqui |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Land managers reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Grey sallow Salix cinerea |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Ground asparagus Asparagus aethiopicus |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Groundsel bush Baccharis halimifolia |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land Area 1: core infestation within Newcastle, Greater Taree and Lake Macquarie. Land Area 2: rest of region Land Area 1: Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land Area 2: The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. Notify the Local Control Authority if found. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. |
Hawkweeds Hieracium species |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries All species in the genus Hieracium are Prohibited Matter |
Honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Land managers reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Horsetails Equisetum species |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. This Regional Recommended Measure applies to Equisetum arvense |
Hudson pear Cylindropuntia pallida |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Hydrocotyl Hydrocotyle ranunculoides |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Hygrophila Hygrophila costata |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Hymenachne Hymenachne amplexicaulis and hybrids |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Hymenachne Hymenachne amplexicaulis and hybrids |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Karroo thorn Vachellia karroo |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Kidney-leaf mud plantain Heteranthera reniformis |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Kochia Bassia scoparia |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries Excluding the subspecies trichophylla |
Koster's curse Clidemia hirta |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Kudzu Pueraria lobata |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Lagarosiphon Lagarosiphon major |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Lantana Lantana camara |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Leaf cactus Pereskia aculeata |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Long-leaf willow primrose Ludwigia longifolia |
Regional Recommended Measure
Core infestation area:Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens and Mid Coast. Exclusion zone: Rest of region Whole of region: The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Within Exclusion zone: Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. Within Core Infestation: Land managers to reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Ludwigia Ludwigia peruviana |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land Area 1: Core infestation area of Port Stephens and Lake Macquarie. Land Area 2: rest of region Land Area 1: Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land Area 2: The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. Notify the Local Control Authority if found. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. |
Madeira vine Anredera cordifolia |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Mahonia Berberis lomariifolia |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Mesquite Prosopis species |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold All species in the genus Prosopis have this requirement |
Mexican feather grass Nassella tenuissima |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Miconia Miconia species |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries All species of Miconia are Prohibited Matter in NSW |
Mikania vine Mikania micrantha |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries *all species in the genus Mikania are Prohibited Matter in NSW |
Mimosa Mimosa pigra |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Mother-of-millions Bryophyllum species |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Land managers reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Mysore thorn Caesalpinia decapetala |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Ox-eye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare |
Regional Recommended Measure
Exclusion zone: whole region except for the core infestation area of the Barrington Tops Plateau Whole region: The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Exclusion zone: The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. Core infestation area: Land managers should mitigate spread from their land.Land managers to reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Pampas grass Cortaderia species |
Regional Recommended Measure
Exclusion zone: Upper Hunter local government area. Core infestation area: Port Stephens, Maitland, Cessnock, Lack Macquarie, Newcastle and MidCoast local government areas. Whole region: The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Exclusion zone: The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. Core infestation area: Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. Land managers to reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Parkinsonia Parkinsonia aculeata |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Parkinsonia Parkinsonia aculeata |
Control Order
Parkinsonia Control Zone: Whole of NSW Parkinsonia Control Zone (Whole of NSW): Owners and occupiers of land on which there is parkinsonia must notify the local control authority of new infestations; immediately destroy the plants; ensure subsequent generations are destroyed; and ensure the land is kept free of the plant. A person who deals with a carrier of parkinsonia must ensure the plant (and any seed and propagules) is not moved from the land; and immediately notify the local control authority of the presence of the plant. |
Parthenium weed Parthenium hysterophorus |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Parthenium weed Parthenium hysterophorus |
Prohibition on dealings
The following equipment must not be imported into NSW from Queensland: grain harvesters (including the comb or front), comb trailers (including the comb or front), bins used for holding grain during harvest operations, augers or similar for moving grain, vehicles used to transport grain harvesters, support vehicles driven in paddocks during harvest operations, mineral exploration drilling rigs and vehicles used to transport those rigs, unless set out as an exception in Division 5, Part 2 of the Biosecurity Order (Permitted Activities) 2017 |
Paterson's curse Echium plantagineum |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Land managers reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Pond apple Annona glabra |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Prickly acacia Vachellia nilotica |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Prickly pears - Austrocylindropuntias Austrocylindropuntia species |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold All species in the Austrocylindropuntia genus have this requirement |
Prickly pears - Cylindropuntias Cylindropuntia species |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold All species in the Cylindropuntia genus have this requirement |
Prickly pears - Opuntias Opuntia species |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold Except for Opuntia ficus-indica (Indian fig) |
Rattlepod Crotalaria lunata |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Land managers reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Rope pear Cylindropuntia imbricata |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold All species in the Cylindropuntia genus have this requirement |
Rubber vine Cryptostegia grandiflora |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Sagittaria Sagittaria platyphylla |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Sagittaria Sagittaria platyphylla |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Land managers reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Salvinia Salvinia molesta |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Salvinia Salvinia molesta |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Land managers reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. This Regional Recommended Measure applies to Salvinia molesta and Salvinia minima |
Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius subsp. scoparius |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius subsp. scoparius |
Regional Recommended Measure
Exclusion zone: whole region except for the core infestation area of the Upper Hunter (Barrington Tops) Whole region: The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Exclusion zone: The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. Core infestation area: Land managers to reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Sea spurge Euphorbia paralias |
Regional Recommended Measure
Exclusion zone: whole region except for the core infestation area of Yaccaba Peninsula, Hawks Nest. Whole region: The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Exclusion zone: The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. Core infestation area: Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. Land managers to reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Senegal tea plant Gymnocoronis spilanthoides |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Serrated tussock Nassella trichotoma |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Serrated tussock Nassella trichotoma |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Siam weed Chromolaena odorata |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Sicilian sea lavender Limonium hyblaeum |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Sicklethorn Asparagus falcatus |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Smooth tree pear Opuntia monacantha |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Snakefeather Asparagus scandens |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Snakefeather Asparagus scandens |
Regional Recommended Measure
Exclusion zone: Hunter region except Cessnock and Lake Macquarie. Core infestation area: Cessnock and Lake Macquarie Whole of region: Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Exclusion Zone: The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. Notify the Local Control Authority if found. Within Core infestation: Land managers to reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Spongeplant Limnobium spongia |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries All species of Limnobium are Prohibited Matter |
Spotted knapweed Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Tiger pear Opuntia aurantiaca |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Tiger pear Opuntia aurantiaca |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Land managers reduce impacts from the plant on priority assets. |
Tropical soda apple Solanum viarum |
Control Order
Tropical Soda Apple Control Zone: Whole of NSW Tropical Soda Apple Control Zone (Whole of NSW): Owners and occupiers of land on which there is tropical soda apple must notify the local control authority of new infestations; destroy the plants including the fruit; ensure subsequent generations are destroyed; and ensure the land is kept free of the plant. A person who deals with a carrier of tropical soda apple must ensure the plant (and any seed and propagules) is not moved from the land; and immediately notify the local control authority of the presence of the plant on the land, or on or in a carrier. |
Velvety tree pear Opuntia tomentosa |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Water caltrop Trapa species |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries All species in the Trapa genus are Prohibited Matter in NSW |
Water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes |
Biosecurity Zone
The Water Hyacinth Biosecurity Zone applies to all land within the State, except for the following regions: Greater Sydney or North Coast, North West (but only the local government area of Moree Plains), Hunter (but only in the local government areas of City of Cessnock, City of Lake Macquarie, MidCoast, City of Maitland, City of Newcastle or Port Stephens), South East (but only in the local government areas of Eurobodalla, Kiama, City of Shellharbour, City of Shoalhaven or City of Wollongong). Within the Biosecurity Zone this weed must be eradicated where practicable, or as much of the weed destroyed as practicable, and any remaining weed suppressed. The local control authority must be notified of any new infestations of this weed within the Biosecurity Zone |
Water lettuce Pistia stratiotes |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Water soldier Stratiotes aloides |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
Water star grass Heteranthera zosterifolia |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
White blackberry Rubus niveus |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. The plant should not be bought, sold, grown, carried or released into the environment. Notify local control authority if found. |
Willows Salix species |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold All species in the Salix genus have this requirement, except Salix babylonica (weeping willows ), Salix x calodendron (pussy willow) and Salix x reichardtii (sterile pussy willow) |
Witchweeds Striga species |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries All species in the Striga genus are Prohibited Matter in NSW, except the native Striga parviflora |
Yellow burrhead Limnocharis flava |
Prohibited Matter
A person who deals with prohibited matter or a carrier of prohibited matter is guilty of an offence. A person who becomes aware of or suspects the presence of prohibited matter must immediately notify the Department of Primary Industries |
The content provided here is for information purposes only and is taken from the 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.