Note: this region includes the local council areas of Bland, Carrathool (lower), Coolamon, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Griffith, Hay (lower), Hilltops (western), Junee, Leeton, Lockhart Shire Council, Murrumbidgee (upper), Narrandera, Snowy Valleys (upper), Temora and Wagga Wagga.
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 |
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 |
Alligator weed Alternanthera philoxeroides |
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. |
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 |
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 |
Bitou bush Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata |
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. |
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 |
Black willow Salix nigra |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. |
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 |
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 Clover broomrape, Orobanche minor and Australian broomrape, Orobanche cernua var. australiana. |
Cabomba Cabomba caroliniana |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
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 |
Cane needle grass Nassella hyalina |
Regional Recommended Measure
Eradication zone: whole region except for the containment zone of Wagga Wagga City Council Eradication zone: The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. Containment zone: Land managers should prevent spread from their land. Whole region: 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. |
Cape broom Genista monspessulana |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Cape broom Genista monspessulana |
Regional Recommended Measure
Snowy Valleys Council Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. |
Cape broom Genista monspessulana |
Regional Recommended Measure
Whole region excluding Snowy Valleys Council 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. |
Cat's claw creeper Dolichandra unguis-cati |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
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 the plant being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. |
Chinese violet Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha |
Control Order
Owners and occupiers of land on which there is Chinese violet must notify the local control authority for the area if the Chinese violet is part of a new infestation on the land, destroy all Chinese violet on the land ensuring that subsequent generations of Chinese violet are destroyed; and keep the land free of Chinese violet. A person who deals with a carrier of Chinese violet 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. |
Climbing asparagus Asparagus africanus |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
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
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 |
Eve's needle cactus Austrocylindropuntia subulata |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold All species in the Austrocylindropuntia genus have this requirement |
Fireweed Senecio madagascariensis |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Fireweed Senecio madagascariensis |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. |
Flax-leaf broom Genista linifolia |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Foxtail fern Asparagus densiflorus |
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 |
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 the plant being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. |
Grey sallow Salix cinerea |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Grey sallow Salix cinerea |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. |
Ground asparagus Asparagus aethiopicus |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Hawkweeds Pilosella 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 genera Pilosella and Hieracium are Prohibited Matter except for Hieracium murorum. |
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. |
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 |
Hymenachne Hymenachne amplexicaulis and hybrids |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
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 |
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 |
Madeira vine Anredera cordifolia |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
Mesquite Prosopis species |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold All species in the genus Prosopis have this requirement |
Mesquite Prosopis species |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. |
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. 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
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. |
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 |
Perennial ground cherry Physalis longifolia |
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. |
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 |
Prairie ground cherry Physalis hederifolia |
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. |
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) |
Ragwort Senecio jacobaea |
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. |
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 the plant being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. |
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 the plant being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. |
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
Snowy Valleys Council. Land managers should mitigate the risk of new weeds being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. |
Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius subsp. scoparius |
Regional Recommended Measure
Whole region excluding Snowy Valleys Council 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. |
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 the plant being introduced to their land. The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. |
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 |
Silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium |
Prohibition on dealings
Must not be imported into the State or sold |
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 |
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 |
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 hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes |
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. |
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 lilies Nymphaea species |
Regional Recommended Measure
The plant should be eradicated from the land and the land kept free of the plant. 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. This Regional Recommended Measure applies to Nymphaea mexicana (Mexican water lily) |
Water poppy Hydrocleys nymphoides |
Regional Recommended Measure
Land managers should mitigate the risk of the plant being introduced to their land. Land managers should mitigate spread from their land. 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 |
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.