Invasive plants (weeds) — fact sheets

Data and Resources

• Prohibited invasive plants – fact sheet PDF

  Under the Biosecurity Act 2014, certain species of invasive plants are listed...

• Prohibited and restricted cacti in Queensland PDF

  To protect Queensland’s agricultural industries and native flora and fauna,...

• Prohibited and restricted cacti in Queensland—Khmer PDF

  Translated into Khmer. To protect Queensland’s agricultural industries and...

• Restricted invasive plants of Queensland PDF

  The Biosecurity Act 2014 protects Queensland's economy, biodiversity and...

• Aaron's beard cactus – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and legal requirements for Aaron’s beard cactus (Opuntia...

• African boxthorn – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for African boxthorn (Lycium...

• African fountain grass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for African fountain grass...

• African lovegrass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for African lovegrass (Eragrostis...

• African olive – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for African olive (Olea europaea...

• African tulip tree – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for African tulip tree (Spathodea...

• Agave – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for agave (Agave species) in...

• Aleman grass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Aleman grass (Echinochloa...

• Alligator weed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for alligator weed (Alternanthera...

• Amazon frogbit – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Amazon frogbit (Limnobium...

• Annual ragweed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for annual ragweed (Ambrosia...

• Anzac flower – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Anzac flower (Montanoa...

• Arrowhead vine – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for arrowhead vine (Syngonium...

• Asparagus ferns – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for asparagus ferns, including...

• Baby pepper or coral berry – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for baby pepper or coral berry...

• Badhara bush – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, identification and control methods for badhara bush...

• Balloon or heart seed vine – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for balloon or heart seed vine...

• Balsam pear – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for balsam pear (Momordica...

• Bamboo – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for bamboo (Phyllostachys species...

• Barleria – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for barleria (Barleria prionitis) in...

• Bathurst burr – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Bathurst burr (Xanthium...

• Bellyache bush – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for bellyache bush (Jatropha...

• Bitou bush and boneseed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides...

• Bitterweed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for bitterweed (Helenium amarum) in...

• Blackberry – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for blackberry (Rubus...

• Blainvillea – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for blainvillea (Blainvillea gayana)...

• Blind cactus – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for blind cactus (Opuntia rufida) in...

• Blue morning glory – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for blue morning glory (Ipomoea...

• Bog moss - fact sheet PDF

  Description, identification, impacts and legislative requirements for bog...

• Brazilian jurema – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Brazilian jurema (Mimosa...

• Brillantaisia – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for brillantaisia (Brillantaisia...

• Broad-leafed paspalum – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for broad-leafed paspalum (Paspalum...

• Broad-leaf privet – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum...

• Broad-leaved pepper tree – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for broad-leaved pepper tree...

• Bunny ears – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for bunny ears (Opuntia microdasys)...

• Cabomba – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for cabomba (Cabomba species) in...

• Calopo – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for calopo (Calopogonium mucunoides)...

• Calotrope – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for calotrope (Calotropis procera)...

• Camphor laurel – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for camphor laurel (Cinnamomum...

• Candyleaf – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for candyleaf (Stevia ovata) in...

• Captain Cook tree or yellow oleander – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Captain Cook tree or yellow...

• Caribbean pine – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea)...

• Castor oil plant – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for castor oil plant (Ricinus...

• Cat's claw creeper – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for cat's claw creeper (Macfadyena...

• Centro – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for centro (Centrosema pubescens)...

• Cha-om – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and legal requirements for cha-om (Senegalia insuavis)...

• Cha-om – fact sheet (Thai and Cambodian translation) PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for cha-om (Senegalia insuavis) in...

• Chilean needle grass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Chilean needle grass (Nassella...

• Chinee apple – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Chinee apple (Ziziphus...

• Chinese celtis – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Chinese celtis (Celtis sinensis)...

• Coastal morning glory – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for coastal morning glory (Ipomoea...

• Coastal silver-oak – fact sheet PDF

  Description, identification, impacts and legislative requirements for coastal...

• Cochineal nopal cactus - fact sheet PDF

  Pest alert for the description, impacts and legal responsibilities for...

• Cocos or queen palm – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for cocos or queen palm (Syagrus...

• Common prickly pear – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for common prickly pear (Opuntia...

• Common sensitive plant – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for common sensitive plant (Mimosa...

• Coral cactus – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for coral cactus (Cylindropuntia...

• Corky passionflower – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for corky passionflower (Passiflora...

• Crofton weed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for crofton weed (Ageratina...

• Cucumber tree – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for cucumber tree (Parmentiera...

• Cumbungi – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for cumbungi (Typha species) in...

• Currant bush – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for currant bush (Carissa ovata and...

• Dense waterweed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for dense waterweed (Egeria densa)...

• Devil’s rope pear – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for devil's rope pear...

• Drooping tree pear – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for drooping tree pear (Opuntia...

• Duranta – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for duranta (Duranta erecta) in...

• Dutchman’s pipe – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Dutchman’s pipe (Aristolochia...

• East Indian mahogany – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for East Indian mahogany (Chukrasia...

• Easter cassia – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Easter cassia (Senna pendula...

• Elephant ear vine – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for elephant ear vine (Argyreia...

• Elephant grass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for elephant grass (Pennisetum...

• Eve’s pin cactus – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Eve’s pin cactus...

• Firethorn – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for firethorn (Pyracantha species)...

• Fireweed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for fireweed (Senecio...

• Fireweed identification sheet PDF

  Identification sheet for fireweed Senecio madagascariensis in Queensland

• Gamba grass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for gamba grass (Andropogon...

• Giant bramble – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for giant bramble (Rubus...

• Giant sensitive plant – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for giant sensitive plant (Mimosa...

• Glory bower – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for glory bower (Clerodendrum...

• Glycine – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for glycine (Neonotonia wightii) in...

• Green cestrum – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for green cestrum (Cestrum parqui)...

• Grey willow – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, identification, and control methods for grey willow...

• Groundsel bush – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for groundsel bush (Baccharis...

• Guinea grass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for guinea grass (Panicum maximum)...

• Hairy senna – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for hairy senna (Senna hirsuta) in...

• Hairy water hyssop – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for hairy water hyssop (Bacopa...

• Harrisia cactus – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for harrisia cactus (Harrisia spp....

• Harungana – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for harungana (Harungana...

• Hiptage - fact sheet PDF

  Description, identification, impacts and legislative requirements for Hiptage...

• Honey locust – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for honey locust (Gleditsia...

• Horehound – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for horehound (Hyptis suaveolens)...

• Horsetails – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for horsetails (Equisetum spp.) in...

• Hudson pear – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Hudson pear (Cylindropuntia...

• Hygrophila – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for hygrophila (Hygrophila costata)...

• Hymenachne – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for hymenachne (Hymenachne...

• Prickly acacia – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for prickly acacia (Vachellia...

• Ivy gourd - fact sheet PDF

  Description, identification, impacts and legislative requirements for Ivy...

• Japanese honeysuckle – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera...

• Japanese sunflower – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Japanese sunflower (Tithonia...

• Jumping cholla – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for jumping cholla (Cylindropuntia...

• Karroo thorn – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and legal requirements for Karroo thorn (Vachellia...

• Kidneyleaf mudplantain - fact sheet PDF

  Description, identification, impacts and legislative requirements for...

• Knobweed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for knobweed (Hyptis capitata) in...

• Koster’s curse – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Koster’s curse (Miconia crenata...

• Kudzu – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for kudzu (Pueraria montana var....

• Lantana – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for lantana (Lantana camara) in...

• Laurel-leaf pigeon wings – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for laurel-leaf pigeon wings...

• Leucaena – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for leucaena (Leucaena...

• Limnocharis – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for limnocharis (Limnocharis flava)...

• Limnocharis (restricted invasive plant – Thai) – fact sheet PDF

  Limnocharis is an introduced aquatic weed that colonises wetlands and...

• Limnocharis (restricted invasive plant – Vietnamese) – fact sheet PDF

  Limnocharis is an introduced aquatic weed that colonises wetlands and...

• Lippia – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for lippia (Phyla canescens) in...

• Madeira vine – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Madeira vine (Anredera...

• Madras thorn – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Madras thorn (Pithecellobium...

• Mesquite – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for mesquite (Neltuma spp.) in...

• Mexican bean tree – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Mexican bean tree (Cecropia...

• Mexican feather grass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Mexican feather grass (Nassella...

• Miconia – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for miconia (Miconia calvescens,...

• Mikania vine – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for mikania vine (Mikania species)...

• Mimosa bush – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for mimosa bush (Acacia farnesiana)...

• Mimosa pigra – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for mimosa pigra (Mimosa pigra) in...

• Mistflower – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for mistflower (Ageratina riparia)...

• Molasses grass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for molasses grass (Melinis...

• Mossman River grass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Mossman River grass (Cenchrus...

• Mother-in-law's tongue – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for mother-in-law's tongue...

• Mother-of-millions – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for mother-of-millions (Bryophyllum...

• Mysore thorn – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for mysore thorn (Caesalpinia...

• Navua sedge – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for navua sedge (Cyperus...

• Noogoora burr – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Noogoora burr (Xanthium pungens)...

• Ochna or Mickey Mouse plant – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for ochna (Ochna serrulata) in...

• Opuntia puberula – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Opuntia puberula in Queensland.

• Opuntioid cacti – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for opuntioid cacti...

• Para grass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for para grass (Urochloa mutica) in...

• Paper mulberry — fact sheet PDF

  Description, identification, impacts and legislative requirements for paper...

• Paperbark thorn PDF

  Description, identification, and impacts and legislative requirements for...

• Parkinsonia – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for parkinsonia (Parkinsonia...

• Parthenium – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for parthenium (Parthenium...

• Peacock fern – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for peacock fern (Selaginella...

• Persian shield – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Persian shield (Strobilanthes...

• Peruvian primrose – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Peruvian primrose (Ludwigia...

• Pond apple – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for pond apple (Annona glabra) in...

• Praxelis – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for praxelis (Praxelis clematidea)...

• Prickle bushes identification – fact sheet PDF

  Identification of prickle bushes in Queensland, including prickly acacia...

• Prickly pear story – fact sheet PDF

  A historical overview of how prickly pear (Opuntia species, excluding Opuntia...

• Puero – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for puero (Neustanthus...

• Rain tree – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for rain tree (Samanea saman) in...

• Rat's tail grasses – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for rat's tail grasses (Sporobolus...

• Red Christmas pride – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for red Christmas pride (Ruellia...

• Red ivy – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for red ivy (Hemigraphis colorata)...

• Red witchweed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and legal requirements for red witchweed (Striga...

• Redwood – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for redwood (Acaciella glauca) in...

• Rhodes grass – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) in...

• Riverina pear – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for Riverina pear (Opuntia...

• Rubber vine – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for rubber vine (Cryptostegia...

• Saffron thistle – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for saffron thistle (Carthamus...

• Sagittaria – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for sagittaria (Sagittaria...

• Salvinia – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for salvinia (Salvinia species) in...

• Sanchezia – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for sanchezia (Sanchezia...

• Senegal tea – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Senegal tea (Gymnocoronis...

• Siam weed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata)...

• Sicklebush – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for sicklebush (Dichrostachys...

• Sicklepod – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia, S....

• Singapore daisy – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for Singapore daisy (Sphagneticola...

• Siratro – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for siratro (Macroptilium...

• Small-leaf or Chinese privet – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for small-leaf or Chinese privet...

• Snake cactus – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for snake cactus (Cylindropuntia...

• Snakeweed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for snakeweed (Stachytarpheta spp)...

• Soap pod wattle – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and legal requirements for soap pod wattle (Senegalia...

• Spiked pepper – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and legal requirements for spiked pepper (Piper aduncum)...

• Spiny emex – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for spiny emex (Emex australis) in...

• St John's wort – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for St John's wort (Hemigraphis...

• Stinking passion flower – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for stinking passion flower...

• Sticky florestina – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for sticky florestina (Florestina...

• Sulphur cactus – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for sulphur cactus (Opuntia...

• Sweet prayer – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for sweet prayer (Thaumatococcus...

• Telegraph weed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for telegraph weed (Heterotheca...

• Thunbergia – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for thunbergia (Thunbergia...

• Tobacco weed – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for tobacco weed (Elephantopus...

• Tropical soda apple – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for tropical soda apple (Solanum...

• Turbina – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for turbina (Turbina corymbosa) in...

• Umbrella tree – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for umbrella tree (Schefflera...

• Velvety tree pear – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for velvety tree pear (Opuntia...

• Wandering trad – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for wandering trad (Tradescantia...

• Water hyacinth – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for water hyacinth (Eichhornia...

• Water hyacinth – fact sheet (Khmer translation) PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for water hyacinth (Eichhornia...

• Water lettuce – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for water lettuce (Pistia...

• Water lettuce – fact sheet (Khmer translation) PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for water lettuce (Pistia...

• Water mimosa – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea...

• Water mimosa – fact sheet (Khmer translation) PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea...

• Water mimosa – fact sheet (Thai translation) PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea...

• Water mimosa – fact sheet (Vietnamese translation) PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea...

• Weedbuster — activity book PDF

  The Weedbuster activity book is aimed at children aged 7–12 years and teaches...

• Wheel cactus – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and legal requirements for wheel cactus (Opuntia...

• White ball acacia – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for white ball acacia (Acaciella...

• White moth vine – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for white moth vine (Araujia...

• White passion flower – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for white passion flower...

• Wild tobacco – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for wild tobacco (Solanum...

• Willows cactus – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for willows cactus (Cereus...

• Yellow allamanda – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for yellow allamanda (Allamanda...

• Yellow bells – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and control methods for yellow bells (Tecoma stans) in...

• Yellow fever tree – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts and legal requirements for yellow fever tree (Vachellia...

• Yellow guava – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for yellow guava (Psidium guajava)...

• Zebrina – fact sheet PDF

  Description, impacts, and control methods for zebrina (Tradescantia zebrina)...