Cestrum parqui
Green cestrum
Green cestrum is a native of South America. It was introduced into Australia to be used as an ornamental shrub for gardens. Since that time, green cestrum has spread rapidly from people’s gardens and has become naturalised throughout eastern New South Wales. Green cestrum’s most common source of spread is droppings from birds that have eaten the berries. Seed is also readily spread through watercourses and by flood events. In NSW green cestrum can be found growing in the Hunter Valley, the outer metropolitan areas of Sydney, the North Coast and the north-west, central west and south-west of the state. [...]
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Sporobolus pyramidalis
Giant rat’s tail grass
Giant rat’s tail grass is a tufted perennial to about 1.8 m tall. It occurs as a weed in pastures and bushland areas, particularly on poorer soils. It produces leaf blades that are tough and difficult for cattle to graze, leading to reduced feed intake and reduced animal production. The seed heads are generally a ‘rat’s tail’ like spike when young and may branch to an elongated pyramidal shape when mature. Giant rat’s tail grass is native to Africa. Its seed is orange-brown, tapered-cylindrical, about 1 mm long. Roots are fibrous. The grass has a dense branched panicle up to [...]
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Miconia calvescens
Miconia
Miconia, also known as velvet tree, is a potentially devastating weed of Australian rainforests. All miconia species are declared noxious throughout NSW as a Class 1 weed and must be eradicated from the land and the land must be kept free of the plant. As a notifiable weed, all outbreaks must be reported to your Local Control Authority. If you find this weed in your area or see something that may be miconia, contact Far North Coast Weeds or Industry & Investment NSW immediately. Miconia is a rainforest tree native to South America and can be found from Mexico to [...]
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Solanum viarum
Tropical soda apple
Tropical Soda Apple is an aggressive prickly perennial shrub one metre to two metres high. It is a native of north-eastern Argentina, south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Upright and much branching, it has broad-based, straight, cream-coloured prickles to 12 mm long scattered on most plant parts. Leaves are mostly 10-20 cm long and 6-15 cm wide. The upper and lower leaf surfaces are densely covered in short hairs; mid-veins and primary lateral-veins are cream coloured on both sides of the leaves. Flowers are white, with five petals 2-4 mm long. They occur in clusters of three to six, off a short [...]
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Schinus terebinthifolius
Broad Leaf Pepper Tree
Broad-leaved Pepper Tree (BLPT), also known as Brazilian pepper tree, is an invasive tree capable of reaching 15 metres in height that originated in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. BLPT is one of the most destructive weeds in Hawaii, Florida and the Bahamas, taking over vast areas of native vegetation. This species is also recorded as a weed in South Africa. BLPT has been cultivated as a garden plant in many countries and has been cultivated in Australia since the mid 1860s. This species is now naturalised in south-east Queensland, north-east New South Wales and parts of Western Australia. BLPT favours similar habitats to Groundsel Bush (Baccharis [...]
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