Blackberry
Blackberry has invaded watercourses, roadways ,pastures, orchards and bush throughout Australia. It provides good harbour for feral animals if not controlled.
Bathurst Burr
Bathurst Burr is a robust summer growing plant usually found on creek beds, river flats or moist flood prone areas. It can invade pastures and cultivation and can grow to one metre in height.
Athel Pine
Athel Pine can affect pastoral country by forming dense stands along inland rivers. It has dull green leaves resembling needles.
African Box Thorn
African Box Thorn is a tall erect thorny perennial shrub, often impenetrable in thickets. Its branches are stout, sometimes drooping and end in a strong sharp spine.
Johnson Grass
Johnson Grass is a summer growing perennial sorghum up to 2 metres tall. It has long leaves with a prominent white mid rib and an open seed head.
Harrisia Cactus
Harrisia Cactus is a succulent plant with joint branches that form tangled mats reaching up to 0.5 metres in height. Branches are fleshy and have longitudinal ribs with triangular humps at regular intervals.
Sweet Briar Rose
Sweet Briar Rose is an erect perennial shrub commonly growing 1.5 to 2.0 metres high. The stems are smooth when the plant is young but turn rough and woody in adult plants.
Rubbervine
Rubber Vine is a vigorous climber with twining whip like shoots. It can grow 2 metres tall unsupported or up to 30 metres when it entwines around trees.
Parthenium Weed
Parthenium Weed grows up to 1.5 metres tall. It has creamy white flowers that grow in clusters, also deeply lobed pale green leaves which branch alternately on stems and are covered with soft fine hair.
Mesquite
Mesquite is a deciduous perennial shrub with some species growing to over 3 metres tall.
- Important Weeds
Hudson Pear