Parramatta City Council

Declared Noxious Weeds

The following plants have been declared, pursuant to Sections 7 and 8 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1993, to be Noxious Weeds within Parramatta City Council area:

IMPORTANT:

An occupier of land on which there is a notifiable weed must notify the local control authority (Council) for the land of that fact within 3 days after becoming aware that the notifiable weed is on the land.

A person (including a public authority) must not sell or purchase any notifiable weed material or other noxious weed material prescribed by the regulations, or any animal or thing which has on it, or contains, notifiable weed material or other noxious weed material prescribed by the regulations.

Class 1 - **Notifiable** State Prohibited Weeds:

Must be eradicated from the land and the land must be kept free of the plant.

Pose a potentially serious threat to primary production or the environment. Are not present in the State or are present only to a limited extent.

Common Name	Scientific Name(s)
Anchored water hyacinth	Eichhornia azurea
Black knapweed	Centaurea nigra
Broomrapes	Orobanche spp except O. cernua v.australiana and O. minor
Chinese violet	Asystasia gangetica ssp micrantha
East Indian hygrophila	Hygrophila polysperma
Eurasian water milfoil	Myriophyllum spicatum
Hawkweed	Hieracium spp
Horsetail	Equisetum spp
Hymenachne	Hymenachne amplexicaulis
Karoo thorn	Acacia karroo
Kochia	Bassia scoparia except B. scoparia ssp.trichophylla,Kochia scoparia
Lagarosiphon	Lagarosiphon major
Mexican feather grass	Nassella tenuissima, Stipa tenuissima
Miconia	Miconia spp
Mimosa	Mimosa pigra
Parthenium weed	Parthenium hysterophorus
Pond apple	Annona glabra
Prickly acacia	Acacia nilotica
Rubbervine	Cryptostegia grandiflora
Senegal tea plant	Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
Siam weed	Chromolaena odorata
Spotted knapweed	Centaurea maculosa
Water caltrop	Trapa spp
Water lettuce	Pistia stratiotes
Water soldier	Stratiotes aloides
Witchweed	Striga spp except native species and Striga parviflora
Yellow burrhead	Limnocharis flava

Class 2 - **Notifiable** Regionally Prohibited Weeds:

Must be eradicated from the land and the land must be kept free of the plant.

Pose a potentially serious threat to primary production or the environment of a region to which the order applies. Are not present in the region or are present only to a limited extent.

Common Name	Scientific Name(s)
Hygrophila	Hygrophila costata
Salvinia	Salvinia molesta
Water hyacinth	Eichhornia crassipes

Class 3 - Regionally Controlled Weeds:

The plant must be fully and continuously suppressed and destroyed.

Pose a serious threat to primary production or the environment of an area to which the order applies.

Are not widely distributed in the area and are likely to spread in the area or to another area.

Common Name	Scientific Name(s)
Alligator weed	Alternanthera philoxeroides
Bitou bush	Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp rotundata
Boneseed	Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp monilifera
Cape broom	Genista monspessulana
Green cestrum	Cestrum parqui
Long-leaf willow primrose	Ludwigia longifolia
Ludwigia	Ludwigia peruviana
Pampas grass	Cortaderia spp

Class 4 - Locally Controlled Weeds:

The growth and spread of the plant must be controlled according to the measures specified in a management plan published by the local control authority and the plant may not be sold, propagated or knowingly distributed.

Pose a threat to primary production, the environment or human health, are widely distributed in an area to which the order applies and are likely to spread in the area or to another area.

Common Name	Scientific Name(s)
Asparagus fern	Asparagus aethiopicus, A. densiflorus, Protasparagus aethiopicus
Balloon vine	Cardiospermum grandiflorum
Blackberry	Rubus fruticosus aggregate spp except cultivars
Bridal creeper	Asparagus asparagoides, A.medeoloides, Myrsiphyllum asparagoides
Cape ivy	Delairea odorata
Castor oil plant	Ricinus communis
Cat's claw creeper	Macfadyena unguis-cati
Chilean needle grass	Nassella neesiana
Climbing asparagus fern	Asparagus plumosus, Protasparagus plumosus
Giant reed /Elephant grass	Arundo donax
Harrisia cactus	Harrisia spp
Lantana	Lantana spp
Madeira vine	Anredera cordifolia
Blue Morning glory Coastal Morning Glory	Ipomoea cairica, Ipomoea indica Ipomoea cairica
Pellitory	Parietaria judaica
Prickly pear	Cylindropuntia spp, Opuntia spp except O. ficus-indica
Privet (Broad-leaf)	Ligustrum lucidum
Privet (Narrow-leaf/Chinese)	Ligustrum sinense
Rhizomatous bamboo	Phyllostachys spp
Rhus tree	Toxicodendron succedaneum, Toxicodendron succedanea
Scotch broom/English broom	Cytisus scoparius
Serrated tussock	Nassella trichotoma
St. John's wort	Hypericum perforatum

Class 5 - **Notifiable** Restricted Plants:

The requirements in the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 for a notifiable weed must be complied with.

Likely, by their sale or the sale of their seeds or movement within the State or an area of the State, to spread in the State or outside the State.

Common Name	Scientific Name(s)
African feather grass	Pennisetum macrourum
African turnip weed	Sisymbrium runcinatum, Sisymbrium thellungii
Annual ragweed	Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Arrowhead	Sagittaria montevidensis
Artichoke thistle	Cynara cardunculus
Athel tree/Athel pine	Tamarix aphylla
Bear-skin fescue	Festuca gautieri, F. scoparia
Burr ragweed	Ambrosia confertiflora
Cabomba	Cabomba caroliniana
Cayenne snakeweed	Stachytarpheta cayennensis, Stachytarpheta urticifolia
Clockweed	Gaura lindheimeri, Gaura parviflora
Corn sowthistle	Sonchus arvensis
Dodder	Cuscuta spps except C. australis, C. tasmanica and C. victoriana
Espartillo	Achnatherum brachychaetum, Stipa brachychaetum
Fine-bristled burr grass	Cenchrus brownii
Fountain grass	Pennisetum setaceum
Gallon's curse	Cenchrus biflorus
Glaucous star thistle	Carthamus glaucus
Golden thistle	Scolymus hispanicus
Mexican poppy	Argemone mexicana
Mossman River grass	Cenchrus echinatus
Onion grass	All Romulea species and varieties except R. rosea var. australis
Oxalis	All Oxalis species and varieties except O. chnoodes, O. exilis, O. perennans, O. radicosa, O. rubens, and O. thompsoniae
Red rice	Oryza rufipogon
Sagittaria	Sagittaria platyphylla, Sagittaria graminea
Sand oat	Avena strigosa
Smooth-stemmed turnip	Brassica barrelieri ssp.oxyrrhina, Brassica oxyrrhina
Soldier thistle	Picnomon acarna
Willows	Salix species except S. babylonica, S. x reichardtii, S. x calodendron
Yellow nutgrass	Cyperus esculentus

For further information, please contact Council's Environment & Health Unit by: Telephoning during business hours on 9806 5000 or faxing on 9806 5903 or writing to PO Box 32, Parramatta NSW 2124

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