PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds

PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds
LIST OF SOME
SPECIES(contd)
Woody weeds
COMMON NAME
TYPE OF WEED
Check current status of weeds
DICOTYLEDONS (broadleaved weeds) (contd)
Woody weeds (contd)
Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
(one of the few trees that are noxious weeds)
NOXIOUS WONS ENV Garden
(in some
areas) 20 (in some escapes
areas)
Noxious ENV
Monterey pine, radiata pine (Pinus radiata) Noxious ENV
Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata) Noxious WONS ENV
Polygala, purple broom (Polygala virgata) ENV
Prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica) Noxious WONS ENV
Spanish heath (Erica lusitanica) Noxious ENV
Willow (Salix spp. except weeping willow,
pussy willow and sterile pussy willow)
Noxious WONS ENV
Vines and creepers
Cape ivy, ivy groundsel (Delairea odorata) Noxious ENV
Dolichos pea (Dipogon lignosus) ENV
Himalayan honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa)
English ivy (Hedera helix)
Madeira vine (Anredera cordifolia)
Purple morning glory (Ipomoea indica)
Rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora)
Wandering jew (Tradescantia fluminensis)
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
WONS
ENV
ENV
ENV
ENV
ENV
ENV
OTHER DICOTYLEDONS
Cacti (Cactaceae)
Harrrisia cactus (Eriocereus martinii)
Prickly pear (Opuntia spp.) (some spp. only;
introduced as a living hedge in Qld)
Noxious
Noxious
ENV
ENV
Parasitic plants
Broomrapes (Orobanche spp.) (page 382)
Dodders (Cuscuta spp.) (page 381)
Witchweeds (Striga spp.) (page 380)
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
MISCELLANEOUS GROUPS
Ferns (Pteridophytes)
Bracken fern (Pteridium esculentum)
Horsetails (Equisetum spp.) Noxious WONS
Water weeds (aquatic weeds)
Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides)
Cabomba (Cabomba caroliniana)
Elodea (Elodea canadensis)
Hydrocotyle (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides)
Lagarosiphon (Lagarosiphon major)
Parrots feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
Pond apple (Annona glabra)
Salvinia (Salvinia molesta)
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
Noxious
WONS
WONS
WONS
WONS
ENV
ENV
ENV
ENV
ENV
ENV
ENV
Riparian weeds
Riparian weeds include grasses and bulbs, eg
kikuyu; herbaceous plants, eg docks;
shrubs, eg blackberry; trees, eg willows and
vines, eg cape ivy (Ede and Hunt 2008)
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