Cutleaf mignonette policy - South East Natural Resources ...

Declared Plant Policy
REGIONAL PRIORITY
Cutleaf mignonette was assessed during the South East Weed Risk Assessment project.
Cutleaf mignonette is mainly a weed of grazing areas and was considered to be a low
impact for other land uses.
Management
Action
Relative
priority
Aquatic Crop/pasture Forestry Grazing Irrigated Native
Vegetation
Perennial
Horticulture
Urban
N/A Protect N/A Protect N/A N/A Protect N/A
sites
sites
sites
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# Management action N/A – not assessed – low priority for this landuse
LI – not assessed - low impact in this landuse
* Relative priority 1 = highest priority
7 = lowest priority
AIMS:
1. To protect grazing industries from the loss of production caused by cutleaf mignonette.
2. To contain the distribution of cutleaf mignonette in the South East.
OBJECTIVES:
• Identification of the full extent of cutleaf mignonette infestations in the South East.
• Increase awareness about the impacts of cutleaf mignonette.
• Enforce control programs to prevent spread of cutleaf mignonette to un-infested
areas.
IMPLEMENTATION
State Level
• Prohibit the sale and distribution of cutleaf mignonette into and within the State.
Regional Priority Actions for the SE NRM Board
• Authorised Officers to map and monitor all infestations of cutleaf mignonette.
• Buffer zones encouraged between severe infestations of cutleaf mignonette and
‘clean’ properties.
• Increase awareness about the impacts of cutleaf mignonette.
• Seek external funding for projects relating to cutleaf mignonette control which will
protect high value agricultural and natural environments.
• Control of cutleaf mignonette enforced at priority sites (including priority roadsides)
and isolated infestations.
• Prevent movement of cutleaf mignonette within the region.
Cutleaf mignonette policy for the SE NRM region 3