PDF 17 pages 50 species 61 images. By Sunshine Coast Council, Queensland, Australia. Council has produced this brochure (and others) to assist landowners with
weed identification and control and in choosing native replacement species.
Environmental weeds are non-local plants that easily
reproduce in natural areas and then degrade the
environmental values of that area.
Where do environmental weeds come from?
Environmental weeds come from outside the local area
? and have left their competitors and predators behind!
Many come from overseas, but plants native to another
part of Australia, or even another part of Queensland, have
become environmental weeds on the Sunshine Coast.
Most environmental weeds are deliberate introductions
- over 70% of environmental weeds have entered Australia
as garden plants and many others were introduced for
agricultural purposes ? especially for fodder and salinity
management.
?Weedy? plants often have one or more of these
characteristics:
? abundant viable seed production
? rapid population growth
? seed dormancy
? hard-seededness
? vegetative reproduction
? effective seed dispersal
? is a weed somewhere else
? more than one reproductive method
Cocos palm
Syagrus romanzoffiana
Cadagi
Corymbia torelliana and hybrids
Camphor laurel
Cinnamomum camphora
Exotic pines
Pinus taeda
Pinus caribaea, Pinus elliottii
Chinese Celtis
Celtis sinensis
Queensland
umbrella tree
Schefflera actinophylla
Large-leaved privet
Ligustrum lucidum
African tulip tree
Spathodea campanulata
Golden rain tree
Koelreuteria elegans
Leucaena
Leucaena leucocephala
Himalayan ash
Fraxinus ornus (featured)
Mountain ash
Fraxinus griffithii
Brazilian cherry
Eugenia uniflora
Running bamboo
Arundinaria spp.
Golden bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea
Moso bamboo
P. pubescens
Duranta
Geisha girl
Sheena?s gold
Duranta repens (syn. D. erecta)
Small-leaved privet
Ligustrum sinense
Murraya
Murraya paniculata
(syn. Murraya exotica
Yellow bells
Tecoma stans
Buddleja
Buddleja madagascariensis
Groundsel bush
Baccharis halimifolia
Lantana
Lantana camara
Ochna, Mickey
Mouse plant
Ochna serrulata
Ardisia, coral berry
Ardisia crenata, A. crispa,
A. humilis
Easter Cassia
Senna pendula var. glabrata
Purple splash
Alternanthera dentata
Mistflower
Ageratina riparia
Fishbone fern
Nephrolepis cordifolia
Creeping Lantana
Lantana montevidensis
Red Salvia
Salvia coccinea
Singapore daisy
Sphagneticola trilobata
Broad-leaved
Paspalum
Paspalum mandiocanum
Wandering jew
Tradescantia albiflora
Broad-leaved
carpet grass
Axonopus compressus
Madeira vine
Anredera cordifolia
Climbing Asparagus
fern
Asparagus africanus
White moth vine
Araujia sericifera
Blue morning glory
(featured)
Ipomoea indica
Moon flower
Ipomoea alba
Cat?s claw vine
Macfadyena unguis-cati
Blue trumpet vine
Thunbergia grandiflora
Brazilian nightshade
Solanum seaforthianum
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Axillaris, archer
axillaris
Macrotyloma axillare
Siratro
Macroptilium atropurpureum
Silver leaved
Desmodoium
D. uncinatum
Glycine
Neonotonia wightii
Salvinia
Salvinia molesta
Elephant?s ears, Taro
Colocasia spp.
Water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
Water hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
References and further reading
Native plants and gardening
Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants.
http://asgap.org.au
Brisbane Rainforest Action and Information Network (BRAIN)
http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au
Eustace, R. (1996) Indigenous Gardening ? Growing local
native plants. McBenny Pty Ltd, Cannon Hill
Harden, G.J., McDonald, W.J.F. & Williams J.B. (2006)
Rainforest Trees and Shrubs. A field guide to their
identification. Gwen Harden Publishing
Harden, G.J., McDonald, W.J.F. & Williams J.B. (2007)
Rainforest Climbing Plants. A field guide to their identification.
Gwen Harden Publishing
Haslam, S. (2007) Noosa?s Native Plants. Noosa Integrated
Catchment Assoc. Inc., Tewantin
http://www.noosasnativeplants.com.au
Logan River Branch Society for Growing Australian Plants
(2008). Mangroves to Mountains: A field guide to the native
plants of SEQ (Vols 1 & 2). Logan River Branch SGAP, Browns
Plains, Brisbane.
Nicholson, N. & H. (1985 ? 2004) Australian Rainforest Plants
I ? VI. Terania Rainforest Publishing, The Channon, NSW
Queensland Museum (2003) Wild Plants of Greater Brisbane.
Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
Sunshine Coast Regional Council website and follow the links:
http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/
Weeds
Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed
Management.
http://www.weeds.crc.org.au/
Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Biosecurity Queensland
News and Factsheets about weeds and other pests
Http://www/dpi.qld.gov.au
Ermert, S. (2005) Gardener?s Companion to Weeds.
Ken Fin Books, Victoria
Kleinschmidt, H., Holland, A. and Simpson, P. (1996)
Suburban Weeds. 3rd Edition. Qld Department of Primary
Industries and Fisheries
Weeds Australia
http://www.weeds.org.au
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