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Weed and pest animal fact sheets
Fact sheets have been produced by Biosecurity Queensland for weeds and pest animals. Hard copies are available from all Biosecurity Queensland offices. Fact sheets are not to be manipulated.
Weeds
- Declared plants of Queensland (PDF, 73 kB)
- African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum) (PDF, 231 kB)
- African fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum) (PDF, 338 kB)
- African lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) (PDF, 203 kB)
- African tulip (Spathodea campanulata) (PDF, 587 kB)
- Aleman grass (Echinochloa polystachya) (PDF, 207 kB)
- Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) (PDF, 240 kB)
- Annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) (PDF, 196 kB)
- Anzac flower (Montanoa hihiscifolia) (PDF, 135 kB)
- Arrowhead vine (Syngonium podophyllum) (PDF, 193 kB)
- Baby pepper or coral berry (Rivinia humilis) (PDF, 172 kB)
- Balloon or heart seed vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum) (PDF, 352 kB)
- Balsam pear (Momordica charantia) (PDF, 162 kB)
- Bamboo (Phyllostachys spp. and Bambusa spp.) (PDF, 186 kB)
- Barleria (Barleria prionitis) (PDF, 174 kB)
- Basket or ground asparagus fern (Asparagus aethiopicus 'Sprengeri') (PDF, 376 kB)
- Bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum) (PDF, 200 kB)
- Bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia) (PDF, 680 kB)
- Bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata) (PDF, 556 kB)
- Blackberry (Rubus anglocandicans, Rubus fruticosus agg.) (PDF, 192 kB)
- Blue morning glory (Ipomoea indica) (PDF, 192 kB)
- Brillantaisia (Brillantaisia lamium) (PDF, 190 kB)
- Broad-leafed paspalum (Paspalum mandiocanum) (PDF, 180 kB)
- Broad-leaf or tree privet (Ligustrum lucidum) (PDF, 199 kB)
- Broadleaved pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolius) (PDF, 179 kB)
- Cabomba (Cabomba spp.) (PDF, 564 kB)
- Calopo (Calopogonium mucunoides) (PDF, 101 kB)
- Calotrope (Calotropis procera) (PDF, 228 kB)
- Camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora) (PDF, 210 kB)
- Captain Cook tree (Cascabella thevetia, previously Thevetia peruviana) (PDF, 540 kB)
- Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea) (PDF, 135 kB)
- Castor oil bush (Ricinus communis) (PDF, 204 kB)
- Cat's claw creeper (Macfadyena unguis-cati) (PDF, 191 kB)
- Centro (Centrosema pubescens) (PDF, 99 kB)
- Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana) (PDF, 218 kB)
- Chinee apple (Ziziphus mauritiana) (PDF, 628 kB)
- Chinese celtis (Celtis sinensis) (PDF, 185 kB)
- Climbing asparagus fern (Asparagus africanus) (PDF, 432 kB)
- Clitoria (Clitoria laurifolia) (PDF, 116 kB)
- Coastal morning glory (Ipomoea cairica) (PDF, 186 kB)
- Cocos or Queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) (PDF, 536 kB)
- Common sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) (PDF, 288 kB)
- Corky passionflower (Passiflora suberosa) (PDF, 316 kB)
- Crofton weed (Ageratina adenophora) (PDF, 536 kB)
- Cucumber tree (Parmentiera aculeata) (PDF, 178 kB)
- Cumbungi (Typha species) (PDF, 560 kB)
- Currant bush (Carissa ovata and Carissa lanceolata) (PDF, 216 kB)
- Dense water weed (Egeria densa) (PDF, 432 kB)
- Duranta (Duranta erecta) (PDF, 259 kB)
- Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia spp. other than native species) (PDF, 440 kB)
- East Indian mahogany (Chukrasia velutina) (PDF, 153 kB)
- Easter cassia (Senna pendula var. glabrata) (PDF, 488 kB)
- Elephant ear vine (Argyreia nervosa) (PDF, 104 kB)
- Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) (PDF, 468 kB)
- Firethorn (Pyracanthan spp.) (PDF, 208 kB)
- Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis) (PDF, 197 kB)
- Gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus) (PDF, 143 kB)
- Giant bramble (Rubus alceifolius) (PDF, 220 kB)
- Giant rat's tail grass (Sporobolus pyramidalis and S. natalensis) (PDF, 266 kB)
- Giant sensitive plant (Mimosa invisa) (PDF, 804 kB)
- Glycine (Neonotonia wightii) (PDF, 177 kB)
- Green cestrum (Cestrum parqui) (PDF, 360 kB)
- Groundsel bush (Baccharis halimifolia) (PDF, 556 kB)
- Guinea grass (Panicum maximum) (PDF, 183 kB)
- Hairy senna (Senna hirstua) (PDF, 150 kB)
- Harrisia cactus (Eriocereus spp.) (PDF, 238 kB)
- Harungana (Harungana madagascariensis) (PDF, 116 kB)
- Honey locust (Gleditsia spp. including cultivars and varieties) (PDF, 253 kB)
- Honey locust ornamental varieties (PDF, 233 kB)
- Horehound (Hyptis suavelons) (PDF, 144 kB)
- Hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis) (PDF, 448 kB)
- Identification of prickle bushes (PDF, 246 kB)
- Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) (PDF, 175 kB)
- Japanese sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) (PDF, 192 kB)
- Knobweed (Hyptis capitata) (PDF, 132 kB)
- Koster's curse (Clidemia hirta) (PDF, 183 kB)
- Kudzu (Pueraria montana) (PDF, 325 kB)
- Lagarosiphon (Lagarosiphon major) (PDF, 169 kB)
- Lantana (Lantana camara) (PDF, 192 kB)
- Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) (PDF, 372 kB)
- Limnocharis (Limnocharis flava) (PDF, 208 kB)
- Lippia (Phyla canescens) (PDF, 221 kB)
- Maderia vine (Anredera cordifolia) (PDF, 182 kB)
- Mesquite (Prosopis spp.) (PDF, 712 kB)
- Miconia (Miconia spp.) (PDF, 218 kB)
- Mikania vine (Mikania spp.) (PDF, 742 kB)
- Mimosa bush (Acacia farnesiana) (PDF, 444 kB)
- Mimosa pigra (Mimosa pigra) (PDF, 154 kB)
- Mistflower (Eupatorium riparium) (PDF, 224 kB)
- Molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora) (PDF, 179 kB)
- Mossman river grass (Cenchrus echinatus) (PDF, 198 kB)
- Mother-in-law's tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata) (PDF, 308 kB)
- Mother-of-millions (Bryophyllum delagoense) (PDF, 279 kB)
- Navua sedge (Cyperus aromaticus) (PDF, 520 kB)
- Noogoora burr (Xanthium pungens) (PDF, 195 kB)
- Ochna or mickey mouse plant (Ochna serrulata) (PDF, 177 kB)
- Para grass (Brachiaria mutica) (PDF, 632 kB)
- Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata) (PDF, 248 kB)
- Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus) (PDF, 210 kB)
- Peacock fern (Selaginella willdenovii) (PDF, 140 kB)
- Persian shield (Strobilanthes dyerianus) (PDF, 153 kB)
- Pond apple (Annona glabra) (PDF, 345 kB)
- Praxelis (Praxelis clematidea) (PDF, 125 kB)
- Prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica) (PDF, 324 kB)
- Prickly pear identification and control (Opuntia spp. other than O. ficus-indica) (PDF, 244 kB)
- Prickly pear story (Opuntia spp. other than O. ficus-indica) (PDF, 682 kB)
- Puero (Pueraria phaseoloides) (PDF, 103 kB)
- Rain tree (Samanea saman) (PDF, 115 kB)
- Red Christmas pride (Ruellia graecizans) (PDF, 98 kB)
- Red ivy (Hemigraphis colorata) (PDF, 109 kB)
- Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) (PDF, 488 kB)
- Rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora) (PDF, 244 kB)
- Saffron thistle (Carthamus lanatus) (PDF, 548 kB)
- Salvinia (Salvinia spp.) (PDF, 520 kB)
- Sanchezia (Sanchezia parvibracteata) (PDF, 138 kB)
- Senegal tea plant (Gymnocoronis spilanthoides) (PDF, 1.0 MB)
- Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) (PDF, 254 kB)
- Sicklepods (Senna obtusifolia, S. hirsuta and S. tora) (PDF, 229 kB)
- Singapore daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata) (PDF, 368 kB)
- Siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum) (PDF, 484 kB)
- Small leaf or Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) (PDF, 190 kB)
- Snakeweed (Stachytarpheta spp.) (PDF, 648 kB)
- South-East Asian wait-a-while (Caesalpinia decapetalia) (PDF, 137 kB)
- Spiny emex (Emex australis) (PDF, 178 kB)
- Sticky florestina (Florestina tripteris) (PDF, 835 kB)
- Stinking passion flower (Passiflora foetida) (PDF, 183 kB)
- Sweet prayer plant (Thaumatococcus danielii) (PDF, 144 kB)
- Thunbergia (Thunbergia annua, T. fragrans T. grandiflora and T. laurifolia (PDF, 560 kB)
- Tobacco weed (Elephantopus mollis) (PDF, 247 kB)
- Turbina (Turbina corymbosa) (PDF, 174 kB)
- Umbrella tree (Schefflera actinophylla) (PDF, 406 kB)
- Wandering jew or Trad (Tradescantia albiflora) (PDF, 392 kB)
- Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) (PDF, 388 kB)
- Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) (PDF, 188 kB)
- Water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea or Neptunia plena) (PDF, 340 kB)
- White moth vine (Araujia hortorum) (PDF, 588 kB)
- White passion flower (Passiflora subpeltata) (PDF, 504 kB)
- Wild tobacco tree (Solanum mauritianum) (PDF, 164 kB)
- Yellow allamanda (Allamanda cathartica) (PDF, 101 kB)
- Yellow quava (Psidium guajava) (PDF, 464 kB)
- Zebrina (Tradescantia zebrina) (PDF, 436 kB)
Pest animals
- Declared animals of Queensland (PDF, 280 kB)
- Cane toad (Bufo marinus) (PDF, 424 kB)
- Can I have a pet rabbit (PDF, 296 kB)
- Dingoes in Queensland (Canis familiaris dingo) (PDF, 161 kB)
- Feral cat ecology and control (Felis catus) (PDF, 157 kB)
- Feral chital deer (Axis axis) (PDF, 206 kB)
- Feral fallow deer (Dama dama) (PDF, 496 kB)
- Feral goat (Capra hircus) (PDF, 164 kB)
- Feral pigs, control of (Sus scrofa) (PDF, 252 kB)
- Feral pigs in Queensland (Sus scrofa) (PDF, 217 kB)
- Feral pig control in the wet tropics (Sus scrofa) (PDF, 226 kB)
- Feral red deer (Cervus elaphus) (PDF, 592 kB)
- Feral rusa deer (Cervus timorensis) (PDF, 660 kB)
- Fox (Vulpes vulpes) (PDF, 190 kB)
- Identification of locusts (if species unknown) (PDF, 353 kB)
- Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis) (PDF, 354 kB)
- Prohibited pets (PDF, 372 kB)
- Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) (PDF, 700 kB)
- Wild dog (Canis familiaris) (PDF, 163 kB)
- Yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) (PDF, 576 kB)
Pest management
Bio-control
- Aconophora on fiddlewood trees (Aconophora compressa) (PDF, 151 kB)
- Lantana bio-control
- Teleonemia scrupulosa (PDF, 238 kB)
- Uroplata girardi (PDF, 210 kB)
- Octotoma scabripennis (PDF, 233 kB)
- Ophiomyia lantanae (PDF, 138 kB)
- Leptobyrsa decora (PDF, 218 kB)
- Hypena laceratalis (PDF, 277 kB)
- Salbia haemorrhoidalis (PDF, 240 kB)
- Neogalea sunia (PDF, 215 kB)
- Calycomyza lantanae (PDF, 191 kB)
- Lantanophaga pusillidactyla (PDF, 179 kB)
- Epinotia lantana (PDF, 154 kB)
- Octotoma championi (PDF, 203 kB)
- Uroplata fulvopustulata (PDF, 219 kB)
- Phenacoccus parvus (PDF, 161 kB)
- Aconophora compressa (PDF, 267 kB)
- Falconia intermedia (PDF, 228 kB)
- Prospodium tuberculatum (PDF, 164 kB)
- Ophiomyia camarae (PDF, 223 kB)
Chemical control
Back to topWild dog facts
- What is a wild dog? (PDF, 124 kB)
- The law and your responsibility (PDF, 44 kB)
- Biology, ecology and behaviour (PDF, 63 kB)
- Why control wild dogs? (PDF, 40 kB)
- Wild dogs and wildlife (PDF, 48 kB)
- Preventing and avoiding wild dog problems (PDF, 65 kB)
- Confirming the presence of wild dogs (PDF, 60 kB)
- Property planning (PDF, 64 kB)
- Coordinated wild dog control (PDF, 228 kB)
- Control planning calendar (PDF, 36 kB)
- Animal welfare (PDF, 78 kB)
- Control decision-support table (PDF, 72 kB)
- 1080 - Sodium fluoroacetate (PDF, 100 kB)
- Strychnine (PDF, 72 kB)
- Exclusion fencing - netting (PDF, 108 kB)
- Exclusion fencing - electric (PDF, 280 kB)
- Poultry fencing (PDF, 104 kB)
- Livestock guardian animals (PDF, 224 kB)
- Trapping methods (PDF, 97 kB)
- Shooting (PDF, 112 kB)
Further information
- Pest alerts - Class 1 warnings
- Local government office or Biosecurity Queensland
- Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002



