DON’T SELL DECLARED WEEDS
If you are selling plants please check the list bellow for weeds that are illegal to sell as they are declared weeds. There is also a list of plants that are not declared weeds but are environmental weeds that are affecting King Island and by selling them you can potentially create a major problem to our environment.
This list has all declared weeds in Tasmania. Under the Tasmanian Weed Management Act 1999, Importation, sale and distribution are prohibited in Tasmania.
(a) A person must not import, or allow being imported, into the State any declared weed except with the written approval of the Secretary. (b) The tolerance level for declared weed seed in imported grain will be 0 seeds per kilogram. (c) Landowners and managers must take all reasonable measures to control the impact and spread of a declared weed. (d) A person must not propagate trade or otherwise distribute declared weeds or anything carrying declared weeds except - I. transport for purposes of disposal and II. sale or transport for purposes other than disposal where authorised by the Secretary. (e) A declared weed must be disposed of in a manner which will not result in further infestation. (f) A declared weed must be eradicated from areas of the State where this is considered feasible.
Common Name Scientific Name
African Lycium ferocissimum Boxthorn
African Feather Pennisetum macrourum Grass
African Eragrostis curvula Lovegrass
African Thistle Berkheya rigida
Alligator Weed Alternanthera philoxeroides
Amsinckia Amsinckia species species
Apple-of-Sodom Solanum sodomaeum
Arrowhead Sagittaria montevidensis
Artichoke Cynara cardunculus Thistle
Asparagus Fern Asparagus scandens
Athel Pine Tamarix aphylla
Bathurst Burr Xanthium
Bear-skin Fescue Festuca gautieri
Bifora Bifora testiculata
Blackberry Rubus fruticosusaggregate
Boneseed Chrysanthemoides monilifera (including subspecies)
Bridal Creeper Asparagus asparagoides (=Myrsiphyllum asparagoides)
Broomrape Orobanche species(except O. minor andO. cernua var.australiana)
Cabomba Cabomba caroliniana
Californian Cirsium arvense Thistle
Caltrop Tribulus terrestris
Canadian Elodea canadensis Pondweed, Elodea
Cane Needle Nassella hyalina
Grass
Cape Tulips Moraeaspecies
Chilean Needle Nassella neesiana Grass
Common Crupina vulgaris crupina
Common Heliotropium europaeum heliotrope
Cotton Thistles Onopordum species
Creeping Acroptilon repens Knapweed
Creeping Rorippa sylvestris Yellowcress
Cut Leaf Solanum triflorum Nightshade
Darwin's Berberis darwinii Barberry
Datura Datura species
Dodder Cuscuta species(excluding Cuscuta tasmanica)
Egeria, Dense Egeria densa (=Elodea densa) Water Weed
Elisha's Tears Leycesteria formosa
English Broom Cytisus scoparius
Espartillo Amelichloa caudata (= Achnatherum caudatum)
False Cleavers Galium spurium
False Dittrichia viscosa Yellowhead
Feathertop Pennisetum villosum
Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
Floating Water Trapa species Chestnut
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Hawkweed Hieracium species
Heather Calluna vulgaris
Holly-leaved Senecio glastifolius senecio
Horehound Marrubium vulgare
Hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum
Horsetail Equisetum species
Hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata
Hymenachne Hymenachne amplexicaulis
Innocent weed Cenchrus longispinus
Japanese Fallopia japonica Knotweed
Karamu Coprosma robusta
Kochia Bassia scoparia (=Kochia scoparia)
Lagarosiphon, Lagarosiphon major Oxygen Weed
Lantana Lantana camara
Lobed-Needle- Nassella charruana
Grass
Mallee cockspur Centaurea eriophora
Meadow Parsley Oenanthe pimpinelloides
Mediterranean Urospermum dalechampii Daisy
Mesquite Prosopis species
Mexican Feather Nassella tenuissima Grass
Miconia Miconia species
Montpellier Genista monspessulana Broom
New Zealand Carex albula, C. buchananii, C. Sedges flagellifera and C. testacea
Nodding Thistle Carduus nutans
Onion Weed Asphodelus fistulosus
Pampas Grasses Cortaderia species
Pampas Lily-of- Salpichroa origanifolia the-Valley
Parkinsonia (Parkinsoniaaculeata)
Parodi Eleocharis parodii
Parrot's Feather Myriophyllum aquaticum (= M. brasiliense)
Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus)
Paterson's Curse Echium plantagineum L.
Pond apple (Annona glabra)
Prickly acacia Acacia nilotica ssp. indica)
Purple Nut Cyperus rotundus
Grass
Ragwort Senecio jacobaea
Rubber vine Cryptostegia grandiflo
Saffron Thistle Carthamus lanatus L.
Sagittaria Sagittaria platyphylla
Salvinia Salvinia molesta
Senegal Tea Gymnocoronis spilanthoides Plant, Temple Plant
Serrated Nassella trichotoma Tussock
Silver-leaf Solanum elaeagnifolium Nightshade
Skeleton Weed Chondrilla juncea
Slender Thistle Carduus pycnocephalus
Carduus tenuiflorus
Spanish Heath Erica lusitanica
Spiny Burrgrass Cenchrus longispinus
Spiny Burrgrass Cenchrus incertus (=Cenchrus pauciflorus)
Spiny Emex Emex australis
Square Hypericum tetrapterum stemmed St John's wort
St John's Wort Hypericum perforatum
Star Thistle Centaurea calcitrapa
Stemless Thistle Onopordum acaulon
Stinking Anthemis cotula Mayweed
Texas Needle Nassella leucotricha
Grass
Three-horned Galium tricornutum bedstraw
Tumbleweed Amaranthus albus
Viper's bugloss Echium vulgare L.
Water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes
White Spanish Cytisus multiflorus broom
Whiteweed Cardaria draba (Hoary Cress)
White-edged Solanum marginatum nightshade
Wild rice Zizania species
Willows (Salix species, excluding S. babylonica, S. x calodendron and S. x reichardtii )
Winged sender Carduus Tenufloris thistle
Witchweed Striga species (all non-indigenous species)
Yellow Nut Cyperus esculentus Grass/Yellow Nut Sedge
KING ISLAND ENVIRONMENTAL WEEDS
There are also other weeds that have become environmental weeds on King Island and it is highly recommended that you do not distribute or sell any of the following plants:
Common Name Scientific Name
Cape Wattle Paraserianthes lophantha
Polygala Polygala myrtifolia or butterfly-bush
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster glaucophyllus
Blue periwinkle Vinca major
Cape Ivy Delairea odorata, formerly Senecio mikanioides
Karo or Pittosporum Pittosporum crassifolium
English Ivy Hedera helix
White mignonette Reseda lutea
Coprosma or evergreen
Three cornered Allium triquetrum garlic
Macrocarpa pine seedlings
Gazania Gazania rigens