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 Crow Garlic Allium vineale 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 .