African scurfpea (Psoralea pinnata)
An evergreen spreading shrub 1 to 3m high. Leaves are compound, with 5 to 11 very narrow pointed leaflets, dotted with tiny oil glands, bristly to the touch and sharp-pointed. The typical pea flowers are fragrant, a distinctive pale blue colour, ... [... more]
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Narrow-leaf cotton bush, swan plant or milkweed ...
A tall slightly woody herb 1-2m high. Leaves are narrow, opposite and dark green. Flowers are white, shortly tubular, about 1 cm across, and carried in drooping clusters in the leaf axils. Fruit is a papery green pod with a covering of long ... [... more]
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Sharp rush (Juncus acutus)
Sharp rush is a robust tussock plant to about 1.5m high (though usually more like 1m) and about the same spread. The flowering stems and leaves look exactly the same, except that the leaves are a little shorter and lack the tuft of flowers or ... [... more]
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Kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum)
A mat-forming grass, spreading by underground runners (rhizomes). Rhizomes are thick and usually white, at least on new growth. Leaves are bright green, folded in bud and flat and about 1cm wide when mature. Kikuyu seldom flowers or seeds, but ... [... more]
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Phalaris (Phalaris aquatica)
A tall robust tussock grass, with an erect habit. Leaves are blue-green, flat and 1-2cm wide when mature. Tall erect stems carry dense cylindrical seed heads, consisting of numerous crowded overlapping flowers. Seeds have no awn, and are smooth ... [... more]
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Green cestrum (Cestrum parqui)
Declared noxious in Bega Valley, Eurobodalla and the Shoalhaven in category W2, meaning that it must be fully and continuously suppressed and destroyed. A straggly evergreen shrub 2-4m high with arching stems. Leaves are alternately arranged on ... [... more]
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Privets : Small-leaf Privet (Ligustrum sinense)
Large-leaf privet is declared noxious in Shoalhaven Local Government Area, in category W4b. It cannot be sold, propagated or knowingly distributed, and established plantings must be prevented from flowering and fruiting. Both species are ... [... more]
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Brooms: Flax-leaf Broom (Genista linifolia),
English broom is declared Noxious in all south coast Local Government Areas, in category W2 (must be continuously suppressed and destroyed). Cape broom is only declared noxious in Bega Valley Shire (W2). All three broom species are shrubs from ... [... more]
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Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
A deciduous large shrub or small tree to 10 m. Bark is smooth and grey. Branches terminate in long thorns. Leaves are variable in shape, 3 to 7 lobed. Large white or pinkish flowers, similar to apple blossom, occur in clusters. Fruits are red, ... [... more]
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Mirror bush (Coprosma repens)
A straggly shrub 2-4m high, with round, highly glossy and slightly fleshy leaves. If the plant is growing in a very dry situation the leaves may be rolled almost into a tube to reduce water loss from the leaf surface. Plants are either male or ... [... more]
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Hemlock (Conium maculatum)
Declared noxious in category W2 (must be continually suppressed and destroyed) in Eurobodalla LGA. Robust annual or biennial herb 1 to 2m high with zigzagging stems, which have a whitish bloom, are finely blotched brown or purple, and are hollow. ... [... more]
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Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana)
Both species are declared noxious in category W2 (must be continuously suppressed and destroyed) in all south coast Local Government Areas. A very large tussock grass with large white or beige (C. selloana) or pink to mauve (C. jubata) feathery ... [... more]
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