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Invasive Plant Classification - Victoria

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Common Name Scientific Name Declared Noxious Weed Status Mallee Declared Noxious Weed Status Wimmera Declared Noxious Weed Status Glenelg-Hopkins Declared Noxious Weed Status North Central Declared Noxious Weed Status Corangamite Declared Noxious Weed Status Port Phillip and Westernport Declared Noxious Weed Status Goulburn Broken Declared Noxious Weed Status North East Declared Noxious Weed Status West Gipps Declared Noxious Weed Status East Gipps
African daisy Senecio pterophorus DC. Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Restricted
African feather grass Pennisetum macrourum Trin. Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited
alligator weed Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
amsinckia Amsinckia spp. Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled
apple of Sodom Solanum linnaeanum Hepper and P.-M.L. Jaeger Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
artichoke thistle Cynara cardunculus L. Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Restricted
bear-skin fescue Festuca gautieri (Hack.) K. Richt. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
bindweed Convolvulus arvensis L. Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited
black knapweed Centaurea nigra L. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
boneseed Chrysanthemoides monilifera (L.) Norl. Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited
branched broomrape Orobanche ramosa L. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
buffalo burr Solanum rostratum Dunal Restricted Regionally prohibited Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted Restricted
caltrop Tribulus terrestris L. Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted
camel thorn Alhagi maurorum Medik. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
Cape tulip (one-leaf) Moraea flaccida (Sweet) Steud. Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
Cape tulip (two-leaf) Moraea miniata Andrews Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited
Chilean cestrum Cestrum parqui L’Her. Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited
devil's claw (purple flower) Proboscidea louisianica (Mill.) Thell. Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
devil's claw (yellow flower) Proboscidea lutea (Lindl.) Stapf Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
dodder Cuscuta spp. Restricted Regionally prohibited Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted
English broom Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link Restricted Regionally prohibited Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited
flax-leaved broom Genista linifolia L. Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited
giant knotweed Fallopia sachalinensis (F. Schmidt ex Maxim) Ronse Decr.  State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
giraffe thorn Vachellia erioloba (E. Mey) P.J.H. Hurter State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
golden thistle Scolymus hispanicus L. Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted Restricted
gorse Ulex europaeus L. Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited
hardheads Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hildalgo Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted Restricted
hawkweed Hieracium spp. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
hoary cress Lepidium draba L. Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Restricted
horsetail Equisetum spp. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
Illyrian thistle Onopordum illyricum L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Restricted Regionally prohibited
ivy-leaf sida Malvella leprosa (Ortega) Krapov. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decr. 
State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
Japanese knotweed hybrid Fallopia x bohemica (Chrtek & Chrtkova) J.P.Bailey State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
karoo thorn Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
khaki weed Alternanthera pungens Kunth. Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted Regionally prohibited
lagarosiphon Lagarosiphon major (Ridl.) Moss State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
lobed needle grass Nassella charruana (Arechav.) Barkworth State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
marijuana Cannabis sativa L. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
mesquite Prosopis spp. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
Mexican feather grass Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
nodding thistle Carduus nutans L. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
Noogoora burr Xanthium strumariam L. Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted
Pampas lily-of-the-valley Salpichroa origanifolia (Lam.) Thell. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally prohibited
parthenium weed Parthenium hysterophorus L. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
perennial ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya DC. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
perennial thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
poverty weed Iva axillaris Pursh. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
prairie ground cherry Physalis hederifolia A. Gray Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
prickly pear (drooping) Opuntia monacantha Haw. Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted
prickly pear (erect) Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted
ragwort Senecio jacobaea L. Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
salvinia Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitch. State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
scotch thistle Onopordum acanthium L. Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
serrated tussock Nassella trichotoma (Nees.) Hack.ex Arechav. Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited
silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
skeleton weed Chondrilla juncea L. Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
soldier thistle Picnomon acarna (L.) Cass. Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
spiny broom Calicotome spinosa (L.) Link Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted Regionally prohibited Restricted Restricted
spiny burr grass Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
spiny emex Emex australis Steinh. Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
St Barnaby's thistle Centaurea solstitialis L. Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Regionally prohibited
star thistle Centaurea calcitrapa L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
stemless thistle Onopordum acaulon L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled
tangled hypericum Hypericum triquetrifolium Turra State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
thorn apple (recurved) Datura iNoxiousia Mill. Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally prohibited Restricted
water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited State prohibited
wheel cactus Opuntia robusta H.L. Wendl. ex. Pfeiff. Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally prohibited Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
wild garlic Allium vineale L. Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Regionally prohibited Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
prickly acacia Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
angled onion Allium triquetrum L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
pond apple Annona glabra L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
bridal creeper Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
onion weed Asphodelus fistulosus L. Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
cabomba Cabomba caroliniana A.Gray Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
slender thistle Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis/ C. pycnocephalus L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
saffron thistle Carthamus lanatus L. Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
spear thistle Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
hemlock Conium maculatum L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted
hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Jacq. Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
rubber vine Cryptostegia grandiflora R. Br. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
thorn apple (long-spine) Datura ferox L. Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted
thorn apple (common) Datura stramonium L. Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted
sand rocket Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC. Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
wild teasel Dipsacus fullonum L. subsp. fullonum Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted
stinkwort Dittrichia graveolens (L.) Greuter Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
Paterson's curse Echium plantagineum L. Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
viper's bugloss Echium vulgare L. Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
African love-grass Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
fennel Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
Cape broom Genista monspessulana (L.) L.A.S. Johnson Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
hymenachne Hymenachne amplexicaulis (Rudge) Nees Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
tutsan Hypericum androsaemum L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
St. John's wort Hypericum perforatum L. Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
St. Peter's wort Hypericum tetrapterum Fr. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
spiny rush Juncus acutus L. Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
topped lavendar Lavandula stoechas L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted Restricted
ox-eye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted
African boxthorn Lycium ferocissimum Miers Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
horehound Marrubium vulgare L. Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
tufted honeyflower Melianthus comosus Vahl Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Restricted
mimosa Mimosa pigra L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
Chilean needle grass Nassella neesiana (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
Lantana Lantana camara L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
soursob Oxalis pes-caprae L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
parkinsonia Parkinsonia aculeata L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
sweet briar Rosa rubiginosa L. Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
blackberry Rubus fruticosus L. agg. - Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
willows Salix spp. (except Salix alba var. caerulea (Sm.) Sm., Salix alba x matsudana, Salix babylonica L., Salix X calodendron Wimm., Salix caprea L. 'Pendula', Salix matsudana Koidz 'Aurea', Salix matsudana Koidz 'Tortuosa'., Salix myrsinifolia Salisb., and Salix X reichardtii A. Kern.) Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
wild mignonette Reseda luteola L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
variegated thistle Sylibum marianum (L.) J. Gaertn. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
athel pine Tamarix aphylla (L.) H. Karst. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted
great mullein Verbascum thapsus L. Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled
wild watsonia Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill. Var bulbillifera (J.W. Mathews & L. Bolus) D.A. Cooke Restricted Restricted Restricted Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled
Bathurst burr Xanthium spinosum Restricted Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled Regionally controlled