DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Bathurst Burr (Xanthium Spinosum) (Nox)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
| Scientific name: | Xanthium spinosum L. |  Bathurst Burr plant |
Common Name: | Bathurst Burr, Prickly Burrweed | |
Status: | Regionally Controlled weed in the North Central, Wimmera, Glenelg-Hopkins, Corangamite, Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West), Goulburn Broken, North East, West Gippsland and East Gippsland CMAs. Restricted in the Mallee CMA. | |
Habitat: | Exposed, moderately warm situations in temperate regions on high fertility disturbed soils, and is often associated with sheep camps, watercourses, dam banks and floodplains (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). It is a serious competitor with such crops as cotton, maize, peas, potatoes, soybeans, sorghum and grapes (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). Bathurst Burr invades lowland grassland and grassy woodland, riparian vegetation, freshwater wetland, and rock outcrop vegetation (Carr et al 1992). |
 Close up view of Bathurst Burr foliage, spines and fruit. | Related Links Weeds Information Note on Bathurst Burr - on the DPI website Weed Identification Note for Bathurst Burr - on the Weeds Australia website (external link). Information is provided on the generalised current distribution in Australia as well as other information such as origin, distinguishing features, dispersal etc. |
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This document was last reviewed on 24/09/2008