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     Appendix B Identifying and managing                                   occur. The WEEDeck cards can be purchased from
     weeds                                                                 www.sainty.com.au.

     Correctly identifying, controlling, and eradicating weeds             Declared weeds
     can result in considerable time and cost savings.                     The Australian Government’s ‘Weeds of National
     Therefore, it is critical that all inspection and                     Significance’ (WONS) classification includes weed
     maintenance staff can correctly identify weed species.                species that have degraded large areas of Australia’s
     Resources                                                             landscape and are managed at national level for
     A number of resources can be used for identifying                     consistent management across states.
     weeds.                                                                State legislation may also declare weeds. In Queensland,
                                                                           the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route
     Field guides and books
                                                                           Management) Act 2002 has three categories of declared
     Field Guide to Weeds in Australia (third edition) by C.
                                                                           weeds, which are plant species that have, or could have,
     Lamp and F. Collet (1989), Inkata Press, Australia.
                                                                           serious economic, environmental, or social impacts.
     Noxious Weeds of Australia by W.T. Parsons and E.G.
                                                                           Class 1: A weed species that has the potential to become
     Cuthbertson (1992), Inkata Press, Australia.
                                                                           a very serious pest in the future. Landholders are
     Waterplants in Australia by G.R. Sainty and S.W.L. Jacobs             required by law to keep their land free of Class 1 weeds
     (2003), Sainty and Associates.                                        and must not introduce, keep, release, transport, or sell
     Weeds-An illustrated botanical guide to the weeds of                  Class 1 weeds without a permit.
     Australia by B.A. Auld, and R.W. Medd (1992), Inkata                  Class 2: A weed species that has already spread
     Press, Australia.                                                     over substantial areas of Queensland, but its
     Weed pocket guide (1997), Department of Natural                       impact is serious and needs to be controlled to avoid
     Resources, Queensland.                                                spreading onto properties that are still free of the weed.
                                                                           Landholders must try to keep their land free of Class
     Electronic resources                                                  2 weeds and must not keep, release, transport, or sell
     The Environmental Weeds of Australia (CD), Centre for                 Class 2 weeds without a permit.
     Biological Information Technology, University of
     Queensland. Order from www.cbit.uq.edu.au/software/                   Class 3: A weed species that is commonly established
     enviroweeds                                                           in parts of Queensland. A notice may be served on a
                                                                           landholder to take reasonable action to remove the
     On-line resources                                                     weed if it is causing, or has the potential to cause, an
     Weedbusters www.weedbusters.info                                      adverse impact on a nearby ‘environmentally significant
     Weeds to wack www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_                      area’. It is an offence to sell, introduce, release, or supply
     cms/details.asp?ID=51                                                 a Class 3 weed.

     WEEDeck (Weeds Australia) www.weeds.org.au/                           Local governments may have additional weed
     weedeck.htm, www.sainty.com.au                                        classifications to prevent the spread of or to control
                                                                           potentially invasive weed species that pose a threat
     Weeds of National Significance www.weeds.gov.au/
                                                                           to local ecosystems.
     weeds/lists/wons.html

     Weed identification (Brisbane City Council)
     www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE::pc=PC_2519

     WEEDeck
     The WEEDeck pocket guide series, initiated by the
     National Weeds Strategy Executive Committee, is a
     handy guide for maintenance staff to identify common
     weed species in the field. It consists of more than 280
     pocket-sized, full-colour weed identification cards.
     WEEDeck pocket guides can be tailored to include the
     common weed species found within a particular region
     and may also include noxious weeds that are likely to




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