NOOSA BIOSECURITY PLAN 2026-2031 · Attachment 2 - Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2026 draft for stakeholder review

Eradication
Eradication is the elimination of every individual of a species from an area. The species in Table
4.3 are present in limited distribution and abundance in Noosa Shire and present a biosecurity
risk. Elimination of the biosecurity risk posed by these species is reasonable and practicable for
land managers to achieve based on current distribution, cost of control and likely effectiveness
of control. Table 4.4 outlines recommended management measures for eradication.

Table 4.3. Eradication plant species

  Management Objective: Eradication – Invasive Plants
  Outcome: Invasive plant species currently present in the shire are eliminated.
  Note: These species could feasible be eradicated from the shire with sufficient resourcing.

  Priority species                                                                   Restricted
                                                                                     mgt category
  Annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)                                                3
  Bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata syn. Osteospermum                2,3,4,5
  moniliferum ssp. pear,
  Common prickly   rotundata)
                         spiny pest pear (Opuntia stricta syn. O. inermis)                3
  Drooping tree pear (O. monocantha syn. O. vulgaris)                                     3
  Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis)                                                     3
  Sagittaria (Sagittaria platyphylla)                                                     3
  Yellow oleander, Captain Cook tree (Cascabela thevetia syn. Thevetia                    3
  peruviana)




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