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

9.      Invasive Species List
Prohibited invasive plants – Schedule 1, Part 3 Biosecurity Act 2014

(WONS – Weeds of National Significance)

acacias non-indigenous to Australia (Acacia spp., Acaciella spp., Faidherbia spp.,Mariosousa spp.,
Parasenegalia spp. Pseudosenegalia spp., Senegalia spp. and Vachellia nilotica, Vachellia farnesiana)
anchored water hyacinth (Eichhornia azurea)
annual thunbergia (Thunbergia annua)
cane cactus (Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica) and other Austrocylindropuntia species other than A.
subulata
candleberry myrtle (Morella faya)
cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia spp. and hybrids other than C. fulgida, C. imbricata, C. prolifera, C. rosea,
C. spinosior and C. tunicata) WONS
Christ’s thorn (Ziziphus spina-christi)
Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
fanworts (Cabomba spp. other than C. caroliniana)
floating water chestnuts (Trapa spp.)
gorse (Ulex europaeus) WONS
Frogbit (Hydrocharis spp. Syn. Limnobium spp. Other than H. laevigata syn. L. laevigata and H. dubia)
harrisia cactus (Harrisia spp. syn. Eriocereus spp. other than H. martinii, H. tortuosa and H.
pomanensis syn. Cereus pomanensis)
honey locust (Gleditsia spp. other than G. triacanthos)
horsetails (Equisetum spp.)
kochia (Bassia scoparia syn. Kochia scoparia)
mesquites (all Prosopis spp. and hybrids other than P. glandulosa, P. pallida and P. velutina) WONS
Mexican bean tree (all Cecropia spp. other than C. pachystachya, C. palmata and C. peltata)
Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima)
miconia (Miconia spp. other than M. calvescens, M. nervosa and M. racemosa)
mikania (Mikania spp. other than M. micrantha)
prickly pear (Opuntia spp. other than O. aurantiaca, O. elata, O. ficus-indica, O. microdasys, O.
monacantha, O. stricta, O. streptacantha and O. tomentosa)
red sesbania (Sesbania punicea)
salvinias (Salvinia spp. other than S. molesta) WONS
serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma) WONS
Siam weed (Chromolaena spp. other than C. odorata and C. squalida)
spiked pepper (Piper aduncum)
water soldiers (Stratiotes aloides)
witch weeds (Striga spp. other than native species)




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