2015-04-28 Attachment 2 to item 5 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda - Pest Management Plan 2015-2019

 12 Noosa’s Priority Pest Species

Priority Pest Species

The Pest Management Stakeholder Group has identified the Top 10 Class 1 & 2 pest weed species and the
Top 10 Class 3 weeds, and the Top 7 pest animals. It is not possible to manage all pest species at one time,
and identifying priority pest species provides a focus for pest management activities. This approach does not
exclude other pest species for management and the list will be reviewed annually and on advice from the Pest
Management Working Group.

The priority listing is shown below.

Operational objectives for pest management are different for different pest species and generally fall into the
following categories:
  • Early detection
  • Eradication
  • Containment
  • Reduction


Priority Pest Species List-Strategic Action 6.1   Common Name          Class   WONS     Operational Objective
Top 10 Class 1 & 2 pest plants
Ambrosia artemisiifolia                           Annual ragweed       C2               Containment and
                                                                                        reduction
Baccharis halimifolia                             Groundsel bush       C2               Containment and
                                                                                        reduction
Bryophyllum ssp                                   Mother of millions   C2               Containment and
                                                                                        reduction
Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp.                Bitou bush           C1      WONS     Early detection and
rotundata                                                                               eradication
Eichhornia crassipes                              Water hyacinth       C2      WONS     Containment and
                                                                                        reduction
Hygrophila costata                                Glush weed           C1               Eradication
Salvinia molesta                                  Salvinia             C2      WONS     Containment and
                                                                                        reduction
Senecio madagascariensis                          Fireweed             C2      WONS     Eradication
Sporobolus natalensis and pyramidalis             Giant rats tail      C2               Containment and
                                                                                        reduction
Thunbergia laurifolia                      Laurel clock vine           C1               Eradication
Top 10 Class 3 and other environmental pest plants
Anredera cordifolia                        Madeira vine                C3      WONS     Containment and
                                                                                        reduction
Asparagus aethiopicus cv. sprengeri               Basket asparagus     C3      WONS     Containment and
                                                                                        reduction
Asparagus africanus                               Climbing             C3      WONS     Containment and
                                                  asparagus                             reduction
Cinnamomum camphora                               Camphor laurel       C3               Containment and
                                                                                        reduction
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