Ecological Assessment Letter Report · MCU26/0104

Table 3: Exotic and Weed Species Recorded


                                                                                                               Pest Plants^
        Family                  Scientific Name                 Common Name            VC1      VC2
                                                                                                              Qld       Noosa

 Trees and Shrubs
 Fabaceae                Senna septemtrionalis            Arsenic Bush                  ✓
 Malvaceae               Urena lobata                     Urena Burr                    ✓
 Myrtaceae               Eugenia uniflora                 Brazilian Cherry                       ✓
 Solanaceae              Solanum mauritianum              Wild Tobacco Tree             ✓                 Other
 Strelitziaceae          Strelitzia sp.                   a bird of paradise                     ✓
 Verbenaceae             Lantana camara                   Lantana                       ✓        ✓             3            C
 Vines, Epiphytes and Hemi-epiphytes
 Convolvulaceae          Ipomoea cairica                  Mile-a-minute                 ✓                              Env weed
 Grasses, Groundcovers and Understorey
 Asteraceae              Ageratum houstonianum            Blue Billygoat Weed           ✓
 Asteraceae              Sphagneticola trilobata          Singapore Daisy               ✓                      3            C
 Lythraceae              Cuphea carthagenensis            Columbian Waxweed             ✓
 Poaceae                 Urochloa decumbens               Signal Grass                  ✓
 Poaceae                 Axonopus compressus              Broadleaf Carpet Grass        ✓
 Poaceae                 Eragrostis tenuifolia            Elastic Grass                 ✓
 Poaceae                 Setaria sphacelata               South African Pigeon Grass    ✓
 Solanaceae              Solanum nigrum                   Blackberry Nightshade         ✓

^Declared Pest Plants Key:
  Qld Class
    Restricted invasive plant categories and restrictions (Biosecurity Act 2014):
    •     Category 2: the invasive plant must be reported within 24 hours Biosecurity Queensland.
    •     Category 3: the invasive plant must not be distributed either by sale or gift or released into the environment.
    •     Category 4: the invasive plant must not be moved.
    •     Category 5: the invasive plant must not be kept.
    Other invasive plants: do not pose a serious threat but impose a General Biosecurity Obligation7.

    Noosa Council Class8
    •     P - Prevention (Priority 1): new invasive species or species previously eradicated are prevented from entering the
          Noosa local government area (LGA).
    •     E – Eradication (Priority 2): invasive species currently present in the Noosa LGA are eradicated.
    •     C – Containment (Priority 3): landowners are required to contain these invasive species on their property.
    •     Env weed – non-scheduled invasive species (mostly environmental weeds).



7 By law, everyone has a general biosecurity obligation (GBO) to take reasonable and practical steps to minimise the

risks associated with invasive plants under their control (Business Queensland at
https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farms-fishing-forestry/agriculture/biosecurity/laws/obligation, accessed
12/10/2026).
8 Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020 - https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/Environment-and-Waste/Environment/Biosecurity-

plan, (accessed 12/10/2026).


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