MCU14/0056 - Attachment I -Environmental Report

                    environmental management
                  ecological assessment report


4.3. Weeds
Introduced species have been declared under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002
(LPA). Declared weeds must be managed according to the following.

     
     Class 1 - All landholders are required by law to keep their land free of Class 1 pests.
     
     Class 2 - All landholders must try to keep their land free of Class 2 pests and it is an offence to possess, sell
           or release these pests without a permit
     
     Class 3 - A landowner may have to take reasonable action against the weed if it is causing, or has the
           potential to cause an adverse impact, on a nearby ‘environmentally significant area’ (e.g. national park). It
           is an offence to sell, introduce, release or supply a Class 3 pest.

Environmental weeds are species that are not declared in Queensland, however, they have or could have a serious
impact on bushland areas. While Noosa Shire Council does not have its own environmental weeds list, many
environmental weeds listed in Sunshine Coast Council’s Environmental Weeds Identification Guide were recorded
in the application area.

Weed species identified on site are listed in Table 4.

Table 4:                      Weed Species
Scientific Name                            Common Name                               Comments

Ageratina riparia                          Mistflower                                Environmental weed

Ageratum houstonianum                      Blue billygoat weed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia                    Annual Rag Weed                           Class 2 declared pest

Asclepias curassavica                      Red-headed Cottonbush

Asparagus plumosus                         Climbing Asparagus Fern

Baccharis halimifolia                      Groundsel bush                            Class 2 Declared Pest

Calyptocarpus vialis                       Creeping Cinderella Weed

Celtis sinensis                            Chinese Elm                               Class 3 declared pest

Chloris gayana                             Rhodes Grass

Cinnamomum camphora                        Camphor Laurel                            Class 3 declared pest

Cirsium vulgare                            Spear Thistle

Conyza sumatrensis                         Tall Fleabane

Corymbia torelliana                        Cadaghi                                   Environmental weed

Crassocephalum crepidioides                Thickhead

Desmodium uncinatum                        Desmodium

Gomphocarpus physocarpus                   Balloon Cottonbush

Heliotropium amplexicaule                  Blue heliotrope

Ipomoea indica                             Blue Morning Glory                        Environmental weed



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