Noxious Weeds
A community register of noxious weeds distribution is kept at the Shire Office, and control of noxious weeds is a high priority. A Weed Strategy has been developed and Bridal Creeper has been identified as a priority weed in the Shire.
How You Can Help
The Shire have actively progressed to reduce the amount of Noxious weeds within its boundaries and reserves. The list below shows some common weeds:
| Grass |
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| | POACEAE, Avena fatua - Wild Oat |
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| Description: |
Tufted grass to 1m high. Loosely branched inflorescence has large drooping spikelets each with 2 or 3 florets |
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| Flowering System: |
Spring |
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| Commonly Found: |
disturbed bushland & roadsides |
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| | POACEAE, Hordeum leporinum - Barley Grass |
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| Description: |
Grasses with an unbranched bristly head or prominently long-awned spikelets 3-10cm long |
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| Flowering System: |
Spring |
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| Commonly Found: |
widespread as weeds of crops and roadsides |
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| Herbs |
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| | ASTERACEAE, Dittrichia graveolens - Stinkwort |
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| Description: |
Sticky erect annual herb with an unpleasant smell when crushed. Greatly branched leafy flowering stem to 50cm high arising from a basal rosette of leaves. Small flower heads are yellow, with small outer radiating petal-like florets. Tiny fruits are topped with a ring of bristles |
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| Flowering System: |
Late Summer to Early Winter |
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| Commonly Found: |
common weed in pasture, roadsides and waste land (Stinkwort can cause stock loss and dermatitis |
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| | POLYGONACEAE, Emex australis - Doublegee, Spiny Emex (Declared Pest Plant) |
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| Description: |
ground hugging with ovate leaves 2-7cm long. The greenish inconspicuous flowers are in small clusers. Fruit is woody with 3 rigid sharp spines |
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| Flowering System: |
Spring |
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| Commonly Found: |
widespread serious weed in agriculture and waste land |
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| | IRIDACEAE, Moraea flaccida - One-leaved Cape Tulip (Declared Pest Plant) |
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| Description: |
Single sprawling basal leaf to 70cm long, produced annual from a small corm. Short lived pink to orange flowers, with 6 petals 3-4cm long. Prior to flowering Cape Tulip can be recognised by browning-off of the leaf tips |
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| Flowering System: |
Late Winter & Spring |
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| Commonly Found: |
a weed of pasture, roadsides and disturbed bushland (toxic to stock) |
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| | OXALIDACEAE, Oxalis pes-caprae - Soursob |
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| Description: |
Tubers and bulbs with clusters of yellow flowers radiating from a tall stalk held above a tuft of long stalked heart shaped leaves, sometimes with dark marks |
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| Flowering System: |
Much of the year, mainly Winter & Spring |
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| Commonly Found: |
gardens, crops and pasture also along roadsides |
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| | OXALIDACEAE, Oxalis purpurea - Four’O’Clock |
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| Description: |
Rosettes of leaves arising from a bulb, the leaflets may be tinged purple on the underside. The flowers occur singly and are usually pink to purple with a yellow throat |
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| Flowering System: |
Much of the year, mainly Winter and Spring |
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| Commonly Found: |
gardens, crops and pasture also along roadsides |
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| | POLYGONACEAE, Polygonum aviculare - Wireweed |
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| Description: |
Ground hugging herb with oval leaves 5-12mm long. In the leaf axils are small clusters of pink-tinged flowers 2-3mm long. Fruits are small and 3 angled, enclosed in withered flower |
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| Flowering System: |
Autumn & Spring pastures |
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| Commonly Found: |
roadsides and waste land |
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| Vines |
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| | ASPARAGACEAE, Asparagus asparagoides - Bridal Creeper |
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| Description: |
Climber with wiry stems arising from tuberous roots and sprawling aggressively for several metres, and climbing into trees. Shiny heart-shaped leaves up to 7cm long. Small white flowers occur all along the stems, 6 free petals about 5mm long. Fruits are red fleshy berries up to 1cm across |
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| Flowering System: |
Spring roadsides |
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| Commonly Found: |
Native reserves |
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If you have any of these weeds, and require assistance in suggested eradication methods, please contact us.