Publications and resources
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Books and reports
- Australian weeds strategy - 2007
- Biological control of Mimosa pigra and integration with other control options, final report - 2001–03
- Community involvement in off-reserve and on-reserve management of environmental weeds - 1997
- Impact of environmental weeds on biodiversity: a review and development of a methodology - 1998
- Introductory Weed Management Manual
- Potential environmental weeds in Australia: candidate species for preventative control - 1998
- Research project to investigate floating booms for containing alligator weed following treatment - 2002
- The determination of Weeds of National Significance
Case studies
- Eradication of Kochia in Western Australia
- Role of the nursery and garden industry in reducing the spread of invasive garden plants
- Beating Bridal Creeper using its own worst enemies
- Gamba Grass in northern Australia (State of the Environment 2006)
Weeds research
- CSIRO Invasive Plants
- Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.
- Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research and the Australian National Herbarium
Brochures and fact sheets
- Can you pick the environmentally damaging weed? bookmark and poster - 2007
- Defeating the Weed Menace for gardeners - 2007
- Defeating the Weed Menace for landscapers - 2007
- Managing invasive species in Australia: Success stories - Alligator weed - 2004
- Managing invasive species in Australia: Success stories - Biological control of Mimosa - 2004
- Managing invasive species in Australia: Success stories - Weed Warriors - 2004
- Weeds and ferals on the loose! - 2002
- Weeds glossary
Managing garden weeds
- Managing garden weeds - bulbs, tubers and corms
- Managing garden weeds - planning tactics
- Managing garden weeds - wind-dispersed plants
Guidelines and manuals
- Introductory weed management manual (PDF - 610 KB)
- Salvinia control manual: management and control options for salvinia (Salvinia molesta) in Australia (2006)
- Weeds of National Significance: Weed management guides - 2003
- Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides)
- Athel pine or tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla)
- Bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata)
- Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus aggregate)
- Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera)
- Bridal creeper (Asparagus asparagoides)
- Cabomba (Cabomba caroliniana)
- Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana)
- Gorse (Ulex europaeus)
- Hymenachne or Olive hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis)
- Lantana (Lantana camara)
- Mesquite (Prosopis species)
- Mimosa (Mimosa pigra)
- Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata)
- Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus)
- Pond apple (Annona glabra)
- Prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica)
- Rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora)
- Salvinia (Salvinia molesta)
- Serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma)
- Willow (Salix spp.)
- Alert List for Environmental Weeds: Weed management guides - 2003
- Barleria or porcupine flower (Barleria prionitis)
- Blue hound's tongue (Cynoglossum creticum)
- Cane needle grass (Nassella hyalina)
- Chinese rain tree (Koelreuteria elegans ssp. formosana)
- Chinese violet (Asystasia gangetica ssp. micrantha)
- Cutch tree (Acacia catechu)
- Cyperus (Cyperus teneristolon)
- False yellowhead (Dittrichia viscosa)
- Garden geranium (Pelargonium alchemilloides)
- Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
- Holly leaved senecio (Senecio glastifolius)
- Horsetails (Equisetum species)
- Karroo thorn (Acacia karroo)
- Kochia (Bassia scoparia)
- Lagarosiphon (Lagarosiphon major)
- Laurel clock vine (Thunbergia laurifolia)
- Leaf cactus (Pereskia aculeata)
- Lobed needle grass (Nassella charruana)
- Orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)
- Praxelis (Praxelis clematidea)
- Rosewood or tipuana tree (Tipuana tipu)
- Senegal tea plant (Gymnocoronis spilanthoides)
- Siam weed or chromolaena (Chromolaena odorata)
- Subterranean Cape sedge (Trianoptiles solitaria)
- Uruguayan rice grass (Piptochaetium montevidense)
- White Spanish broom (Cytisus multiflorus)
- White weeping broom (Retama raetam)
- Yellow soldier (Lachenalia reflexa)
Invasive plants and the EPBC Act
- Threat abatement plan to reduce the impacts on northern Australia's biodiversity by the five listed grasses - 2012
- Loss and degradation of native plant and animal habitat by invasion of escaped garden plants, including aquatic plants - 2010
EPBC Act documents
Threat Abatement Plan
Threat abatement plan to reduce the impacts on northern Australia's biodiversity by the five listed grasses
Key Threatening Process
Loss and degradation of native plant and animal habitat by invasion of escaped garden plants, including aquatic plants
Community weeds web sites
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