Noxious Weeds Order 1998


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Noxious Weeds Order 1998

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following order under section 4 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1964 .

14 December 1998

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Noxious Weeds Order 1998 .

2.   Commencement

This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Noxious, secondary and prohibited weeds in whole of State

(1)  The plants specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this order are noxious weeds in the whole of the State.
(2)  The plants specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this order are secondary weeds in the whole of the State.
(3)  The plants specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to this order are prohibited weeds in the whole of the State.

4.   Secondary weeds in Waratah–Wynyard municipal area

The plants specified in Schedule 2 to this order are secondary weeds in the Waratah–Wynyard municipal area.

5.   Rescission

The Noxious Weeds Order 1987 (being Statutory Rules 1987, No. 194) is rescinded.
SCHEDULE 1 - Noxious, secondary and prohibited weeds
PART 1 - Noxious weeds

Botanical name

Common name

Acroptilon repens (= Centaurea repens)

Creeping Knapweed (Hardheads)

Asphodelus fistulosus

Onion Weed

Bassia scoparia

Kochia

Berkheya rigida

African Thistle

Carduus nutans

Nodding Thistle

Carthamus lanatus

Saffron Thistle

Cenchrus incertus (= Cenchrus pauciflorus)

Spiny Burrgrass

Cenchrus longispinus

Spiny Burrgrass

Chondrilla juncea

Skeleton Weed

Cynara cardunculus

Artichoke Thistle

Emex australis

Spiny Emex (Double Gee, Three Cornered Jack)

Equisetum spp.

Horsetail

Homeria spp.

Cape Tulips

Nassella trichotoma

Serrated Tussock

Onopordum spp.

Onopordum Thistles

Opuntia aurantiaca

Tiger Pear

Parthenium hysterophorus

Parthenium Weed

Pennisetum macrourum

African Feathergrass

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Silver-leaf Nightshade (Whitehorse Nettle)

Stipa caudata

Espartillo

Xanthium spp.

Burrs

PART 2 - Secondary weeds

Botanical name

Common name

(a) Terrestrial plants

Allium triquetrum

Three-corner Garlic

Allium vineale

Crow Garlic

Anthemis cotula

Stinking Mayweed

Bifora testiculata

Bifora

Cardaria draba

White Weed (Hoary Cress)

Carduus pycnocephalus

Slender Thistle

Carduus tenuiflorus

Slender Thistle

Carex buchananii

Sedge

Carex comans (C. albula)

Sedge

Carex Flagellifera

Sedge

Carex testaceae

Sedge

Cirsium arvense

Californian Thistle (Creeping Thistle)

Cirsium vulgare

Spear Thistle

Conium maculatum

Hemlock

Cortaderia spp.

Pampas Grasses

Cuscuta spp. (excluding Cuscuta tasmanica)

Dodder

Datura spp.

Datura

Ecballium elaterium

Squirting Cucumber

Echium plantagineum

Paterson's Curse

Echium vulgare

Paterson's Curse (Viper's Bugloss)

Eragrostis curvula

African Lovegrass

Euphorbia lathyrus

Caper Spurge

Foeniculum vulgare

Fennel

Galium tricornutum

Three-horned Bedstraw

Heliotropium europaeum

Common Heliotrope

Hypericum perforatum

St John's Wort

Lycium ferocissimum

African Boxthorn

Marrubium vulgare

Horehound

Myrsiphyllum asparagoides

Bridal Creeper (Smilax)

Oxalis spp.

Oxalis

Pennisetum villosum

Feathertop

Reseda lutea

Cut-leaf Mignonette

Reseda luteola

Wild Mignonette

Rosa rubiginosa

Sweetbriar

Rubus spp. (excluding Rubus idaeus and Rubus parvifolius)

Brambles

Rubus fruticosus agg.

Blackberry

Rumex crispus

Curled Dock

Rumex obtusifolius

Broad-leaf Dock

Salpichroa origanifolia

Pampas Lily-of-the-Valley

Senecio jacobaea

Ragwort

Silybum marianum

Variegated Thistle

Solanum marginatum

White-edged Nightshade

Solanum sodomaeum

Apple-of-Sodom

Tribulus terrestris

Caltrop

Ulex europaeus

Gorse

 
 

(b) Aquatic plants

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Alligator Weed

Cabomba caroliniana

Fanwort

Ceratophyllum demersum

Hornwort

Egeria densa (= Elodea densa)

Egeria (Dense Water Weed)

Eichhornia crassipes

Water Hyacinth

Elodea canadensis

Canadian Pondweed (Elodea)

Glyceria maxima

Glyceria (Reed Sweet Grass)

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Temple Plant

Hydrilla verticillata

Hydrilla (Water Thyme)

Lagarosiphon major

Lagarosiphon

Myriophyllum aquaticum (= M. brasiliense)

Parrot's Feather (Brazilian Water Milfoil)

Pistia stratiotes

Water Lettuce

Sagittaria graminea

Sagittaria

Sagittaria montevidensis

Sagittaria

Salvinia auriculata

Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Salvinia

Typha spp.

Cumbungi

PART 3 - Prohibited weeds

Botanical name

Common name

Acroptilon repens (= Centaurea repens)

Creeping Knapweed (Hardheads)

Allium vineale

Crow Garlic

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Alligator Weed

Asphodelus fistulosus

Onion Weed

Bassia scoparia

Kochia

Berkheya rigida

African Thistle

Bifora testiculata

Bifora

Cabomba caroliniana

Fanwort

Carduus nutans

Nodding Thistle

Carex buchananii

Sedge

Carex comans (C. albula)

Sedge

Carex Flagellifera

Sedge

Carex testaceae

Sedge

Cenchrus incertus (= Cenchrus pauciflorus)

Spiny Burrgrass

Cenchrus longispinus

Spiny Burrgrass

Ceratophyllum demersum

Hornwort

Chondrilla juncea

Skeleton Weed

Cortaderia spp.

Pampas Grasses

Cuscuta spp. (excluding Cuscuta tasmanica)

Dodder

Cynara cardunculus

Artichoke Thistle

Egeria densa (= Elodea densa)

Egeria (Dense Water Weed)

Eichhornia crassipes

Water Hyacinth

Elodea canadensis

Canadian Pondweed (Elodea)

Emex australis

Spiny Emex (Double, Gee, Three Cornered Jack)

Equisetum spp.

Horsetail

Eragrostis curvula

African Lovegrass

Euphorbia lathyrus

Caper Spurge

Galium tricornutum

Three-horned Bedstraw

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Temple Plant

Heliotropium europaeum

Common Heliotrope

Homeria spp.

Cape Tulips

Hydrilla verticillata

Hydrilla (Water Thyme)

Hypericum perforatum

St John's Wort

Lagarosiphon major

Lagarosiphon

Myriophyllum aquaticum (= M. brasiliense)

Parrot's Feather (Brazilian Water Milfoil)

Myrsiphyllum asparagoides

Bridal Creeper (Smilax)

Nassella trichotoma

Serrated Tussock

Onopordum spp.

Onopordum Thistles

Opuntia aurantiaca

Tiger Pear

Parthenium hysterophorus

Parthenium Weed

Pennisetum macrourum

African Feathergrass

Pennisetum villosum

Feathertop

Pistia stratiotes

Water Lettuce

Sagittaria graminea

Sagittaria

Sagittaria montevidensis

Sagittaria

Salphichroa origanifolia

Pampas Lily-of-the-Valley

Salvinia auriculata

Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Salvinia

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Silver-leaf Nightshade (Whitehorse Nettle)

Solanum marginatum

White-edged Nightshade

Solanum sodomaeum

Apple-of-Sodom

Stipa caudata

Espartillo

Tribulis terrestris

Caltrop

Xanthium spp.

Burrs

SCHEDULE 2 - Secondary weeds in Waratah–Wynyard municipal area

Botanical name

Common name

Genista monspessulana

Canary Broom

Sarothamnus scoparius

Broom

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 23 December 1998

This order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)

This order –
(a) rescinds the Noxious Weeds Order 1987 ; and
(b) specifies noxious, secondary and prohibited weeds in relation to the whole of the State; and
(c) specifies secondary weeds in the Waratah–Wynyard municipal area.