Biosecurity Act 2014

Declared plants are those identified by the Queensland Government as undesirable species and are listed in the Biosecurity Act 2014. In the Brisbane Local Government Area a management plan, the Biosecurity Plan for the Brisbane Local Government Area (PDF - 3.57Mb) has been developed to detail how invasive species will be managed within the Brisbane area.

Under the new Biosecurity Act 2014, Brisbane City Council will conduct a survey program to monitor invasive plants and animals. 

Report to Council

You can help Council mange these listed species by reporting any sightings of the following.

If your plant species is not on the list below, check our weeds database to identify it, and find out how to keep it under control. 

Animals

This table provides a list of species that are managed by reported sightings to Council including pest animal and scientific/botanical name
Pest animal Scientific/botanical name
Blackbuck antelope Antilope cervicapra
Hog deer (feral) Axis Porcinus
Red-eared slider turtle Trachemys scripta elegans
Sambar deer Rusa unicolor, syn. Cervus unicolor

Plants

This table provides a list of species that are managed by reported sightings to Council including pest plant and scientific/botanical name
Pest plant Scientific/botanical name
Alligator weed Altemanthera philoxeroides
Bitou bush Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata
Boneseed Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. Monilifera
Bridal creeper Asparagus asparagoides
Candyleaf Stevia ovata
Cabomba Cabomba caroliniana
Mexican bean tree Cecropia. palmata and C. peltata
Mexican feather grass Nassella tenuissima
Miconia Miconia calvescens, M. racemosa and M. nervosa

Report to Biosecurity Queensland

If detected, the following species must be reported to the Biosecurity Queensland, with a view to eradicate them. Click on the species name to find out more information.

Animals

This table provides a list of species that must be reported to Biosecurity Queensland including pest animal and scientific/botanical name.
Pest animal Scientific/botanical name
Asian honey bee Apis cerana javana
Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia
Electric ant or little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata
Red imported fire ants  Solenopsis invicta
Tropical fire ant or ginger ant Solenopsis geminate
West Indian drywood termite Cryptotermes brevis

Plants

This table provides a list of species that must be reported to Biosecurity Queensland including pest plant and scientific/botanical name.
Pest plant Scientific/botanical name
Acacias non-indigenous to Australia Acacia spp. other than Acacia nilotica and Acacia farnesiana
Anchored water hyacinth Eichhornia azurea
Annual thunbergia Thunbergia annua
Bitterweed Helenium amarum
Candleberry myrtle Morella faya
Cholla cactus/Coral cactus/Devil’s rope pear/Snake cactus/ Hudson pear Cylindropuntia spp. and their hybrids, other than C. spinosior, C. fulgida and C. imbricate
Christ’s thorn Ziziphus spina-christi
Eurasian water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum
Fanworts Cabomba spp. other than C. caroliniana
Floating water chestnuts Trapa spp.
Harrisia cactus Harrisia spp. syn. Eriocereus spp. other than H. martinii, H. tortuosa and H. pomanensis syn. Cereus pomanensis)
Honey locust Gleditsia spp. other than G. triacanthos Gleditsia spp. other than G. triacanthos
Horsetails Equisetum spp.
Kochia Kochia scoparia syn Bassia scoparia
Lagarosiphon Lagarosiphon major
Mesquites  All Prosopis spp. and hybrids other than Prosopis glandulosa, P. pallida and P. velutina
Mexican bean tree all Cecropia spp. other than C. pachystachya, C. palmata and C. peltata
Miconia Miconia spp. other than M. calvescens, M. cionotricha, M. nervosa and M. racemosa
Mikania vine Mikania spp
Peruvian primrose bush Ludwigia peruviana
Prickly pear Opuntia spp. other than O. aurantiaca, O. elata, O. ficus-indica, O. microdasys, O. monacantha, O. stricta, O. streptacantha and O. tomentosa
Red sesbania Sesbania punicea
Salvinias Salvinia spp. other than S. molesta
Serrated tussock Nassella trichotoma
Siam weed  Chromolaena odorata
Spiked piper Piper aduncum
Tropical soda apple Solanum viarum
Water soldiers Stratiotes aloides
Witch weeds Striga spp. other than native species

 

Last updated: 9 May 2019

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