The table below lists the target weed species approved for biological control by the Australian Weeds Committee (prior to February 1983) and subsequently the Natural Resource Management Standing Committee (or its predecessor) (revised process, see below) or under the Biocontrol Act.
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Approved By |
Approved At |
Date |
Applicant |
Ageratina riparia |
mistflower |
AWC |
- |
22/8/83 |
Qld Dept of Lands |
Andredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis |
madeira vine |
NRMSC (13) |
OOS |
13/02/2007 |
Qld Dept of Natural Resources & Mines |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia |
annual ragweed |
AWC |
- |
22/8/83 |
Qld Dept of Lands |
Asparagus asparagoides |
bridal creeper |
SCA (147) |
Nelson (NZ) |
12/02/1991 |
CSIRO Entomology |
Bryophyllum delagoense |
mother-of-millions |
SCARM (18) OOS |
- |
June 2001 |
Queensland Dept of Natural Resources and Mines |
Bryophyllum delagoense x B. diagremontianum |
hybrid mother-of-millions |
SCARM (18) OOS |
- |
June 2001 |
Queensland Dept of Natural Resources and Mines |
Cabomba caroliniana |
cabomba |
NRMSC (12) |
Canberra |
2/11/2006 |
CSIRO Entomology |
Carduus nutans |
nodding or musk thistle |
SCA (136) |
Hobart |
5-6/2/86 |
CSIRO Div Entomology |
Carduus pycnocephalus |
shore or slender thistle |
SCA (136) |
Hobart |
5-6/2/86 |
CSIRO Div Entomology |
Carduus tenuiflorus |
shore, Italian, sheep or winged slender thistle |
SCA (136) |
Hobart |
5-6/2/86 |
CSIRO Div Entomology |
Carduus thoermeri |
nodding thistle |
SCA (136) |
Hobart |
5-6/2/86 |
CSIRO Div Entomology |
Chrysanthemoides monilifera spp monilifera |
boneseed |
SCA (136) |
Hobart |
5-6/2/86 |
NPWS, NSW |
Chrysanthemoides monilifera spp rotundata |
bitou bush (NSW) boneseed (Qld) |
SCA (136) |
Hobart |
5-6/2/86 |
NPWS, NSW |
Cirsium arvense (L) Scop. |
perennial thistle |
SCA (141) |
Fremantle |
21/2/88 |
PPC |
Cirsium vulgare (Salvi) Ten. |
spear thistle |
SCA (141) |
Fremantle |
21/2/88 |
PPC |
Cylindropuntia rosea |
Hudson pear |
Currently undergoing approval |
- |
- |
NSW Dept of Primary Industries |
Echium plantagineum |
Paterson's curse, salvation Jane |
BCA, 1985 +agents |
Gazette No. 170 |
6/11/87 |
|
Eichhornia crassipes |
water hyacinth |
AAC (95) |
- |
31/1/76 |
Working Panel |
Genista linifolia |
flax-leaved broom |
SCARM (12) |
Broome |
29/7/98 |
DPIR, SA |
Genista monspessulana |
cape broom |
SCARM (12) |
Broome |
29/7/98 |
DPIR, SA |
Genista stenopetala |
madeira broom |
SCARM (12) |
Broome |
29/7/98 |
DPIR, SA |
Heliotropum amplexicaule |
blue heliotrope |
SCARM (18) OOS |
- |
June 2001 |
CSIRO Div Entomology and NSW Agriculture |
Homeria flaccida |
cape tulips |
SCARM (13) |
Adelaide |
3/3/99 |
Agriculture WA |
Homeria miniata |
cape tulips |
SCARM (13) |
Adelaide |
3/3/99 |
Agriculture WA |
Jatropha curcas |
physic-nut |
SCARM (13) |
Adelaide |
3/3/99 |
DPIF NT |
Jatropha gossypifolia |
bellyache bush |
SCARM (13) |
Adelaide |
3/3/99 |
DPIF NT |
Macfadyena unguis-cati |
cat's claw creeper |
NRMSC (9) |
Adelaide |
11/3/2005 |
Queensland Dept of Natural Resources and Mines |
Marrubium vulgare |
horehound |
SCA (147) |
Nelson NZ |
12-13/2/91 |
PPC |
Mimosa invisa |
giant sensitive plant |
SCA (129) |
Port Moresby |
27-29/7/83 |
PPC |
Myrsiphyllum asparagoides |
bridal creeper |
SCA (147) |
Nelson NZ |
12-13/2/91 |
PPC |
Nassella neesiana |
Chilean needle grass |
NRMSC (10) |
Sydney |
19/9/05 |
VIC |
Nassella trichotoma |
serrated tussock |
SCARM (12) |
Broome |
29/7/98 |
NSW Agriculture |
Onopordum acanthium L. |
Scotch thistle |
SCA (141) |
Fremantle |
21/2/88 |
PPC |
Onopordum acaulon L. |
stemless thistle |
SCA (141) |
Fremantle |
21/2/88 |
PPC |
Onopordum illyricum L. |
Illyrian thistle |
SCA (141) |
Fremantle |
21/2/88 |
PPC |
Onopordum tauricum Willd. |
Taurian thistle |
SCA (141) |
Fremantle |
21/2/88 |
PPC |
Opuntia robusta |
wheel cactus |
Approved NRMSC15 |
OOS |
18/4/08 |
Dept of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation (SA) |
Parkinsonia aculeata |
Parkinsonia |
AWC |
- |
22/8/83 |
Qld Dept of Lands |
Phyla cansescens |
lippia |
NRMSC (12) |
Canberra |
2/11/2006 |
CSIRO Entomology & NSW Dept of Environment & Conservation |
Prosopis spp. |
mesquites |
SCA (147) |
Nelson NZ |
12-13/2/91 |
PPC |
Reseda lutea L. |
cutleaf mignonette |
SCARM (5) |
Melbourne |
20-21/2/95 |
APPC |
Reseda luteola L. |
wild mignonette |
SCARM (5) |
Melbourne |
20-21/2/95 |
DPI, SA |
Reseda phyteuma L. |
rampion mignonette |
SCARM (5) |
Melbourne |
20-21/2/95 |
SARDI |
Rubus fruticosus L. |
blackberry |
BCA, 1985 no agents |
Gazette No. 119 |
22/7/85 |
|
Rumex acetosella |
sorrel |
SCA (129) |
Port Moresby |
27-29/7/83 |
PPC |
Rumex conglomeratus |
clustered dock |
SCA (129) |
Port Moresby |
27-29/7/83 |
PPC |
Rumex crispus |
curled dock |
SCA (129) |
Port Moresby |
27-29/7/83 |
PPC |
Rumex obtusifolius |
broad leaved dock |
SCA (129) |
Port Moresby |
27-29/7/83 |
PPC |
Rumex pulcher |
fiddle dock |
SCA (129) |
Port Moresby |
27-29/7/83 |
PPC |
Senecia madagascariensis |
fireweed |
SCA (147) |
Nelson NZ |
12-13/2/91 |
PPC |
Senna obtusifolia |
sicklepod |
AWC |
- |
22/8/83 |
Qld Dept of Lands |
Sida acuta |
spinyhead sida |
SCA (134) |
Melbourne |
6-8/2/85 |
PPC |
Sida cordifolia |
flannel weed |
SCA (134) |
Melbourne |
6-8/2/85 |
APPC |
Silyburn marianum (L) J. Gaertn. |
variegated thistle |
SCA (141) |
Fremantle |
21/2/88 |
PPC |
Solanum elaeagnifolium |
silverleaf nightshade |
SCA (136) |
Hobart |
5-6/2/86 |
DCFL, Vic |
Sporobolus africanus |
Parramatta grass |
NRMSC (14) |
OOS |
01/08/2007 |
Qld Dept of Natural Resources & Mines |
Sporobolus fertilis |
giant Parramatta grass |
NRMSC (14) |
OOS |
01/08/2007 |
Qld Dept of Natural Resources & Mines |
Sporobolus jacquemontii |
American rats tail grass |
NRMSC (14) |
OOS |
01/08/2007 |
Qld Dept of Natural Resources & Mines |
Sporobolus natalensis |
giant rat tail grass |
NRMSC (14) |
OOS |
01/08/2007 |
Qld Dept of Natural Resources & Mines |
Sporobolus pyramidalis |
giant rats tail grass |
NRMSC (14) |
OOS |
01/08/2007 |
Qld Dept of Natural Resources & Mines |
Tribulus terrestris |
caltrop |
SCA (143) |
Melbourne |
7-8/2/89 |
|
Ulex europaeus L. |
gorse, furze |
SCARM (6) |
Sydney |
31/7/95 |
DPIF, Tas |
Abbreviations: AAC=Australian Agricultural Council, APCC=Animal and Plant Control Commision (SA), AWC=Australian Weeds Committee, BCA=Biological Control Act 1985, DCFL=Victorian Department of Conservartion, DPI=Department of Primary Industry, DPIF=Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, DPIR=Department of Primary Industries and Resources, NPWS=National Parks and Wildlife Service, NRMSC=Natural Resource Management Standing Committee, PPC=Plant Production Committee (a subcommittee of SCARM), SARDI=South Australian Research and Delevopment Institute, SCA=Standing Committee on Agrticulture, SCARM=Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management, Forests and Lands.
Note: Number in brackets is the meeting number.
There are additional weed biological control programs which preexisted the Australian Weeds Committee approval process and included in this group are prickly pear and lantana programs, where agents were first introduced in 1914, and this list is included below, It is recommended that consideration should be given to formally reviewing these and adding them to the target list above as the public interest in these may have changed over the years.
The first biocontrol approved listing was implemented by the Australian Weeds Committee which became the SCA/SCARM/NRMSC and Biological Control Act 1985 procedures.
The current full procedure can be downloaded in PDF format - NRMSC Approved Procedure for Determining Candidate Weed Species and/or Control Agents for Biological Control (90 kb)
Weed Biological Control Programmes in Operation Prior to the Introduction of the Formal Target List
Acacia nilotica ssp. Indica, prickly acacia;
Acanthocereus pentagonus, sword pear;
Ageratina adenophora, crofton weed;
Alternanthera philoxeroides, alligator weed;
Baccharis halimifolia, groundsel bush;
Cryptostegia grandiflora, rubbervine;
Cytisus scoparius, broom;
Harrisia bonplandii, Harrisia cactus;
Harrisia martini, Harrisia cactus;
Harrisia tortuosus, Harrisia cactus;
Lantana camara, lantana;
Lantana montevidensis, creeping lantana
Mimosa pigra, mimosa;
Opuntia aurantiaca, tiger pear;
Opuntia dillenii, spiny pest pear;
Opuntia imbricata, rope pear;
Opuntia monocantha, drooping tree pear;
Opuntia streptacantha, white spine prickly pear;
Opuntia stricta, common prickly pear;
Opuntia tomentose, velvet tree pear;
Parthenium hysterophorus, parthenium weed;
Pistia stratiotes, water lettuce;
Salvinia molesta, salvinia;
Sida rhombifolia, paddy's lucerne;
Xanthium strumarium, noogoora burr;
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