Trees Not Recommended to Plant
Trees recommended not to plant I Noxious weeds
Trees recommended not to plant
Council recommends that you do not plant the following species of 'problem trees' which can cause major damage to drains and sewage systems.
Common Name
Botanical Name
Camphor Laurel
Cinnamomum camphora
Figs and Rubber Plants
Ficus species
Poplars
Populus species
Coral Trees
Erythrina species
Noxious weeds
The following species have been declared 'noxious' under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 because they are harmful to the environment, drainage systems and/or property. These trees should not be planted.
Alligator weed
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Bitou bush, boneseed
Chrysanthemoides monilifera
Black knapweed
Centaurea nigra
Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus (agg. spp.)
Broomrape
Orobanche spp.
Cabomba
Cabomba spp.
Castor oil plant
Ricinus communis
Green cestrum
Cestrum parqui
Harrisia cactus
Harrisia spp.
Hawkweed
Hieracium spp.
Horsetail
Equisetum spp.
Karroo thorn
Acacia karroo
Kochia
Kochia scoparia
Lagarosiphon
Lagarosiphon major
Lantana (pink flowered)
Lantana camara
Lantana (red flowered)
Ludwigia
Ludwigia peruviana
Mexican feather grass
Nassella tenuissima syn Stipa tenuissima
Miconia
Miconia spp.
Pampas grass
Cortaderia spp.
Parthenium weed
Parthenium hysterophorus
Pellitory
Parietaria judaica
Prickly pears
Opuntia spp.
Privet - broadleaf
Ligustrum lucidum
Privet - narrowleaf
Ligustrum sinense
Rhus tree
Toxicodendron succedaneum
Salvinia
Salvinia molesta
Senegal tea plant
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
Siam weed
Chromolaena odorata
Spotted knapweed
Centaurea maculosa
St John's wort
Hypericum perforatum
Water hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
Water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
Willows
Salix spp.