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acacia species
Acacia spp.
African feather grass
Pennisetum macrourum
Also known as:  veld grass
African fountain grass
Pennisetum setaceum
African love grass
Eragrostis curvula
Also known as:  weeping love grass
African pig's ear
Cotyledon orbiculata
Also known as:  round-leafed navel-wort,  elk horn (cultivar)
agapanthus (large leaved cultivars)
Agapanthus praecox
Also known as:  Agapanthus orientalis
alder
Alnus glutinosa
Also known as:  European alder,  black alder
alligator weed
Alternanthera philoxeroides
angel's trumpet
Brugmansia candida
Also known as:  datura
arrowhead
Sagittaria sagittifolia
Also known as:  Hawaii arrowhead
arum lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Also known as:  green goddess cultivar
Asiatic knotweed, giant knotweed
Reynoutria japonica, R sachalinensis
Also known as:  Fallopia japonica,  Polygonum japonicum,  P. sachalinensis
Asparagus species
Asparagus species
Also known as:  Asparagus drepanophyllus,  Asparagus umbellatus
baccharis
Baccharis halimifolia
Also known as:  groundsel bush
balloon vine/ small balloon vine
Cardiospermum grandiflorum / C. halicacabum
Also known as:  heartseed
bamboo
Phyllostachys species
Also known as:  Bambusa species,  Pseudosasa species
banana passionfruit
Passiflora tripartita (all subspecies) and P. tarminiana
Also known as:  Northern banana passionfruit,  Passiflora mixta,  P. mollissima
bangalow palm
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
bathurst bur
Xanthium spinosum
Also known as:  spiny cocklebur
bead tree
Adenanthera pavonina
Also known as:  red sandalwood tree,  coral bean tree ,  saga seed tree
bear's breeches
Acanthus mollis
Also known as:  bears foot
bladderwort
Utricularia gibba
Also known as:  humped bladderwort
bladderwort species
Utricularia arenaria, U. livida, U. sandersonii
blue passion flower
Passiflora caerulea
Also known as:  common passion flower
bogbean
Menyanthes trifoliata
Also known as:  buckbean
Bolivian fuchsia
Fuchsia boliviana
bomarea
Bomarea caldasii & Bomarea multiflora
Also known as:  climbing alstromeria
boneseed
Chrysanthemoides monilifera
Also known as:  saltbush
boxthorn
Lycium ferocissimum
Also known as:  African boxthorn
Brazilian pepper tree
Schinus terebinthifolius
Also known as:  christmas berry
Brazilian rattlebox
Sesbania punicea
Also known as:  scarlet wisteria,  Chinese wisteria,  red sesbania,  coffee weed
broomsedge
Andropogon virginicus
Also known as:  whiskey grass
brush wattle
Paraserianthes lophantha
Also known as:  Acacia lophantha,  shrub wattle
buffalo grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum
bur daisy
Calotis lappulacea
burdock
Arctium minus
Also known as:  lesser burdock
buttercup bush
Senna septemtrionalis
Californian bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
camphor laurel
Cinnamomum camphora
Canadian pondweed
Elodea canadensis
Cape gooseberry
Physalis peruviana
Also known as:  ground-cherry
Cape honey flower
Melianthus major
Also known as:  false castor oil plant,  giant honey flower,  honey bush
Cape pondweed
Aponogeton distachyus
Also known as:  water hawthorn
Cape sundew
Drosera capensis
cape tulip
Homeria collina
castor oil plant
Ricinus communis
Also known as:  castor bean
casuarina
Casuarina glauca
Also known as:  grey sheoak,  swamp oak
cathedral bells
Cobaea scandens
Also known as:  cup and saucer vine
cat's claw creeper
Macfadyena unguis-cati
Also known as:  cat's claw vine,  cat's claw ivy,  yellow trumpet vine
caulerpa
Caulerpa taxifolia
century plant
Agave americana
Chilean flame creeper
Tropaeolum speciosum
Chilean glory creeper
Eccremocarpus scaber
Also known as:  Chilean glory vine,  glory vine,  Chilean glory flower
Chilean needle grass
Nassella neesiana
Also known as:  Stipa neesiana
Chilean rhubarb
Gunnera tinctoria
Also known as:  giant rhubarb
Chinese fan palm
Trachycarpus fortunei
Also known as:  Chinese windmill palm
Chinese pennisetum
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Also known as:  fountain grass
Chinese privet
Ligustrum sinense
Also known as:  small leaved privet
chocolate vine
Akebia quinata
Also known as:  akebia,  Rajania quinata
Clematis flammula
Clematis flammula
Also known as:  fragrant virgin's bower
climbing asparagus
Asparagus scandens
climbing gloxinia
Lophospermum erubescens
Also known as:  maurandya vine,  Maurandya erubescens
climbing spindle berry
Celastrus orbiculatus
Also known as:  Oriental bittersweet
coast banksia
Banksia integrifolia
Also known as:  coastal banksia
coltsfoot
Tussilago farfara
common water lily
Nymphaea alba
Also known as:  European white water lily
common water plantain
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Also known as:  mad dog weed
coral tree
Erythrina crista-galli
coral tree
Erythrina xsykesii
Also known as:  flame tree
cotoneaster
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus, C. franchetii
crack willow
Salix fragilis
Also known as: 
Cretan brake
Pteris cretica
curled pondweed
Potamogeton crispus
Also known as:  curly pondweed,  Flat-stem pondweed
Darwin's barberry
Berberis darwinii
devil's fig
Solanum torvum
Also known as:  turkey berry
devil's tail
Persicaria perfoliatum
Also known as:  tearthumb,  Asiatic tearthumb,  Polygonum perfoliatum,  devil's tear thumb
drooping prickly pear
Opuntia monacantha
dusky coral pea
Kennedia rubicunda
dwarf sagittaria
Sagittaria subulata
Also known as:  awl-leaf arrowhead
eel grass - Lake Pupuke variety
Vallisneria gigantea
eel grass - Meola Creek variety
Vallisneria spiralis
egeria
Egeria densa
Also known as:  oxygen weed
elephants ear
Alocasia brisbanensis
Also known as:  aroid lily,  A. macrorrhiza
Eurasian water milfoil
Myriophyllum spicatum
everlasting pea
Lathyrus latifolius
false tamarisk
Myricaria germanica
Also known as:  German tamarisk
feral olive
Olea europea
field bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
Also known as:  bindweed,  convolvulus
fire tree
Myrica faya
Also known as:  Morella faya,  candleberry myrtle,  firebush,  faya tree
firethorn
Pyracantha angustifolia
Also known as:  orange firethorn
Formosa lily
Lilium formosanum
fringed water lily
Nymphoides peltata
Also known as:  entire marshwort,  yellow floating heart
Furcraea species
Furcraea foetida/ F. selloa
Also known as:  wild sisal,  Mauritius hemp
gazania
Gazania rigens & G. linearis
giant arrowhead
Sagittaria montevidensis
Also known as:  arrowhead
giant hogweed
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Also known as:  wild rhubarb,  cartwheel flower,  wild parsnip,  cow parsnip
giant reed
Arundo donax
giant rhubarb
Gunnera manicata
Also known as:  Brazilian rhubarb,  Chilean rhubarb
goat’s rue
Galega officinalis
Also known as:  French lilac
great reedmace
Typha latifolia
Also known as:  broadleaf cattail,  common cattail,  giant reedmace
green cestrum
Cestrum parqui
Also known as:  Chilean cestrum
grey willow
Salix cinerea
Also known as:  pussy willow,  shrub willow,  sallow
Guinea grass
Panicum maximum
Also known as:  green panic,  buffalo grass,  Urochloa maxima
gypsywort
Lycopus europaeus
Also known as:  bugleweed
hawkweed
Hieracium species
Also known as:  Pilosella officinarum
Himalayan honeysuckle
Leycesteria formosa
Also known as:  Elishas tears
hornwort
Ceratophyllum demersum
horsetail
Equisetum spp.
Also known as:  snake grass
houttuynia
Houttuynia cordata
Also known as:  chameleon plant,  ground ivy
hydrilla
Hydrilla verticillata
Italian jasmine
Jasminum humile
Also known as:  yellow jasmine
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Japanese walnut
Juglans ailantifolia
jasmine
Jasminum polyanthum
Johnson grass
Sorghum halepense
jointed rush
Juncus articulatus
Also known as:  jointed-leaf rush
kudzu vine
Pueraria montana subspecies lobata
lagarosiphon
Lagarosiphon major
Also known as:  oxygen weed
lantana
Lantana camara
Also known as:  shrub verbena,  wild sage,  yellow sage,  red flowered sage
lizards tail
Saururus cernuus
Also known as:  swamp lily,  mouse's ear
lodgepole pine
Pinus contorta
Also known as:  contorta pine
madeira vine
Anredera cordifolia
Also known as:  mignonette vine
male fern
Dryopteris filix-mas
Also known as:  common male fern
Manchurian wild rice
Zizania latifolia
marram grass
Ammophila arenaria
mercer grass
Paspalum distichum
Also known as:  water couch ,  knot grass
Mexican daisy
Erigeron karvinskianus
Also known as:  daisy fleabane
Mexican devil
Ageratina adenophora
Mexican feather grass
Nassella tenuissima
Also known as:  fine-stemmed needle grass
Mexican water lily
Nymphaea mexicana
Also known as:  banana waterlily
Mickey Mouse plant
Ochna serrulata
mistflower
Ageratina riparia
montpellier broom
Teline monspessullana
Moreton Bay fig
Ficus macrophylla
moth plant
Araujia hortorum
Also known as:  cruel plant,  kapok vine,  Araujia sericifera
Mysore thorn
Caesalpinia decapetala
nassella (all species)
Nassella species
nassella tussock
Nassella trichotoma
Also known as:  serrated tussock
needle grass
Austrostipa rudis
nodding thistle
Carduus nutans
Also known as:  nodding plumeless thistle,  musk thistle
Norfolk Island hibiscus
Lagunaria patersonii
Also known as:  white oak,  pyramid tree,  whitewood,  cow itch tree
nutgrass
Cyperus rotundus
Also known as:  purple nutsedge
old man's beard
Clematis vitalba
pampas grass (common & purple)
Cortaderia selloana, C. jubata
paperbark poplar
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Also known as:  broadleaf paperbark
parrots feather
Myriophyllum aquaticum
perennial nettle
Urtica dioica
Also known as:  stinging nettle
perennial veldt grass
Ehrharta calycina
phoenix palm
Phoenix canariensis
Also known as:  Canary Island palm,  Canary date palm,  Canary Island date palm
phragmites
Phragmites australis
Also known as:  common reed
pink ragwort
Senecio glastifolius
Also known as:  holly-leaved senecio
pitted crassula
Crassula multicava
Also known as:  fairy crassula
plumeless thistle
Carduus acanthoides
porcelain berry
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Port Jackson fig
Ficus rubiginosa
Port St John creeper
Podranea ricasoliana
Also known as:  pink trumpet vine
prickly moses
Acacia verticillata
purple groundsel
Senecio elegans
purple guava/ yellow guava
Psidium cattleianum/ P. guajava
Also known as:  guava
purple loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Also known as:  bouquet-violet
pyp grass
Ehrharta villosa
queen of the night
Cestrum nocturnum
Queensland umbrella tree
Schefflera actinophylla
Also known as:  octopus tree,  lipstick palm
ragwort
Jacobaea vulgaris
Also known as:  Senecio jacobaea
red cestrum
Cestrum elegans/C.fasciculatum
Also known as:  purple cestrum
reed sweet grass
Glyceria maxima
Also known as:  Poa aquatica
rhamnus (evergreen buckthorn)
Rhamnus alaternus
Also known as:  Italian buckthorn
rhus tree
Toxicodendron succedaneum
Also known as:  wax tree,  Japanese wax tree,  poison sumac,  Rhus succedanea
rough tree fern
Cyathea cooperi
Also known as:  scaly tree fern,  Australian tree fern
royal fern
Osmunda regalis
saffron thistle
Carthamus lanatus
Also known as:  woolly distaff thistle,  distaff thistle,  woolly safflower
sagittaria
Sagittaria platyphylla
Also known as:  delta arrowhead
salvinia
Salvinia molesta
Also known as:  kariba weed
scrambling lily
Geitonoplesium cymosum
Senegal tea
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides
Also known as:  temple plant
Sexton's bride
Rhaphiolepis umbellata
Also known as:  Indian hawthorn,  Yeddo hawthorn
silky acacia
Albizia julibrissin
Also known as:  mimosa
silver poplar
Populus alba
Also known as:  white poplar
skeleton weed
Chondrilla juncea
smilax
Asparagus asparagoides
Also known as:  bridal creeper
snow poppy
Eomecon chionantha
Also known as:  Chinese woodland poppy,  Chinese bloodroot,  dawn poppy
southern cattail
Typha domingensis
southern naiad
Najas guadalupensis
Spanish heath
Erica lusitanica
spartina
Spartina spp.
Also known as:  cord grass,  salt grass,  S. alterniflora,  S. anglica,  S. x townsendii
St John’s wort
Hypericum perforatum
strangling fig
Ficus microcarpa
sweet pittosporum
Pittosporum undulatum
Also known as:  Victorian box,  Australian cheesewood
sycamore
Acer psuedoplanatus
Also known as:  sycamore maple
Sydney golden wattle
Acacia longifolia
Also known as:  Racosperma longifolium
Taiwan cherry
Prunus campanulata
thornapple
Datura stramonium
trailing lantana
Lantana montevidensis
Also known as:  weeping lantana
tree lupin
Lupinus arboreus
tree of heaven
Ailanthus altissima
Also known as:  ailanthus
tree privet
Ligustrum lucidum
Also known as:  hedge privet,  broad leaf privet
variegated thistle
Silybum marianum
Also known as:  milk thistle
velvet groundsel
Roldana petasitis
Also known as:  California geranium,  Senecio petasites
viper's bugloss
Echium vulgare
Also known as:  blue borage
water hyacinth
Eichornia crassipes
water poppy
Hydrocleys nymphoides
water primrose
Ludwigia peploides ssp. montevidensis
Also known as:  primrose willow
water soldier
Stratiotes aloides
Also known as:  crabs claw
wild ginger
Hedychium gardnerianum
Also known as:  kahili ginger
wild tamarind
Leucaena leucocephala
Also known as:  lead tree
wongawonga vine
Pandorea pandorana
yellow flag
Iris pseudacorus
Also known as:  yellow iris
yellow ginger
Hedychium flavescens
yellow water lily
Nuphar lutea
Also known as:  yellow pond-lily,  spatterdock,  cow lily,  brandy bottle

 

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