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Pest plants

Pest plants in the Auckland region

Pampas Grass

The Auckland region has over 700 introduced plant species which self-propagate in the wild. Many of these are considered weeds and some can cause serious harm to our native environment or threaten economic loss to farmers and horticultural producers. These serious weeds are termed 'pest plants' and are subject to control or restrictions under the Auckland Regional Pest Management Strategy 2007-2012.

This strategy places requirements on landowners and occupiers to control pest plants to prescribed standards, using suitable control methods.


 

Pest plants - what can I do?

  • Get to know what plants are a biosecurity risk. The most common ones are listed on our Plant Pests of the Auckland Region factsheet
    Pest Plants (575.8 KB PDF)
  • Control pest plants on your property
  • Dispose of pest plants safely
  • Watch out for the spread of new plants
  • Check out the various initiatives we have for community groups and individual landowners.

Wild Ginger

 

ARC's biosecurity officers can:

  • help you identify plant pests on your property
  • assist you in formulating a pest plant control plan
  • provide advice on different control methods.

For more information contact the ARC's biosecurity team on 09 366 2000 or 0800 80 60 40 (outside of the free calling area).