National Pest Plant Accord

Summarised from Biosecurity New Zealand web pages at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests-diseases/plants/accord.htm

All content has been reproduced with permission.

The National Pest Plant Accord is intended as a way of building upon the initiative previously provided by the National Surveillance Pest Plant List, under which councils provided surveillance for a list of plants based on a mutual agreement to include them as pests in their respective regional pest management strategies. It is a cooperative agreement between regional councils and government departments with biosecurity responsibilities.

The Accord List

• The table below is from the old National Pest Plant Accord list although some of the names have been corrected.
  
  
• Links from the plant names are to images and descriptions from Common Weeds of New Zealand and other resources.
  
  
• PDF files are individual pages from the old list (now out-of-date).
  
  
• Comments on the old National Pest Plant Accord are reproduced in
  An article by Murray Dawson.
  
  
• From the Biosecurity New Zealand website:
  • The new (September 2006) National Pest Plant Accord list
  • An Illustrated booklet in PDF format
    

Scientific Name	Common Name/s	View PDF
Acmena smithii	monkey apple
Alternanthera philoxeroides	alligator weed
Anredera cordifolia	madeira vine; mignonette vine
Araujia sericifera	moth plant
Asparagus asparagoides	smilax; bridal veil creeper
Asparagus scandens	climbing asparagus; ferny asparagus
Bartlettina sordida	bartlettina
Berberis darwinii	Darwin's barberry
Bryonia dioica	white bryony
Caesalpinia decapetala	Mysore thorn
Calluna vulgaris	heather
Cardiospermum grandiflorum	balloon vine
Cardiospermum halicacabum	small balloon vine
Caulerpa taxifolia	—
Celastrus orbiculatus	climbing spindleberry; oriental bittersweet
Ceratophyllum demersum	hornwort
Cestrum parqui	green cestrum
Chrysanthemoides monilifera spp. monilifera	bone seed
Clematis vitalba	old man's beard
Cobaea scandens	cathedral bells
Cortaderia jubata	purple pampas
Cortaderia selloana	pampas
Dipogon lignosus	mile-a-minute
Egeria densa	egeria; oxygen weed
Ehrharta villosa	pyp grass
Eichhornia crassipes	water hyacinth
Equisetum arvense	horsetail
Equisetum hyemale	rough horsetail
Eragrostis curvula	African love grass
Erigeron karvinskianus	Mexican daisy
Gunnera tinctoria	Chilean rhubarb
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides	Senegal tea
Hedychium flavescens	yellow ginger
Hedychium gardnerianum	kahili ginger
Homeria collina	Cape tulip
Houttuynia cordata	chameleon plant
Hydrilla verticillata	hydrilla
Hydrocleys nymphoides	water poppy
Ipomoea indica	blue morning glory
Iris pseudacorus	yellow flag iris
Lagarosiphon major	oxygen weed
Lantana camara var. aculeata	lantana
Ligustrum lucidum	tree privet
Lonicera japonica	Japanese honeysuckle
Ludwigia peploides	primrose willow
Ludwigia peruviana	water primrose
Lythrum salicaria	purple loosetrife
Menyanthes trifoliata	bog bean
Myrica faya	fire tree, candle-berry myrtle
Myriophyllum aquaticum	parrot's feather
Myriophyllum spicatum	Eurasian watermilfoil
Najas guadalupensis	southern naiad
Najas marina	sawtooth
Nassella tenuissima	Mexican feather grass
Nuphar lutea	yellow waterlily
Nymphoides geminata	entire marshwort
Nymphoides peltata	fringed waterlily
Osmunda regalis	royal fern
Passiflora tripartita (formerly Passiflora mollissima or Passiflora mixta)	banana passionfruit; northern banana passionfruit
Pennisetum alopecuroides	Chinese pennisetum
Pennisetum macrourum	African feather grass
Pennisetum purpureum	elephant grass; Napier grass
Pennisetum setaceum	African fountain grass
Phragmites australis	phragmites
Pinus contorta	lodgepole pine
Pistia stratiotes	water lettuce
Plectranthus ciliatus	plectranthus
Polygonum perfoliatum	devil's tail tearthumb
Potamogeton perfoliatus	clasped pondweed
Rhamnus alaternus	evergreen buckthorn
Sagittaria montevidensis	arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla	sagittaria; delta arrowhead
Sagittaria sagittifolia	arrowhead; Hawaii arrowhead
Salix cinerea	grey willow
Salvinia molesta	salvinia, kariba weed
Schinus terebinthifolius	christmas berry
Selaginella kraussiana	selaginella
Solanum carolinense	horse nettle
Solanum marginatum	white-edged nightshade
Sorghum halepense	Johnson grass
Sparganium erectum	bur reed
Stratiotes aloides	water soldier
Tradescantia fluminensis	wandering jew; tradescantia
Trapa natans	water chestnut
Tropaeolum speciosum	Chilean flame creeper
Tussilago farfara	coltsfoot
Typha domingensis	southern cattail
Typha latifolia	great reedmace
Utricularia gibba	bladderwort
Vallisneria gigantea	eelgrass
Zizania latifolia	Manchurian wild rice

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