Environmental issues

Pests and weeds

Native plant species threatened by bitou bush invasion

The plant species listed below were identified as the most at risk from bitou bush invasion in NSW. Follow the links in the table to learn more about the species or see the field guide to the plant species at risk from bitou bush invasion.

 

Priority in TAP
Species nameFamily name
High
Plectranthus cremnusLamiaceae
High
Zieria prostrata(E) Rutaceae
High
Chamaesyce psammogeton(E) Euphorbiaceae
High
Senecio spathulatus(E) Asteraceae
High
Acianthus exiguusOrchidaceae
High
Calystegia soldanellaConvolvulaceae
High
Chamaecrista maritimaCaesalpiniaceae
High
Sophora tomentosa(E)Fabaceae
High
Lepturus repensPoaceae
High
Pultenaea maritima(V)Fabaceae
High
Stackhousia spathulataStackhousiaceae
High
Ischaemum triticeumPoaceae
High
Vigna marinaFabaceae
High
Gleichenia mendelliiGleicheniaceae
High
Actites megalocarpusAsteraceae
High
Poa poiformisPoaceae
High
Fontainea oraria(E)Euphorbiaceae
High
Diuris praecox(V)Orchidaceae
High
Westringia fruticosaLamiaceae
   
Medium
Asplenium difformeAspleniaceae
Medium
Pandanus tectorius var. australianusPandanaceae
Medium
Acronychia littoralis(E)Rutaceae
Medium
Pterostylis no 15. (botany bay orchid)(E)Orchidaceae
Medium
Viminaria juncea (prostrate form)Fabaceae
Medium
Pterostylis woollsiiOrchidaceae
Medium
Acalypha nemorum (prostrate form)Euphorbiaceae
Medium
Pimelea spicata(E)Thymelaeaceae
Medium
Macarthuria neocambricaAizoaceae
Medium
Acacia terminalis subsp. terminalis(E)Mimosaceae
Medium
Caladenia porphyrea(E)Orchidaceae
Medium
Diuris curtaOrchidaceae
Medium
Abildgaardia ovataCyperaceae
Medium
Bossiaea stephensoniiFabaceae
Medium
Dianella crinoidesPhormiaceae
Medium
Dianella congestaPhormiaceae
Medium
Cryptocarya foetida(V)Lauraceae
Medium
Syzygium paniculatum(V)Myrtaceae
Medium
Geodorum densiflorum(E)Orchidaceae
Medium
Tricoryne simplexAnthericaceae
Medium
Wilsonia rotundifoliaConvolvulaceae
Medium
Casuarina equisetifoliaCasuarinaceae
Medium
Persoonia kateraeProteaceae
Medium
Thesium australe(V)Santalaceae
Medium
Acronychia imperforataRutaceae
Medium
Senna acclinis(E)Caesalpiniaceae
Medium
Zieria granulata(E)Rutaceae
Medium
Rulingia hermanniifoliaSterculiaceae
Medium
Eucalyptus camfieldii(V)Myrtaceae
Medium
Tetratheca juncea(V)Tremandraceae
Medium
Vitex trifolia var. trifoliaVerbenaceae
Medium
Diuris arenaria(E)Orchidaceae
Medium
Hibiscus tiliaceusMalvaceae
Medium
Empusa habenarinaOrchidaceae
Medium
Pterostylis nigricans(V)Orchidaceae
Medium
Spyridium cinereumRhamnaceae
Medium
Tylophora benthamiiAsclepiadaceae
Medium
Xylosma terra-reginae(E)Flacourtiaceae
Medium
Elyonurus citreus(E)Poaceae
Medium
Grevillea humilis subsp. maritimaProteaceae
   
Low
Cynanchum carnosumAsclepiadaceae
Low
Cyperus scaberCyperaceae
Low
Myoporum bateaeMyoporaceae
Low
Persoonia conjunctaProteaceae
Low
Wilsonia backhousei(V)Convolvulaceae
Low
Cynanchum elegans(E)Asclepiadaceae
Low
Cordyline congestaAsteliaceae
Low
Desmodium heterocarpon var. heterocarponFabaceae
Low
Typhonium eliosurumAraceae
Low
Acacia georgensis(V)Mimosaceae
Low
Phaius tancarvilleae(E)Orchidaceae
Low
Sarcostemma brunonianumAsclepiadaceae
Low
Thozetia racemosaAsclepiadaceae
Low
Wahlenbergia littoricolaCampanulaceae
Low
Diuris byronensis(E)Orchidaceae
Low
Correa baeuerlenii(V)Rutaceae
Low
Geniostoma huttonii(E)Loganiaceae
Low
Haemodorum austroqueenslandicumHaemodoraceae
Low
Scaevola aemulaGoodeniaceae
Low
Zieria tuberculata(V)Rutaceae
Low
Phaius australis(E)Orchidaceae
Low
Gonocarpus salsoloidesHaloragaceae
Low
Polyalthia nitidissimaAnnonaceae
Low
Comesperma sphaerocarpumPolygalaceae
Low
Cyperus subulatusCyperaceae
Low
Galactia tenuiflora var. villlosaFabaceae
Low
Logania pusillaLoganiaceae
Low
Olax angulata(V)Olacaceae
Low
Caladenia tessellata(E)Orchidaceae
Low
Eucalyptus paniculata subsp. matutinaMyrtaceae
Low
Macrozamia flexuosaZamiaceae
Low
Calystegia affinis(E)Convolvulaceae
Low
Carmichaelia exsul(E)Fabaceae
Low
Cupaniopsis anarcardioidesSapindaceae
Low
Glochidion sumatranumEuphorbiaceae
Low
Haemodorum corymbosumHaemodoraceae
Low
Prostanthera densa(V)Lamiaceae
Low
Acrostichum speciosumPteridaceae
Low
Celtis paniculataUlmaceae
Low
Cyperus stradbrokensisCyperaceae
Low
Fimbristylis polytrichoidesCyperaceae
Low
Hypserpa decumbensMenispermaceae
Low
Pelargonium australeGeraniaceae
Low
Pisonia umbelliferaNyctaginaceae
Low
Planchonella queenslandicaSapotaceae
Low

Planchonella sp.

Sapotaceae
Low
Melaleuca groveana(V)Myrtaceae
Low
Acianthella amplexicaulisOrchidaceae
Low
Pterostylis ophioglossaOrchidaceae
Low
Thysanotus juncifoliusAnthericaceae
Low
Viola betonicifoliaViolaceae
Low
Arthraxon hispidus(V)Poaceae
Low
Acmena hemilampraMyrtaceae
Low
Bridelia exaltataEuphorbiaceae
Low
Caesalpinia bonduc(E)Caesalpiniaceae
Low
Grevillea hilliana(E)Proteaceae
Low
Ailanthus triphysaSimaroubaceae
Low
Marsdenia liisaeAsclepiadaceae
Low
Callistemon acuminatusMyrtaceae
Low
Coprosma inopinata(E)Rubiaceae
Low
Cryptandra propinquaRhamnaceae
Low
Spyridium scortechinii Rhamnaceae
Low
Cryptocarya triplinervis var. triplinervisLauraceae
Low
Cryptocarya triplinervis var. pubensLauraceae
Low
Darwinia leptanthaMyrtaceae
Low
Gleichenia rupestrisGleicheniaceae
Low
Melicope vitiflora(E)Rutaceae
Low
Endiandra globosaLauraceae
Low
Abildgaardia vaginataCyperaceae
Low
Caelospermum paniculatumRubiaceae
Low
Euphrasia collina subsp. paludosaScrophulariaceae
Low
Haloragis exalata subsp. exalata(V)Haloragaceae
Low
Leucopogon esquamatusEpacridaceae
Low
Lindsaea fraseri(E)Lindsaeaceae
Low
Lygodium microphyllumSchizaeaceae
Low
Niemeyera chartacea(E)Sapotaceae
Low
Pelargonium inodorumGeraniaceae
Low
Persoonia linearisProteaceae
Low
Streptothamnus moorei Flacourtiaceae
Low
Cryptostylis hunteriana(V)Orchidaceae
Low
Linum marginaleLinaceae
Low
Pultenaea villiferaFabaceae
Low
Allocasuarina defungens(E)Casuarinaceae
Low
Allocasuarina simulans(V)Casuarinaceae
Low
Syzygium moorei(V)Myrtaceae
Low
Corybas undulatusOrchidaceae
Low
Aldrovanda vesiculosa(E)Droseraceae
Low
Caesia parviflora var. minor(E)Liliaceae
Low
Caladenia quadrifariaOrchidaceae
Low
Oldenlandia galioides(E)Rubiaceae
Low
Isopogon anemonifoliusProteaceae
Low
Syzygium hodgkinsoniae(V)Myrtaceae
Low
Acacia bakeri(V)Mimosaceae
Low
Acacia kydrensisMimosaceae
Low
Archidendron hendersonii(V)Mimosaceae
Low
Carex browniiCyperaceae
Low
Hoya australis subsp. australisAsclepiadaceae
Low
Lipocarpha microcephalaCyperaceae

E: Species listed as endangered under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995; V: Species listed as endangered under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.

Page last updated: 26 February 2011