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Pest risk assessments
Pest risk assessments are produced by Biosecurity Queensland to:
- increase understanding of key weeds and pest animals in Queensland
- facilitate best practice management of these species
- provide an objective, evidence-based foundation for policy development.
Pest risk assessments synthesise information from a range of sources to examine aspects of the pest species or group, including:
- description, taxonomy and general biology
- history of introduction and spread in Queensland
- current and potential distribution
- current and potential costs and benefits
- management options including current control practices and legislation.
These reviews help in deciding on the management of pest animals and weeds in the state, such as:
- whether to declare a species as a pest and to which class it should belong
- best allocation of resources to particular species or locations
- feasibility of eradication
- the value and location of containment lines
- appropriate control methods
- research needs.
Weeds
- Aleman grass (Echinochloa polystachya)
- Athel pine (Tamarix spp.)
- Bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia)
- Bitter weed (Helenium amarum)
- Blue morning glory (Ipomoea indica)
- Blue stars (Aristea ecklonii)
- Broad-leaved paspalum (Paspalum mandiocanum)
- Candyleaf (Stevia ovata)
- Cabomba (Cabomba spp.)
- Chilean needle grass (Nassella nessiana)
- Cotton-tails (Froelichia floridana and F. gracilis)
- Dense waterweed (Egeria densa)
- Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia elegans)
- Gamba grass (Andropogon gayanus)
- Glush weed (Hygrophila costata)
- Giant reed (Arundo donax)
- Hairy sicklepod (Senna hirsuta)
- Hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis)
- Ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis)
- Kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum)
- Kidneyleaf mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis)
- Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata)
- Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala)
- Lippia (Phyla canescens)
- Mesquite (Prosopis spp.)
- Mexican bean tree (Cecropia spp.)
- Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima)
- Miconia (Miconia calvescens)
- Navua sedge (Cyperus aromaticus)
- Neem tree (Azadirachta indica)
- Pannicle jointvetch (Aeschynomene paniculata)
- Physic nut (Jatropha curcas)
- Prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica)
- Rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora)
- Sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)
- Stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens)
- St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
- Telegraph weed (Heterotheca grandiflora)
- Water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea)
- White ball acacia (Acaciella angustissima)
Pest animals
- African serval (Leptailurus serval)
- Asian house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
- Camel (Camelus dromedarius)
- Deer (family Cervidae)
- Feral goat (Capra hircus)
- Feral horse (Equus caballus)
- Feral pig (Sus scrofa)
- Ferret (Mustela furo and M. putorius)
- Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Locusts (various species)
- Mice (Mus domesticus)
- Red billed quelea (Quelea quelea)
- Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Savannah cat (Leptailurus serval and felis catus)
- Vertebrate pests of built-up areas
- Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
Further information
- local government weed control/environmental staff
- Biosecurity Queensland staff, phone 13 25 23
- Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002
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