These plants are common weeds in saltmarsh, chenier ridges, coastal berms and tidal/freshwater wetlands of the Gulf St Vincent area. Plants in the list below that have a hyperlink are linked to photographs. Please note the copyright information at the bottom of this page.
Scientific name |
Common name |
Western coastal wattle |
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Golden wreath wattle |
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Century plant, sisal plant |
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Marram grass |
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Capeweed |
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Arctotheca populifolia |
Cape beach daisy, dune arctotheca |
Great brome |
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European sea-rocket |
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Hottentot fig, South African pigface |
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Critesion hystrix (sometimes placed in Hordeum) |
Mediterranean barleygrass |
Wild artichoke |
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Pyp grass |
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Elymus elongatus (or Thinopyrum elongatum) |
Tall wheat grass |
Elymus farctus (or Thinopyrum junceum) |
Sea wheat grass |
Emex spp. |
Three-cornered jack |
African lovegrass |
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Mediterranean spurge, sea-spurge |
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Coastal galenia |
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Gazania |
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Spiny rush |
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Hare's-tail grass |
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Tree mallow |
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Limonium lobatum |
Statice, winged sea-lavender |
Sea lavender |
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African boxthorn |
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Horehound |
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Honeyflower |
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Common ice-plant |
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Slender ice-plant |
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Myrsiphyllum asparagoides (Asparagus asparagoides) |
Bridal creeper |
Tree tobacco |
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Evening primrose |
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Olive tree |
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Curly rye, coast barbgrass |
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Calomba daisy |
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Turnip weed |
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Castor oil plant |
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Guildford grass, onion grass |
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Silver-leaf nightshade |
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Tamarisk or Athel pine |
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Watsonias |
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Bathurst burr |
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Noogoora burr |
The plants with a hyperlink are linked to photographs. Many of these are links to the Australian National Botanic Garden's excellent database of pictures housed in Canberra, Rutgers State University's Weed Gallery, the South-West School of Botanical Medicine, the Flora of Europe site, the Epidemie project, Viridans, Herbari virtual and Texas A&M University. Other photographs have been supplied by Delta Environmental Consulting. Please respect the photographers' copyright. Contact the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Rutgers State University, the South West School of Botanical Medicine, Flora of Europe, Epidemie, Viridans, Herbari virtual and Texas A&M University Vascular Plant Image Gallery, or other copyright owners through their websites if you wish to use any of their photographs for commercial uses. Contact Delta Environmental Consulting by email.
For more information on weeds of Southern Australia, check out the excellent Western Weeds site.
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