Native to the United States of America, the red-eared slider turtle is a freshwater turtle with a distinctive red stripe behind each ear. Red eared slider turtles are aggressive and …

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Native to South America, fire ants are considered as oe of the greatest biosecurity threats to Australia. Distinguished by their coppery-brown heads and bodies, with a darker abdomen. They are …

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Native to South America, Senegal tea is an aquatic perennial introduced to Australia as an aquarium plant. In the wild, it invades and degrades natural wetlands. Senegal tea can form …

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Native to North America, sagittaria is an aquatic perennial introduced to Australia as an aquatic plant. In the wild, it invades and degrades natural wetlands. Sagittaria can form dense floating …

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Native to Mexico and Argentina, hygrophila is a flowering, erect herb that grows on creekbanks and in shallow freshwater wetlands. The main danger of hygrophila is that it outcompetes native …

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Native to North America (from Mexico to Canada), honey locust is a large, spiny, rapidly growing tree. Honey locust has been promoted and planted as a fodder tree and garden …

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Native to southern Africa, fireweed is a daisy-like herb and is often mistaken with closely related natives. It competes with pasture and is toxic to livestock.  Within the Wide Bay …

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Native to North and South America, cabomba is a fully submerged aquatic plant, originally introduced to Australia as an aquarium plant. It is an aggressive perennial that can form dense …

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Native to southern Africa, African boxthorn is a spiny shrub introduced to Australia in the mid-1800s as a hedge plant. It has since spread to pastures, disturbed areas, roadsides, railways …

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