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Obtain information on specific invasive plants and their control by selecting the type of plant and its common name. 

Invasive Aquatic Plant
​Parrot's feather: Myriophyllum aquaticum	​Red water fern: Azolla filiculoides	​Water fern: Salvinia molesta	​Water hyacinth: Eichhornia crassipe​s​​	​Water lettuce: Pistia stratiotes	​
Invasive  Cacti
​Australian pest pear: Opuntia stricta	​Barbados goosebe​rry: Pereskia aculeata	​Boxing glove cactus: Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata	​Chain-fruit cholla: Cylindropuntia fulgida var. fulgida	​Harrisia cactus: Harrisia martinii	​Imbricate cactus: Cylindropuntia imbricata (=Opuntia imbricata)​
​Jointed cactus: Opuntia aurantiaca​	​Mission prickly pear: Opuntia ficus-indica	​Moon cactus: Harrisia martinii	​Pereskia: Pereskia aculeata​​	​Pest pear of Australia: Opuntia stricta	​Prickly pear: Opuntia ficus-indica
​Queen of the night cactus: Cereus jamacaru	​Sweet prickly pear: Opuntia ficus-indica	​	​	​	​
Invasive  Herbs and Grasses
​American bramble: Rubus cuneifolius	​​Chilean cestrum: Cestrum parqui	​Chromolaena: Chromolaena odorata​​​	​Crofton weed: Ageratina adenophora	​Dense-thorned bitter apple: Solanum sisymbriifolium	​Mexican devil: Ageratina adenophora​
​Mexican poppies: Ageratum ochroleuca& A. mexicana	​​​Mexican sunflower: Tithonia diversifolia	​Mistflower: Ageratina riparia	​Nassella tussock: Nassella trichotoma (=Stipa trichotoma)	​Parthenium/ famine weed: Parthenium hysterophorus​​	​ Pompom weed: Campuloclinium macrocephalum
​Red sunflower: Tithonia rotundifolia​​	​Satan​sbos: Solanum elaeagnifolium	​Silver-leaf nightshade: ​Solanum elaeagnifolium​​	​Triffid weed: Chromolaena odorata	​Wild tomato: Solanum sisymbriifolium	​
​Invasive Vines/ Creepers
​American bramble: Rubus cuneifolius	​Balloon vine: Cardiosperm​um grandiflorum​	​Cat's claw creeper: Dolichandra unguis-cati​	​Madeira vine: Anredera cordifolia	​Mauritius thorn: Caesalpinia decapetala​	​Pereskia: Pereskia acul​eata​​​
​Invasive Woody  Plants
​American bramble: Rubus cuneifolius	​Australian blackwood: Acacia melanoxylon	​Australian myrtle: Leptospermum laevigatum​	​Bailey's wattle: Acacia baileyana	​Black wattle: Acacia mearnsii	​Bramble: Rubus cuneifolius
​Bug weed: Solanum mauritianum	​Golden wattle: Acacia pycnantha	​Jacaranda: Jacaranda mimosifolia	​Lantana: Lantana camara	​Leucaena: Leucaena leucocephala	​Long-leaved wattle: Acacia longifolia
​Mauritius thorn: Caesalpinia decapetala​	​ Mesquite: Prosopis spp.	​ Port Jackson: Acacia saligna	​Prosopis: Prosopis spp	​Red sesbani​a: Sesbania punicea	​River red gum: Eucalyptus camaldulensis
​​Rock hakea: Hakea gibbosa	​ Rooikrans: Acacia cyclops	​Screw-pod wattle: Acacia implexa	​Sesbania: see Red sesbania: Sesbania punicea	​Silky hakea: Hakea sericea	​ Silver wattle: Acacia dealbata
​ Stinkbean: Paraserianthes lophantha	​Yellow bells: Tecoma stans	​	​	​	​

Please contact Hildegard Klein, email: kleinh@arc.agric.za for any further information​​.