Declared plants

To protect Western Australian agriculture the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development regulates harmful plants under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007.

Plants that are prevented entry into the State or have control or keeping requirements within the State are known as declared pests.

The Western Australian Organism List (WAOL) contains information on the area(s) in which a plant is declared and the control and keeping categories to which it has been assigned in WA.

If you need advice on declared plants please search for articles below in our website or:

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  • Rubber vine, palay rubber vine, India rubber vine (

  • The opuntioid cacti (except for Austrocylindropuntia vestitaCylindropuntia californica

  • Mimosa, giant sensitive tree, catclaw plant or bashful plant (Mimosa pigra) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).

  • Sagittaria (Sagittaria platyphylla) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).

  • Bridal creeper (Asparagus asparagoides) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).

  • Blackberries (Rubus anglocandicans, R. fruticosus, R. laudatus, R. rugosus, and R. ulmifolius) are declared pests in Western Australia (WA).

  • Bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).

  • Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).

  • Bellyache bush, cotton-leaf physic-nut (Jatropha gossypiifolia) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).

  • Several non-native acacias (Acacia species) are declared pests in Western Australia (WA).

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