Eighty introduced plants species were identified by the Pest Management Working Group as current or potential pests to one or more of the various land uses in the Douglas Shire Council area.
Of these, the pest plants with the highest priority rating were included in Council’s Pest Management Plan, now known as, Biosecurity Management Plan. The greatest management effort is put into the control of the weeds below. Click on the links below to see Council’s Biosecurity Management Team in action for our natural environments.
- Miconia
- Siam Weed
- Hiptage
- Sicklepod
- Pond Apple
- Salvinia
