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:

Articles

  • Control methods for boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera) a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Control methods for broomrape (Orobanche species except Orobanche minor) a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Common sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).

  • Control methods for common sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica), a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Flair tutsan (Hypericum x inodorum) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).

  • Control methods for flair tutsan (Hypericum x inodorum) a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Giant sensitive plant (Mimosa diplotricha, formerly Mimosa invisa) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).

  • Control methods for giant sensitive plant (Mimosa diplotricha) a declared pest in Western Australia.

  • Camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).

  • Control methods for golden dodder (Cuscuta campestris) a declared pest in Western Australia.