The National Pest Plant Accord identifies pest plants that are prohibited from sale and commercial propagation and distribution across New Zealand.
The Accord came into effect on 1 October 2001 and is an agreement between regional councils and government departments with biosecurity responsibilities. It provides a consistent approach to managing pest plants across the country. In 2006 the Accord was revised to include the Nursery and Garden Industry Association as a member of the decision-making body. Under the Accord, regional councils undertake surveillance to ensure the pest plants are not being sold, propagated or distributed.
The Department of Conservation also lists 328 vascular plant species as environmental weeds - species that infest, are controlled on, or are damaging to land under its control.[1]
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| Scientific name | Common name (1) | Common name (2) | Common name (3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acmena smithii | monkey apple | ||
| Ailanthus altissima | tree of heaven | ||
| Akebia quinata | akebia | chocolate vine | five-leaved akebia |
| Alternanthera philoxeroides | alligator weed | pigweed | |
| Anredera cordifolia | madeira vine | mignonette vine | |
| Araujia sericifera | mothplant | cruel plant | white bladder flower |
| Aristea ecklonii | aristea | wild iris | blue iris |
| Arundo donax | giant reed | arundo grass | |
| Asparagus asparagoides | smilax | bridal creeper | |
| Asparagus densiflorus | bushy asparagus | fern asparagus | emerald feather |
| Asparagus scandens | climbing asparagus | ||
| Berberis darwinii | Darwin’s barberry | ||
| Bomarea multiflora | bomarea | climbing alstromeria | |
| Bryonia cretica | white bryony | ||
| Calluna vulgaris (excluding double flowered cultivars) | heather | ||
| Cardiospermum grandiflorum | balloon vine | ||
| Cardiospermum halicacabum | small balloon vine | ||
| Carpobrotus edulis and hybrids | iceplant | ||
| Celastrus orbiculatus | climbing spindle berry | Oriental bittersweet | |
| Ceratophyllum demersum | hornwort | coontail | |
| Cestrum parqui | green cestrum | ||
| Chrysanthemoides monilifera | boneseed | ||
| Clematis flammula | clematis | fragrant virgin’s bower | plume clematis |
| Clematis vitalba | old man’s beard | ||
| Cobaea scandens | cathedral bells | ||
| Cortaderia jubata | purple pampas | ||
| Cortaderia selloana | pampas | ||
| Cotoneaster simonsii | Khasia berry | ||
| Cotyledon orbiculata | pig’s ear | ||
| Crassula multicava | fairy crassula | ||
| Cyathea cooperi | Australian tree fern | lacy tree fern | |
| Dipogon lignosus | mile-a-minute | ||
| Drosera capensis | Cape sundew | ||
| Eccremocarpus scaber | Chilean glory creeper (or vine) | glory vine | Chilean glory flower |
| Egeria densa | egeria | oxygen weed | Brazilian elodea |
| Ehrharta villosa | pyp grass | ||
| Eichhornia crassipes | water hyacinth | ||
| Eomecon chionantha | snow poppy | poppy of the dawn | Chinese bloodroot |
| Equisetum (all species) | horsetail | ||
| Eragrostis curvula | African love grass | ||
| Erigeron karvinskianus | Mexican daisy | ||
| Euonymus japonicus | Japanese spindle tree | ||
| Ficus rubiginosa | Port Jackson fig | ||
| Fuchsia boliviana | Bolivian fuchsia | ||
| Galeobdolon luteum | artillery plant | aluminium plant | |
| Gunnera tinctoria | Chilean rhubarb | ||
| Gymnocoronis spilanthoides | Senegal tea | temple plant | costata |
| Hedychium flavescens | yellow ginger | ||
| Hedychium gardnerianum | Kahili ginger | ||
| Heracleum mantegazzianum | giant hogweed | cartwheel flower | wild rhubarb, wild parsnip |
| Hieracium (all species) | hawkweed | ||
| Homalanthus populifolius | Queensland poplar | bleeding heart tree | poplar leaved omalanthus |
| Homeria collina | Cape tulip | ||
| Houttuynia cordata | chameleon plant | ||
| Hydrilla verticillata | hydrilla | ||
| Hydrocleys nymphoides | water poppy | ||
| Hypericum androsaemum | tutsan | sweet amber | |
| Ipomoea indica | blue morning glory | ||
| Iris pseudacorus | yellow flag iris | ||
| Jasminum humile | Italian jasmine | ||
| Lagarosiphon major | lagarosiphon | oxygen weed | |
| Lantana camara | lantana | ||
| Ligustrum lucidum | tree privet | ||
| Lilium formosanum | Formosa lily | St Joseph’s lily | trumpet lily, Taiwan lily |
| Lonicera japonica | Japanese honeysuckle | ||
| Ludwigia peploides subsp. Montevidensis | primrose willow | floating primrose willow | water primrose subsp. |
| Lythrum salicaria | purple loosestrife | ||
| Macfadyena unguis-cati | cat’s claw creeper | cat’s claw vine, cat’s claw ivy | yellow trumpet vine |
| Menyanthes trifoliata | bogbean | ||
| Myoporum insulare and hybrids | Tasmanian ngaio | boobialla | |
| Myrica faya | fire tree | candle berry myrtle | |
| Myricaria germanica | false tamarisk | ||
| Myriophyllum aquaticum | parrot’s feather | thread of life | Brazilian watermilfoil |
| Nassella (all species) | nassella | ||
| Nephrolepis cordifolia | tuber ladder fern | ||
| Nuphar lutea | yellow waterlily | spatterdock | cow lily, brandybottle |
| Nymphaea mexicana | Mexican waterlily | banana waterlily | |
| Nymphoides geminata | marshwort | entire marshwort | |
| Nymphoides peltata | fringed waterlily | ||
| Ochna serrulata | Mickey Mouse plant | ||
| Osmunda regalis | royal fern | ||
| Panicum maximum | Guinea grass | green panic | buffalo grass |
| Passiflora caerulea | blue passion flower | ||
| Passiflora tarminiana | Northern banana passionfruit | ||
| Passiflora tripartita (all subspecies) | banana passionfruit | ||
| Pennisetum (all species) | pennisetum | ||
| Phragmites australis | phragmites | ||
| Pinus contorta | lodgepole pine | contorta pine | |
| Pistia stratiotes | water lettuce | ||
| Pittosporum undulatum | sweet pittosporum | Victorian box | Australian cheesewood, New Zealand daphne |
| Plectranthus ciliatus | plectranthus | blue spur flower | |
| Polygala myrtifolia | sweet pea shrub | sweet pea bush | myrtle leaf milkwort |
| Potamogeton perfoliatus | clasped pondweed | ||
| Prunus serotina | rum cherry | wild black cherry | mountain black cherry, black cherry |
| Pyracantha angustifolia | firethorn | orange firethorn | yellow firethorn |
| Reynoutria japonica and hybrids | Asiatic knotweed | Japanese knotweed | Mexican bamboo |
| Reynoutria sachalinensis and hybrids | giant knotweed | ||
| Rhamnus alaternus | rhamnus | evergreen buckthorn | |
| Rhododendron ponticum | wild rhododendron | pontic rhododendron | pontian rhododendron |
| Sagittaria montevidensis | arrowhead | sagittaria | Californian arrowhead |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | sagittaria | delta arrowhead | |
| Sagittaria sagittifolia | arrowhead | Hawaiian arrowhead | |
| Salix cinerea | grey willow | pussy willow | grey sallow |
| Salix fragilis | crack willow | ||
| Salvinia molesta | salvinia | Kariba weed | |
| Schinus terebinthifolius | Christmas berry | Brazilian pepper tree | |
| Schoenoplectus californicus | Californian bulrush | ||
| Selaginella kraussiana | African club moss | selaginella | |
| Solanum marginatum | white edged nightshade | ||
| Solanum mauritianum | woolly nightshade | tobacco weed | wild tobacco tree |
| Tradescantia fluminensis | wandering Jew | ||
| Tropaeolum speciosum | Chilean flame creeper | ||
| Tussilago farfara | coltsfoot | ||
| Typha latifolia | great reedmace | cumbungi | common cattail |
| Utricularia arenaria | bladderwort | ||
| Utricularia gibba | bladderwort | humped bladderwort | |
| Utricularia livida | bladderwort | ||
| Utricularia sandersonii | bladderwort | ||
| Vallisneria gigantea | eelgrass | ||
| Vallisneria spiralis | eelgrass | ||
| Zantedeschia "Green Goddess" | green goddess | ||
| Zizania latifolia | Manchurian wild rice | Manchurian rice grass |