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Originally from South Africa, African Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum) is a Weed of National Significance. It grows as a dense woody shrub up to 4-5m tall with sharp spines and orange red shiny berries during fruiting.

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Apple of Sodom (Solanum linnaeanum) is a prickly shrub usually growing to 1m high with purple-blue flowers and round yellow fruits.

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Originally from South Africa, Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera), a Weed of National Significance, is a small evergreen shrub with yellow flowers, and an aggressive invader of intact native bush-land.

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Originally from Mediterranean region, Cape Broom (Genista monspessulana), a Weed of National Significance, is a yellow flowered shrub, 3–5 m tall, highly invasive with serious impacts on the environment, agriculture and the economy in southern Australia.

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European Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus aggregate), a Weed of National Significance, is a long lived, sprawling, mound-forming, fast growing shrub to 2-3 metres tall impacting on agriculture, forestry and natural ecosystems.

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Originally from  Southern Europe and North Africa, Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is a tall biannual herb normally 1-2 meters tall sometimes reaching  to 2.5 metres found in cool to warm temperate, to humid climates.

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Originally from Western Europe, Gorse (Ulex europaeus), a Weed of National Significance, is a spiny yellow flowered shrub of 1-3 m tall, highly invasive with serious impacts on the environment, agriculture and the economy.

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Originally from Europe and Asia, Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) is a low many branched arching winter deciduous tree or tall shrub to 6 m tall and wide, with lobed leaves 6×7 cm long, many clusters of pink to white flowers, and many obvious red fruits.

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Hemlock is a biennal/annual herb growing up to 2.5m tall with light green stems. During spring, the plants produce umbrella shaped clusters of white flowers on the tops of the stems. All parts of Hemlock (Conium maculatum) are poisonous to humans and livestock and can cause death by respiratory paralysis if eaten.

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Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) is naturally a biennial, but changes to a perennial if constantly cut.

Ragwort is a short-lived erect herb usually growing to 450-600 mm tall, typically recognised by their bright yellow, daisy-like clusters of flowers at the tops of the stems. Peak flowering typically occurs in late January through to March.

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St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) is a native Eurasian and African herb that grows up to 1.2 m high with five petal yellow flowers.

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Originally from Europe and Asia, Sweet Briar (Rosa rubiginosa) is an upright, thorny, shrub to 3 m tall, with leaves with 5–7 leaflet 2–5 cm long, and pink flower to 5 cm across.

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