Pest Plant
A pest plant is a plant which is invasive or prolific, detrimental, troublesome, noxious, destructive, a nuisance to either plants or animals, human or human concerns, livestock, human structures, wild ecosystems etc.
Examples of pest plants include:
- Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus agg.)
- Artichoke Thistle (Cynara cardunculus.)
- Chilean Needle Grass (Nassella neesiana)
- Furze/Gorse (Ulex europaeus)
- Patterson’s Curse (Echium plantagineum)
- Scotch Heraldic Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
- Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma)
- Sweet Briar (Rosa rubiginosa)
- Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
- Variegated Thistle (Silybum marianum)
- St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
- Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)