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Wild Peacah - Prunus Persica

Wild Peacah - Prunus Persica

Perennial deciduous tree to 5m tall.

Leaves alternate, bright green to 10cm long and 4cm across, with finely serrated marginl.

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May 10, 2012
Wild Tobacco Tree - Solanum Mauritianum

Wild Tobacco Tree - Solanum Mauritianum

Erect tree to 5m high. Leaves to 40cm long and 15cm wide, are covered with dense fluffy star-shaped hairs.

Inflorescence[...]

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May 10, 2012
Willow - Salix Fragilis - crack willow and other Salix spp. not in Queensland

Willow - Salix Fragilis (crack willow) and other Salix spp. not in Queensland

Deciduous tree to 25m, with spreading branches which make a loud crack when broken.

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May 10, 2012
Yellow Bells - Tecoma Stans

Yellow Bells - Tecoma Stans

Fast-growing shrub to 5m.

Leaves to 25cm long, with 3-13 serrated leaflets.

Showy clusters of tubular yellow flowers 5cm lo[...]

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May 10, 2012
African Boxthorn - Lycium Ferocissimum

African Boxthorn - Lycium Ferocissimum

Branched shrub to 4 M, lateral branches ending in a spine.

Leaves 10 - 40 mm long and 4 - 10 mm wide.

Flowers white to pale lilac[...]

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May 10, 2012
Afircan Olive - Olea Europaea var. Africana

Afircan Olive - Olea Europaea var. Africana

Multi-stemmed tree to 10 m.

Simple, entire, opposite leaves are glossy above, yellow-brown below, with a hooked tip.

Small g[...]

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May 10, 2012
Athel Pine - Tamarix Aphylla

Athel Pine - Tamarix Aphylla

Tree to 15 m with pendulous branches.

Fine, dull, blue-green leaves are needle-like.

Small pale pink flowers in spikes 2-3[...]

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May 10, 2012
Australia Blackthorn - Bursaria Spinosa

Australia Blackthorn - Bursaria Spinosa

Shrub to 3 m with spiny branches.

Highly variable leaves often wedge-shaped with a notched tip, 20-40 mm long and 3-12 m[...]

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May 10, 2012
Black locust - Robinia Pseudoacacia

Black locust - Robinia Pseudoacacia

Erect thorny tree to 15 m. Compound leaves of up to 21 leaflets.

Clusters of white pea flowers during spring to early summer[...]

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May 10, 2012
Blackberry - Rubus Anglocandicans

Blackberry - Rubus Anglocandicans

Erect, thorny spreading shrub to 1.5 m high and to 7 m wide.

Compound leaves with 4 or 5 leaflets with serreate margins, whiti[...]

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May 10, 2012
Broad-Leaf Pepper Tree - Schinus Terebinthifolius

Broad-Leaf Pepper Tree - Schinus Terebinthifolius

Shrub to tree to 7 m. Pinnate leaves with 3-9 leaflets give a strong odour when crushed.

White inflorescences [...]

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May 10, 2012
Broad-Leaf Privet - Ligustrum Lucidum

Broad-Leaf Privet - Ligustrum Lucidum

Tree to 12m high. Leaves opposite, underside lighter than above.

Flowers small, white, four petals, flowering abundantly.<[...]

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May 10, 2012
Camphor Laurel - Cinnamomum Camphora

Camphor Laurel - Cinnamomum Camphora

Tree to 15m tall. Glossy leaves three veined at base, 5-10cm long, 2-5cm wide, smelling of camphor when crushed.

Small flow[...]

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May 10, 2012
Castor Oil Plant - Ricinus Communis

Castor Oil Plant - Ricinus Communis

Perennial shrub to 5m.

Large lobed leaves with toothed margins from 10-40 cm long with stems attaching on underside of leaf.[...]

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May 10, 2012
Chinee Apple - Ziziphus Mauritiana

Chinee Apple - Ziziphus Mauritiana

Erect shrub or tree with paired spines, one straight and one curved.

Leaves rounded 2-8cm long 0.8-5cm wide, densely woolly h[...]

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May 10, 2012
Chinese Celtis - Celtis Sinensis

Chinese Celtis - Celtis Sinensis

Large deciduous tree to 15m.

Leaves slightly asymmetrical, to 9cm long and 4cm wide.

Inconspicuous flowers develop in [...]

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May 10, 2012
Coral berry - Rivina Humilis

Coral berry - Rivina Humilis

Erect Perennial herb or shrub 0.4-1m tall. Leaves alternate, smooth, on stalks 1-3cm long.

Small white-green flowers borne along ra[...]

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May 10, 2012
Firethorn - Pyracantha spp.

Firethorn - Pyracantha spp.

Evergreen spiny shrub to 5m high and wide.

Leaves dark green, shiny and hairless on the upper surface, grey-green and densely hairy [...]

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May 10, 2012
Golden Rain Tree - Koelreuteria Elegans

Golden Rain Tree - Koelreuteria Elegans

Deciduous tree 6-15m tall.

Compound leaves, with irregularly toothed leaflets.

Small yellow flowers with 5 peta[...]

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May 10, 2012
Gorse - Ulex Europaeus

Gorse - Ulex Europaeus

Erect or spreading shrub 0.6-2m tall with rigid spine-tipped branches.

Leaves are narrow rigid spines.

Flowers massess of yellow[...]

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May 10, 2012
Green Cestrum - Cestrum parqui

Green Cestrum - Cestrum parqui

Errect perennial shrub to 3m.

Shiny leaves to 3cm wide and 10cm long.

Yellow trumpet shaped flowers borne on tip of plan[...]

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May 10, 2012
Groundsel Bush - Baccharis Halimifolia

Groundsel Bush - Baccharis Halimifolia

Perennial, Densely branched shrub to 7m high.

Alternate wedge shaped leaves with large teeth on the upper margins.

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May 10, 2012
Honey Locust - Gleditsia Triacanthos

Honey Locust - Gleditsia Triacanthos

Perennial deciduous tree to 20m.

Trunk and limbs often covered in large branched spines.

Leaves to 10cm long with [...]

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May 10, 2012
Karoo Thorn - Acacia Karroo

Karoo Thorn - Acacia Karroo

Shrub to 12m, with dark rough bark and white thorns 10-25cm long.

Leaves are 12cm long, divided into fine leaflets.

Cluster[...]

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May 10, 2012
Lantana - Lantana Camara

Lantana - Lantana Camara

Sprawling shrub, usually to 3m high.

Opposite, ovate leaves to 8cm long with toothed margins.

Square stems carry small prickle[...]

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May 10, 2012
Leucaena - Leucaena Leucocephala

Leucaena - Leucaena Leucocephala

Shrub to 7m tall. Leaves 7-14cm long, twice divided, with 8-20 pairs of leaflets on side branches.

Pale cream ball flowers are [...]

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May 10, 2012
Mesquite - Prosopis spp.

Mesquite - Prosopis spp.

Deciduous shrub to 5m, with two straight robust spines above each leaf axil.

Leaves with 1-2 pairs of divided leaflets.

Yello[...]

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May 10, 2012
Mimosa Bush - Acacia Farnesiana

Mimosa Bush - Acacia Farnesiana

Shrub to 3m forming thorny thickets.

Thorns in pairs below leaf axil. Twice-divided foliage has 1-6 pairs of primary leaf divisi[...]

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May 10, 2012
Ochna - Ochna Serrulata

Ochna - Ochna Serrulata

Shrub 1-1.7m tall. Leaves stiff, shiny, 2-5cm long with serrated margins.

Single yellow flowers borne on top of shoots in spring-summer.[...]

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May 10, 2012
Parkinsonia - Parkinsonia aculeata

Parkinsonia - Parkinsonia aculeata

Tree to 10m tall, branches with sharp curved spines.

Leaves alternate with 1 or 2 pairs of flattened stems bearing numerous s[...]

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May 10, 2012
Prickly Acacia - Acacia Nilotica

Prickly Acacia - Acacia Nilotica

Spreading tree 4-5m tall. Leaves with 10-25 pairs of leaflets and a pair of stout spines at leaf axils.

2-6 golden ball flowers[...]

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May 10, 2012
Rubber Vine - Cryptostegia Grandiflora

Rubber Vine - Cryptostegia Grandiflora

Shrub to 3m or robust woody climber, with milky sap.

Leaves opposite, glossy, dark green.

Flowers pink to purple[...]

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May 10, 2012
Running Bamboo - Phyllostachys Aurea

Running Bamboo - Phyllostachys Aurea

A dense cane-forming grass to 7m tall.

Woody stems are 3.5cm diameter, yellow in full sunlight.

It has strong unde[...]

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May 10, 2012
Thorny Poinciana - Caesalpinia Decapetala

Thorny Poinciana - Caesalpinia Decapetala

Erect shrub or climber to 15m, with stems with downward pointing thorns.

It has twice-divided leaves.

The blu[...]

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May 10, 2012
Tipuana - Tipuana Tipu

Tipuana - Tipuana Tipu

Fast-growing tree to 10m.

Compound leaves have 14-20 opposite leaflets with a notched tip.

Yellow stalked flowers 2cm across are[...]

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May 10, 2012
Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus Altissima

Tree-of-Heaven - Ailanthus Altissima

Tall deciduous tree.

Leaves 70cm long divided into 9-25 leaflets, leaflets lobed at base, with gland near tip of lobe.

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May 10, 2012