The National Pest Plant Accord identifies pest plants that are prohibited from sale and commercial propagation and distribution across New Zealand

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The Accord came into effect on 1 October 2001 and is an agreement between regional councils and government

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 departments with biosecurity

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 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.

List of species

Scientific name	Common name (1)	Common name (2)	Common name (3)
Acmena smithii Acmena smithii Syzygium smithii is a summer flowering evergreen tree, belonging to the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It is commonly planted as shrubs or hedgerows. It features rough woody bark, cream and green smooth waxy leaves with flushes of pink new growth and pink to mauve edible berries. It shares the common...	monkey apple
Ailanthus altissima	tree of heaven
Akebia quinata Akebia quinata Akebia quinata is a shrub that is native to Japan, China and Korea.It grows to 10 metres or more in height and has compound leaves with five leaflets. The inflorescences are clustered in racemes and are chocolate-scented, with three or four sepals. The fruits are sausage-shaped pods which contain...	akebia	chocolate vine	five-leaved akebia
Alternanthera philoxeroides	alligator weed	pigweed
Anredera cordifolia Anredera cordifolia Anredera cordifolia, commonly known as the Madeira vine or mignonette vine, is a South American species of ornamental succulent vine of the family Basellaceae. The combination of fleshy leaves and thick aerial tubers makes this a very heavy vine...	madeira vine	mignonette vine
Araujia sericifera Araujia sericifera Araujia sericifera is a perennial ornamental plant in the genus Araujia belonging to Apocynaceae family. This plant has been described in 1818 by the Portuguese botanist Félix Avelar Brotero...	mothplant	cruel plant	white bladder flower
Aristea ecklonii	aristea	wild iris	blue iris
Arundo donax Arundo donax Arundo donax, Giant Cane, is a tall perennial cane growing in damp soils, either fresh or moderately saline. Other common names include Carrizo, Arundo, Spanish cane, Wild cane, and Giant reed....	giant reed	arundo grass
Asparagus asparagoides Asparagus asparagoides Asparagus asparagoides, commonly known as Bridal creeper, Bridal-veil creeper, Gnarboola, Smilax or Smilax asparagus, is a herbaceous climbing plant of the family Asparagaceae native to tropical and southern Africa...	smilax	bridal creeper
Asparagus densiflorus Asparagus densiflorus Asparagus densiflorus, Sprenger's Asparagus, is a plant native to South Africa. Often used as an ornamental plant, it is considered an invasive weed in many locations. Asparagus fern is a common name; however, it is unrelated to true ferns. Some authorities also use the name A...	bushy asparagus	fern asparagus	emerald feather
Asparagus scandens Asparagus scandens Asparagus scandens, is a plant native to South Africa in the Asparagus genus....	climbing asparagus
Berberis darwinii Berberis darwinii Berberis darwinii is a species of barberry in the family Berberidaceae, native to southern South America in southern Chile and Argentina. Common names include Darwin's Barberry and Michay....	Darwin’s barberry
Bomarea multiflora Bomarea multiflora Bomarea multiflora is a multi-stemmed vine in the lily family that is native South America.It is an invasive plant species in New Zealand and is listed on the National Pest Plant Accord.-External links:* at the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network...	bomarea	climbing alstromeria
Bryonia cretica	white bryony
Calluna vulgaris (excluding double flowered cultivars)	heather
Cardiospermum grandiflorum	balloon vine
Cardiospermum halicacabum Cardiospermum halicacabum Cardiospermum halicacabum, known as the Balloon plant or Love in a puff, is a climbing plant widely distributed in tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia...	small balloon vine
Carpobrotus edulis and hybrids	iceplant
Celastrus orbiculatus	climbing spindle berry	Oriental bittersweet
Ceratophyllum demersum Ceratophyllum demersum Ceratophyllum demersum is a species of Ceratophyllum. It is a submerged, free-floating aquatic plant, native to North America but nowadays having a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate and tropical regions...	hornwort	coontail
Cestrum parqui Cestrum parqui Cestrum parqui, commonly known as green cestrum, green poison berry, or Chilean cestrum and is sometimes incorrectly referred to as deadly nightshade in some areas, is a species in the family Solanaceae that is native to central and South America.Cestrum parqui is an upright straggly woody...	green cestrum
Chrysanthemoides monilifera Chrysanthemoides monilifera Chrysanthemoides monilifera...	boneseed
Clematis flammula Clematis flammula Clematis flammula is a temperate liana known by the common name fragrant virgin's bower. It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, but it is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant in gardens. The woody vine bears fragrant white flowers and small green achenes...	clematis	fragrant virgin’s bower	plume clematis
Clematis vitalba Old man's beard in New Zealand Old man's beard is an invasive plant in New Zealand that has an impact on indigenous biodiversity. It is declared an unwanted organism under the Biosecurity Act 1993 which means it cannot be sold, distributed or propagated....	old man’s beard
Cobaea scandens Cobaea scandens Cup-and-saucer Vine is a perennial ornamental plant of the Polemoniaceae family, which is native of Tropical America. In addition, this plant is a common weed in New Zealand.-External links:* *...	cathedral bells
Cortaderia jubata Cortaderia jubata Cortaderia jubata is a species of grass known by several common names, including Purple pampas grass and Andean pampas grass. It is similar to its more widespread relative, the Pampas Grass C...	purple pampas
Cortaderia selloana	pampas
Cotoneaster simonsii	Khasia berry
Cotyledon orbiculata Cotyledon orbiculata Cotyledon orbiculata, commonly known as Pig's Ear or Round-leafed Navel-wort, is a succulent plant belonging to the Cotyledon genus.-Description:...	pig’s ear
Crassula multicava Crassula multicava Crassula multicava is a perennial succulent plant from the family Crassulaceae. It is also known under various common names including the fairy crassula, pitted crassula and London pride....	fairy crassula
Cyathea cooperi Cyathea cooperi Cyathea cooperi, also known as the Australian tree fern, lacy tree fern, scaly tree fern, or Cooper’s tree fern, is a medium-to-large, fast growing tree fern native to Australia. This fern grows to in height with a thick trunk...	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 densa Egeria densa is a species of Egeria native to warm temperate South America in southeastern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.It is an aquatic plant growing in water up to 4 m deep, with trailings stems to 2 m or more long, producing roots at...	egeria	oxygen weed	Brazilian elodea
Ehrharta villosa	pyp grass
Eichhornia crassipes Eichhornia crassipes Eichhornia crassipes, commonly known as Common Water Hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to the Amazon basin, and is often considered a highly problematic invasive species outside its native range.-Ecology:...	water hyacinth
Eomecon chionantha Eomecon chionantha Eomecon chionantha, also known as the snow poppy or dawn poppy, is a poppy of woodlands in eastern China, in particular Gansu and Sichuan provinces....	snow poppy	poppy of the dawn	Chinese bloodroot
Equisetum (all species)	horsetail
Eragrostis curvula	African love grass
Erigeron karvinskianus Erigeron karvinskianus Erigeron karvinskianus is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Latin American fleabane, though some know it as the Santa Barbara daisy....	Mexican daisy
Euonymus japonicus	Japanese spindle tree
Ficus rubiginosa	Port Jackson fig
Fuchsia boliviana Fuchsia boliviana Fuchsia boliviana is a species of Fuchsia native to southern Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina. It is a medium evergreen shrub, growing to 2–4 m tall, rarely to 6 m, with a spreading, open habit. It has large, hairy mid-green leaves and red petioles...	Bolivian fuchsia
Galeobdolon luteum	artillery plant	aluminium plant
Gunnera tinctoria Gunnera tinctoria Gunnera tinctoria, the Chilean rhubarb, is a plant species native to southern Chile and neighbour zones in Argentina. It is a large-leaved perennial plant that grows up to two metres tall. It is introduced in large parts of the world as an ornamental and edible plant...	Chilean rhubarb
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides	Senegal tea	temple plant	costata
Hedychium flavescens Hedychium flavescens Hedychium flavescens is a species flowering plant from the Zingiberaceae family . Also known as Yellow ginger....	yellow ginger
Hedychium gardnerianum Hedychium gardnerianum Hedychium gardnerianum is a plant native to the Himalayas in India, Nepal, and Bhutan. It grows to 8 ft tall with long, bright green leaves clasping the tall stems. The very fragrant pale yellow and red flowers are held in dense spikes above the foliage...	Kahili ginger
Heracleum mantegazzianum	giant hogweed	cartwheel flower	wild rhubarb, wild parsnip
Hieracium Hieracium Hieracium known by its common name Hawkweed and long ago by its classical name hierakion which comes from the ancient Greek hierax, "a hawk"...  (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 Hypericum androsaemum Hypericum androsaemum, commonly known as tutsan, is a plant in the genus Hypericum native to open woods and hillsides in Eurasia. It is a perennial shrub reaching up to 1.5 m in height.-Common name:...	tutsan	sweet amber
Ipomoea indica Blue morning glory in New Zealand Blue morning glory is an invasive species in New Zealand.It is classed as an unwanted organism under the Biosecurity Act 1993 and it is therefore illegal to sell, propagate and distribute the plant...	blue morning glory
Iris pseudacorus Iris pseudacorus Iris pseudacorus is a species of Iris, native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Common names include yellow iris and yellow flag...	yellow flag iris
Jasminum humile	Italian jasmine
Lagarosiphon major Lagarosiphon major Lagarosiphon major is a monocotic aquatic plant native to Southern Africa. Common names include African elodea, curly waterweed, oxygen weed and South African oxygen weed. It is used as freshwater aquarium plant....	lagarosiphon	oxygen weed
Lantana camara Lantana camara Lantana camara, also known as Spanish Flag or West Indian Lantana, is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to the American tropics. It has been introduced into other parts of the world as an ornamental plant and is considered an invasive species in many...	lantana
Ligustrum lucidum Ligustrum lucidum Ligustrum lucidum is a species of privet native to the southern half of China.-Growth:It is the largest species in the genus, growing as a tree up to 25 m tall...	tree privet
Lilium formosanum	Formosa lily	St Joseph’s lily	trumpet lily, Taiwan lily
Lonicera japonica	Japanese honeysuckle
Ludwigia peploides Ludwigia peploides Ludwigia peploides is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names floating primrose-willow and creeping water primrose. It is native to many parts of the Americas, but it can be found on many continents and spreads easily to become naturalized...  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 Myoporum insulare Myoporum insulare is a shrub or small tree which occurs on dunes and coastal cliffs in Australia. Common names include Common Boobialla, Boobialla, Native Juniper and, in Western Australia, Blueberry Tree....  and hybrids	Tasmanian ngaio	boobialla
Myrica faya Myrica faya Myrica faya is a species of Myrica, native to Macaronesia , and possibly also southern Portugal....	fire tree	candle berry myrtle
Myricaria germanica	false tamarisk
Myriophyllum aquaticum	parrot’s feather	thread of life	Brazilian watermilfoil
Nassella Nassella Nassella is a New World genus of about 115 perennial bunchgrasses found from North America through South America. The Latin name nassa means "a basket with a narrow neck." It is now a segregate from the genus Stipa and includes many New World species formerly classified in that genus.Nasella is...  (all species)	nassella
Nephrolepis cordifolia Nephrolepis cordifolia Tuber ladder fern, is a fern native to Australia and Asia. It has many common names including Boston fern, sword fern, narrow swordfern and ladder fern. It is similar to the related fern Nephrolepis exaltata.-Distribution:...	tuber ladder fern
Nuphar lutea Nuphar lutea Nuphar lutea is an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia.-Growth:...	yellow waterlily	spatterdock	cow lily, brandybottle
Nymphaea mexicana Nymphaea mexicana Nymphaea mexicana is a species of aquatic plant that is native to the Southern United States and Mexico as far south as Michoacan. Common names include Yellow Waterlily, Mexican Waterlily and Banana Waterlily. It is perhaps best known as a noxious weed in wetlands outside of its native range, such...	Mexican waterlily	banana waterlily
Nymphoides geminata	marshwort	entire marshwort
Nymphoides peltata Nymphoides peltata Nymphoides peltata is an aquatic plant of the family Menyanthaceae native to Eurasia. It has cordate floating leaves that support a lax inflorescence of yellow flowers with fringed petal margins...	fringed waterlily
Ochna serrulata Ochna serrulata Ochna serrulata is an ornamental garden plant of the Ochnaceae family which is indigenous to South Africa...	Mickey Mouse plant
Osmunda regalis	royal fern
Panicum maximum	Guinea grass	green panic	buffalo grass
Passiflora caerulea Passiflora caerulea Passiflora caerulea, commonly known as the Blue Passion Flower or the Common Passion Flower, is a vine native to South America...	blue passion flower
Passiflora tarminiana Passiflora tarminiana Passiflora tarminiana is a species of passionfruit. The yellow fruits are edible and their resemblance to small, straight bananas has given it the name banana passionfruit in some countries. It is native to the uplands of tropical South America and is now cultivated in many countries. In Hawai'i...	Northern banana passionfruit
Passiflora tripartita (all subspecies)	banana passionfruit
Pennisetum Pennisetum Pennisetum is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. They are large annual or perennial grasses growing 1–4 m tall, and are collectively known as the pennisetums...  (all species)	pennisetum
Phragmites australis	phragmites
Pinus contorta	lodgepole pine	contorta pine
Pistia stratiotes	water lettuce
Pittosporum undulatum Pittosporum undulatum Pittosporum undulatum is a tree growing to 15m tall with wavy leaf edges. It is sometimes also known known as Sweet Pittosporum, Native Daphne, Australian Cheesewood, Victorian Box or Mock Orange...	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 Potamogeton perfoliatus Potamogeton perfoliatus L. is an aquatic species in the genus Potamogeton occurring in both quiet and flowing freshwater or brackish-water habitats in Central and North America, Eurasia, Africa and Australia.-Description:The leaves are all submerged, oval, translucent, with no stalk, up to 8cm...	clasped pondweed
Prunus serotina	rum cherry	wild black cherry	mountain black cherry, black cherry
Pyracantha angustifolia Pyracantha angustifolia Pyracantha angustifolia is a species of shrub in the rose family known by the common name narrowleaf firethorn. The flowers are white and produce small round pomes and can be orange to red in color. These fruits are astringent and bitter, making them inedible for humans, but they are a food source...	firethorn	orange firethorn	yellow firethorn
Reynoutria japonica and hybrids	Asiatic knotweed	Japanese knotweed	Mexican bamboo
Reynoutria sachalinensis and hybrids	giant knotweed
Rhamnus alaternus Rhamnus alaternus Rhamnus alaternus is a species of flowering plant in the buckthorn family known by the common name of Italian Buckthorn or Mediterranean Buckthorn.-Etymology:...	rhamnus	evergreen buckthorn
Rhododendron ponticum Rhododendron ponticum Rhododendron ponticum, called Common Rhododendron or Pontic Rhododendron, is a species of Rhododendron native to southern Europe and southwest Asia.-Description:...	wild rhododendron	pontic rhododendron	pontian rhododendron
Sagittaria montevidensis Sagittaria montevidensis Sagittaria montevidensis is a species of flowering plant in the water-plantain family, Alismataceae, that is native to North and South America. Common names include Giant Arrowhead and California Arrowhead. It is an aquatic plant that is found in shallow waters. The leaves are sagitatte and...	arrowhead	sagittaria	Californian arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla	sagittaria	delta arrowhead
Sagittaria sagittifolia Sagittaria sagittifolia Sagittaria sagittifolia is a flowering plant in the family Alismataceae, native to wetlands throughout the temperate regions of Europe and Asia; in Britain it is the only native Sagittaria....	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 Schoenoplectus californicus Schoeneoplectus californicus is a species of sedge known by the common names California bulrush and giant bulrush. It is also sometimes called "tule", but the closely related Schoenoplectus acutus is the more correct owner of that name.-Description:Schoeneoplectus californicus is a rhizomed water...	Californian bulrush
Selaginella kraussiana Selaginella kraussiana Selaginella kraussiana, sometimes known by the common names of Krauss's spikemoss and African clubmoss, is a clubmoss found naturally in the Canary Islands, the Azores and parts of mainland Africa .-Invasive plant:...	African club moss	selaginella
Solanum marginatum Solanum marginatum Solanum marginatum is a species of nightshade known by the common names purple African nightshade and white-margined nightshade. It is native to Ethiopia and Eritrea, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. It is a hairy shrub growing up to two meters tall...	white edged nightshade
Solanum mauritianum Solanum mauritianum Solanum mauritianum is a small tree or shrub native to South America, including Northern Argentina, Southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It has become a widespread invasive weed in Cook Islands, Fiji, Hawai‘i, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Réunion Island, Mauritius,...	woolly nightshade	tobacco weed	wild tobacco tree
Tradescantia fluminensis Tradescantia fluminensis Tradescantia fluminensis is a species of spiderwort native to South America. It is one of several plants known by the common name Wandering Jew. It is also known as River Spiderwort, Small-Leaf Spiderwort, Inch Plant, Wandering Trad and Wandering Willie.T...	wandering Jew
Tropaeolum speciosum	Chilean flame creeper
Tussilago farfara	coltsfoot
Typha latifolia Typha latifolia Typha latifolia is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Typha. It is found as a native plant species in North and South America, Europe, Eurasia, and Africa...	great reedmace	cumbungi	common cattail
Utricularia arenaria Utricularia arenaria Utricularia arenaria is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to tropical and southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democractic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi,...	bladderwort
Utricularia gibba Utricularia gibba Utricularia gibba, commonly known as the humped or floating bladderwort, is a small, mat forming species of aquatic bladderwort...	bladderwort	humped bladderwort
Utricularia livida Utricularia livida Utricularia livida is a very small to medium-sized annual or perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to tropical and southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,...	bladderwort
Utricularia sandersonii Utricularia sandersonii Utricularia sandersonii is a small perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to South Africa and is known to grow in northern KwaZulu-Natal to Transkei. U. sandersonii grows as a lithophyte on wet, often vertical rocky surfaces at altitudes from to . It...	bladderwort
Vallisneria gigantea	eelgrass
Vallisneria spiralis Vallisneria spiralis Vallisneria spiralis, also known as Straight Vallisneria, Tape grass, or Eel grass is a common aquarium plant that prefers good light and a nutrient rich substrate. In the wild, it can be found in tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide...	eelgrass
Zantedeschia Zantedeschia Zantedeschia is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa from South Africa north to Malawi. The name of the genus was given as a tribute to Italian botanist Giovanni Zantedeschi by the German botanist Kurt Sprengel . Common names include arum lily...  "Green Goddess"	green goddess
Zizania latifolia	Manchurian wild rice	Manchurian rice grass

Source: National Pest Plant Accord 2008

External links

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