For every weed index, developed through IEWF, you get 4 choices as to how to reach the weed information. If you are more comfortable with common names you can choose the common name index for the area otherwise use the scientific name index. For those of you with restricted computer resources you can choose the index without photos or if you don't care have a look at the index filled with weedy photos. If you want to just find a weed at no specific location try "Weeds in Australia" indexes. For an area developed independent to IEWF you will be linked to a site for that region.
When you have found your plant take note of the scientific name (1st part of name is genus, 2nd is species) and click here to go to Australia's Virtual Herbarium , developed by the various herbaria around Australia and DEH, to see distribution maps.
We hope you enjoy using our easy web weed lookup!
Common name index with photos
Common name index without photos
Scientific name index with photos
Scientific name index without photos
Deparment of the Environment and Water Resources
Weeds in Australia
Weeds of National Significance
Australian Government - Australian Weeds Committee
Weeds Australia
Environmental weeds of Australia - a new interactive weed identification and information resource is available for purchase as a CDROM for $59 (ex GST and postage). Covering over 1,000 invasive plants it has detailed descriptions of major weed species, links to website information, a search engine, thousands of images and more. It has been developed by the CRC for Australian Weed Management and the Centre for Biological Information Technology (CBIT) at The University of Queensland. For more infomation visit visit CBIT.
Poison plant information links
Australian National Botanic Gardens:
illustrations of some poisonous plants
Victorian Poisons Information Centre:
Plants not friendly to children
Weeds Australia - Weed identification.
Weeds CRC - The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status
Accesses a database which is the result of many years work by Rod Randall
to help people make responsible decisions about the use of non native plants.
First find the scientific name of your plant and then do this plant search
to find information about it's status.
Weeds CRC - weed information.
WWF - Australia
List of garden plants which are or have the potential to be weeds in Australia and their status.
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New South WalesBlue Mountains - Weeds index - developed by Blue Mountains City Council Bushcare
Camden - Cobbitty - common name index with photos
Camden - Cobbitty - common name index without photos
Camden - Cobbitty - scientific name index with photos
Camden - Cobbitty - scientific name index without photos
Coastal NSW - Impatiens walleriana
Great Lakes
Hunter & Central Coast - Weeds index - developed by Hunter & Central Coast Regional Environmental Management Strategy
North West - Weeds index - developed by Gwydir Shire Council - covers Gwydir and Inverell
NSW - PlantNet - Botanic Gardens Trust - Sydney
South Coast Weeds index - developed by J. Miles
South Coast - Impatiens sodenii
Sydney Metropolitan - Ryde - common name index with photos
Sydney Metropolitan - Ryde - common name index without photos
Sydney Metropolitan - Ryde - scientific name index with photos
Sydney Metropolitan - Ryde - scientific name index without photos
Sydney Metropolitan - Sydney North Weeds - developed by Sydney North Regional Weeds Committee
Q
QueenslandSouth East - Impatiens walleriana
Central Coast - Mackay - Impatiens walleriana
W
Western AustraliaEnvironmental Weeds Action Network (EWAN)
South West - Impatiens sodenii