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# Schedule 3 Weeds
Schedule 3 Weeds
(Clause 33)
*Alternanthera philoxeroides* (Alligator weed)
*Anredera cordifolia* (Madeira vine)
*Asparagus aethiopicus*, *A. africanus*, *A. asparagoides* Western Cape form\*, *A. declinatus*, *A. plumosus*, *A. scandens* (except *A. officinalis*, *A. racemosus*) (Asparagus weeds)
*Asparagus asparagoides* (Bridal creeper)
*Asparagus densiflorus* (Meyersii/Foxtail fern)
*Cabomba caroliniana* (Cabomba)
*Chrysanthemoides monilifera* (Bitou bush/Boneseed)
*Dolichandra unguis-cati* (Cat’s claw creeper)
*Eichhornia crassipes* (Water hyacinth)
*Genista monspessulana*, *G. linifolia*, *Cytisus scoparius* (Brooms)
*Hymenachne amplexicaulis* (Hymenachne)
*Jatropha gossypiifolia* (Bellyache bush)
*Lantana camara* (Lantana)
*Lycium ferocissimum* (African boxthorn)
*Nassella neesiana* (Chilean needle grass)
*Nassella trichotoma* (Serrated tussock)
*Opuntia* spp., *Cylindropuntia* spp., *Austrocylindropuntia* spp. (except *O. ficus-indica*) (Opuntioid cacti)
*Parkinsonia aculeata* (Parkinsonia)
*Prosopis* spp. (Mesquite)
*Rubus fruticosus* agg. (Blackberry except the varietals Chester Thornless, Dirksen Thornless, Loch Ness, Silvan, Black Satin, Murrindindi, Smooth Stem, Thornfree and Chehalem)
*Sagittaria platyphylla* (Sagittaria)
*Salix* spp. except *S. babylonica*, *S. X calodendron* and *S. X reichardtiji* (Willows except weeping willows, pussy willow and sterile pussy willow)
*Salvinia molesta* (Salvinia)
*Senecio madagascariensis* (Fireweed)
*Solanum elaeagnifolium* (Silverleaf nightshade)
*Tamarix aphylla* (Athel pine)
*Ulex europaeus* (Gorse)
**sch 3:** Am 2019 (604), Sch 2\[38\].