Upper Hunter Weeds Authority
Upper Hunter Weeds Authority
• Perennial shrub to 4m, with long rigid thorny branches
• Leaves bright green, elliptical, fleshy and clustered
• Fruit round, succulent, 5-10mm, dull orange-red when ripe
• Flowers tubular, five pale lilac or white petals
• Much branched, rounded and wide tree up to 15m high
• Leaves oblong to elliptic, upper surface glossy grey-green, dull underside, with hooked tip
• Fruit are usually about 7mm across
• Flowers creamy white, four petals about 3mm long, branched
• Scrambling thorny shrub with arching canes
• Leaves dark green and serrated, 3 to 5 leaflets
• Flowers of white or pink, 5 petals
• Fruit is a green/red berry maturing to black when ripe
• Erect perennial shrub to 3m
• Leaves alternate, to 12cm long, produce unpleasant odour when crushed
• Flowers are yellowish-green, tubular, clustered at branch ends
• Fruit are green oval berries that turn purplish-black when ripe
• Slender, erect, perennial succulent
• Pinkish-brown to grey mottled stems to 60cm high
• Flowers tubular, bell-shaped, red to orange in colour
Prickly pear is member of the opuntiod cacti group which ordinated in the Americas. Along with their relatives in the Cylindropuntia genera, they have been declared Weeds of National Significance in Australia.
• Succulent
• Green to purple stems of rounded segments
• Prostrate to erect growth form
• Stems covered with sharp to barbed spines
• Yellow flowers
Upper Hunter County Council
An Ordinary meeting of the Upper Hunter County Council is to be held on Thursday 5 March 2026 at 4.00 pm, TEC Meeting Room, Teriary Education Centre 87 Hill St Muswellbrook NSW 2333.
Members of the public wishing to attend this meeting need to contact the General Manager via email admin@uhwa.nsw.gov.au
Doug Campbell
General Manager
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