Climbing asparagus fern control option
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Climbing asparagus fern

Asparagus plumosus

Weed profile

  • Perennial
  • Climber
  • Weeds of National Significance (WoNS)
  • Habitat: native vegetation

Impact

Invades bushland, smothers native plants.

Description

  • Perennial climber growing from rhizomes.
  • Wiry stems with flattened sprays of fine needle-shaped cladodes.
  • Small white flowers, producing black berries on female plants.

Control options

Legal requirements in each region

To find out which landscape region you're in visit the NatureMaps website.

Alinytjara Wiluṟara

Eyre Peninsula

Green Adelaide

Hills and Fleurieu

Kangaroo Island

Limestone Coast

Murraylands and Riverland

Northern and Yorke

South Australian Arid Lands

Page Last Reviewed: 06 Sep 2021
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