Weeds of Australian rangelands

Many people have contributed to the compilation of this review, for which we are most grateful. In particular, we would like to acknowledge Sandy Lloyd, Nathan March, John Pitt, John Thorpe and Associates and Jason Weber. Participants of the weeds, biodiversity and rangeland workshop held in Brisbane 2005 (Nora Brandli, Yvonne Buckley, Steve Csurhes, Dane Panetta, Joe Vitelli, Craig Walton, Richard Carter, Mike Cole, Mic Julien, Rieks van Klinken, Rachel McFadyen, John Morley and Anita Smyth) and staff of the Co-operative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management and the Department of Environment and Heritage generously provided assistance. This manuscript benefited from comments from two anonymous referees.

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Appendix 1.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 1B.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 1C.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 1D.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 1E.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 1F.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 1G.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 1H.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 1I.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 1J.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 1K.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 1L.  List of 622 non-native plant species that occur in the rangelands, including 153 species, representing 94 taxa (Table 2), which pose a threat to rangeland biodiversity
Species known to have an impact on rangeland biodiversity are noted (Y). The list was compiled using published literature (Table 1) and expert knowledge (see Acknowledgments). Where possible, nomenclature follows the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)^A, otherwise Index Kewensis^B is used

Appendix 2.  Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA) regions that occur in the rangelands
Of the 85 IBRA regions, 53 contain rangelands and are listed below along with the state/territory in which they occur. Victoria and Tasmania do not contain rangelands and hence are not listed below