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Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Ambrosia psilostachya     DC.

This introduced groundcover is commonly known as perennial ragweed.

Ambrosia psilostachya is described as a "dicot" in the Asteraceae family.

In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

Recorded in the Queensland Flora Census as naturalised in the Moreton district. 

It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.

Reported at 2 Fraser Coast localities: Maryborough, Toogoom.


Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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