Weed profile: Rubber vine
Rubber vine
Rubber vine
Cryptostegia grandiflora
Rubber vine has impacts on pastoral and conservation areas of northeastern Australia. Its main impact on pastoralism is the loss of grazing country, which in 1995 was estimated to cost the Queensland beef industry $18 million. It also increases the costs of mustering and fencing.
Status
- Declared in NSW under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (view details)
- Weed of National Significance (definition)