Weeds

What is a ‘weed’?

We use the term ‘weed’ often - in the garden, on the farm, in the bush - but exact definition of what is a 'weed’ depends on those contexts.

A brief overall definition is that a weed is a plant species growing either in a human-use system where it is not wanted (agriculture, gardens), or in a natural system to which it is not native.

Weeds Links

In the meantime, for some useful weed information and Weeds Links, see the following websites

Weeds Australia      
National Weeds Strategy
Council of Australian Weed Science Societies

Click here to find out what questions school children asked about weeds during our ‘Ask a scientist’ program.