Schinus
terebinthifolius
Raddi
WEED
This introduced tree
is commonly known as
broad-leaved pepper tree.
Schinus terebinthifolius
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Anacardiaceae
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.
A category 3 restricted invasive plant under the Biosecurity Act 2014. Red fruit on female trees.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 36 Fraser Coast localities: Booral, Craignish, Sunshine Acres, Dundowran Beach, Yengarie, Point Vernon, Toogoom, Torquay, Duckinwilla, Tiaro, Urraween, Urangan, Pialba, Walligan, Maryborough, Glenwood, River Heads, Granville, Bidwill, Tinana, Teddington, Island Plantation, Poona, Talegalla Weir, Tandora, Susan River, Eli Waters, Great Sandy Strait, Kawungan, Magnolia, Burrum Heads, Howard, Tinana South, K'gari, Takura, Tuan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH