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National Pest Plant Accord (NPPA)

The National Pest Plant Accord (NPPA) is designed to prevent the sale, distribution and propagation of a set list of pest plants (the Accord list) within New Zealand. If allowed to spread further, these pest plants could seriously damage the New Zealand economy and environment.

The NPPA is a cooperative agreement between the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), the New Zealand Plant Producers Incorporated (NZPPI), unitary and regional councils and the Department of Conservation (DOC).


    • African clubmoss (Selaginella kraussiana)
    • African love grass (Eragrostis curvula)
    • alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides)
    • aluminium plant (Lamium galeobdolon)
    • aristea (Aristea ecklonii)
    • arrowhead (Sagittaria montevidensis)
    • arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia)
    • arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
    • Asiatic knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)
    • Australian tree fern (Sphaeropteris cooperi)
    • balloon vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum)
    • banana passionfruit (Passiflora tarminiana)
    • banana passionfruit (Passiflora tripartita)
    • bat-wing passion flower (Passiflora apetala)
    • bladderwort (Utricularia arenaria)
    • bladderwort (Utricularia gibba)
    • bladderwort (Utricularia livida)
    • bladderwort (Utricularia sandersonii)
    • blue morning glory (Ipomoea indica)
    • blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea)
    • bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
    • Bohemian knotweed (Reynoutria × bohemica)
    • Bolivian fuchsia (Fuchsia boliviana)
    • bomarea (Bomarea multiflora)
    • boneseed (Osteospermum moniliferum subsp. moniliferum)
    • Brazilian pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolia)
    • bushy asparagus (Asparagus aethiopicus)
    • California bullrush (Schoenoplectus californicus)
    • Cape sundew (Drosera capensis)
    • Cape tulip (Moraea flaccida)
    • cat's claw creeper (Dolichandra unguis-cati)
    • cathedral bells (Cobaea scandens)
    • Cenchrus
    • Chilean flame creeper (Tropaeolum speciosum)
    • Chilean glory creeper (Eccremocarpus scaber)
    • Chilean maiten (Maytenus boaria)
    • Chilean rhubarb (Gunnera tinctoria)
    • chocolate vine (Akebia quinata)
    • clasped pondweed (Potamogeton perfoliatus)
    • clerodendrum (Clerodendrum trichotomum)
    • climbing asparagus (Asparagus scandens)
    • climbing spindleberry (Celastrus orbiculatus)
    • coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
    • common polypody (Polypodium vulgare)
    • contorta pine (Pinus contorta)
    • crack willow (Salix fragilis)
    • Darwin's barberry (Berberis darwinii)
    • delta arrowhead (Sagittaria platyphylla)
    • didymo (Didymosphenia geminata)
    • dusky coral pea (Kennedia rubicunda)
    • eel grass (Vallisneria australis)
    • egeria (Elodea densa)
    • Equisetum
    • evergreen buckthorn (Rhamnus alaternus)
    • fairy crassula (Crassula multicava)
    • false tamarisk (Myricaria germanica)
    • ferny asparagus (Asparagus plumosus)
    • fire tree (Morella faya)
    • Formosa lily (Lilium formosanum)
    • fragrant virgin's bower (Clematis flammula)
    • fringed water lily (Nymphoides peltata)
    • giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
    • giant knotweed (Reynoutria sachalinensis)
    • giant reed (Arundo donax)
    • great reedmace (Typha latifolia)
    • green cestrum (Cestrum parqui)
    • grey willow (Salix cinerea)
    • Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus)
    • heather (Calluna vulgaris)
    • Hieracium
    • hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
    • houttuynia (Houttuynia cordata)
    • hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
    • iceplant (Carpobrotus edulis)
    • Italian jasmine (Chrysojasminum humile)
    • Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
    • Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus japonicus)
    • Japanese walnut (Juglans ailantifolia)
    • Khasia berry (Cotoneaster simonsii)
    • lagarosiphon (Lagarosiphon major)
    • lantana (Lantana camara)
    • Madeira vine (Anredera cordifolia)
    • Manchurian rice grass (Zizania latifolia)
    • marshwort (Nymphoides geminata)
    • Mexican daisy (Erigeron karvinskianus)
    • Mexican water lily (Nymphaea mexicana)
    • mickey mouse plant (Ochna serrulata)
    • mile-a-minute (Dipogon lignosus)
    • monkey apple (Syzygium smithii)
    • monkey comb vine (Amphilophium crucigerum)
    • moth plant (Araujia sericifera)
    • Nassella
    • old man's beard (Clematis vitalba)
    • orange cestrum (Cestrum aurantiacum)
    • orange firethorn (Pyracantha angustifolia)
    • pampas (Cortaderia selloana)
    • parrot's feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
    • pendulous sedge (Carex pendula)
    • phragmites (Phragmites australis)
    • pig's ear (Cotyledon orbiculata)
    • Pilosella
    • Port Jackson fig (Ficus rubiginosa)
    • purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
    • purple pampas (Cortaderia jubata)
    • purple-leaved plectranthus (Plectranthus ciliatus)
    • pyp grass (Ehrharta villosa)
    • queen of the night (Cestrum nocturnum)
    • Queensland poplar (Homalanthus populifolius)
    • red cestrum (Cestrum elegans)
    • red cestrum (Cestrum fasciculatum)
    • rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
    • royal fern (Osmunda regalis)
    • rum cherry (Prunus serotina)
    • salvinia (Salvinia × molesta)
    • Senegal tea (Gymnocoronis spilanthoides)
    • small balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)
    • smilax (Asparagus asparagoides)
    • snow poppy (Eomecon chionantha)
    • sweet pea shrub (Polygala myrtifolia)
    • sweet pittosporum (Pittosporum undulatum)
    • Tasmanian ngaio (Myoporum insulare)
    • tradescantia (Tradescantia fluminensis)
    • tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
    • tree privet (Ligustrum lucidum)
    • tuber ladder fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia)
    • tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum)
    • water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
    • water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
    • water poppy (Hydrocleys nymphoides)
    • water primrose (Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis)
    • white bryony (Bryonia cretica)
    • white-edged nightshade (Solanum marginatum)
    • wild ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum)
    • woolly nightshade (Solanum mauritianum)
    • yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus)
    • yellow ginger (Hedychium flavescens)
    • yellow water-lily (Nuphar lutea)
    • Cenchrus caliculatus
    • kikuyu grass (Cenchrus clandestinus)
    • pearl barley (Cenchrus americanus)
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