Sand Rocket (Sand Mustard) (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) (Nox)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
| Scientific name: | Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC. |
Common Name: | Sand rocket, Sand mustard |
Status: | Regionally Controlled in the Glenelg-Hopkins and Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West) CMAs. Restricted in the Mallee, North Central, Wimmera, Corangamite, Goulburn Broken, , North East, West Gippsland and East Gippsland CMAs. |
Habitat: | Warm-temperate regions, preferring porous calcareous soils (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). It is a weed of neglected areas, roadsides, railway easements and pastures (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). Sand rocket invades dry coastal vegetation, lowland grassland and grassy woodland, riparian vegetation and rock outcrop vegetation (Carr et al 1992). |
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This document was last reviewed on 05/08/2009