Mimosa, giant sensitive plant (Mimosa pigra) (Nox)
Invasive Assessment | Impact Assessment
| Scientific name: | Mimosa pigra L. |
Common Name: | mimosa, giant sensitive plant |
Status: | Declared Noxious weed. The Agriculture Victoira website has information about the noxious weed classification of this species. |
Habitat: | Favours wet-dry tropical climate with annual rainfall between 750 and 2,250 mm. Found most commonly in floodplains and riverbanks within soils ranging from black cracking clays to sandy clays to coarse siliceous sand although does not appear to grow preferentially in any soil type. Occurs in agricultural areas, coastland, disturbed areas, natural forest, planted forests, range/grasslands, riparian zones, scrub/shrublands, urban areas, water courses, wetlands. (ISSG 2005). Wet places in the humid and subhumid tropics, occurring as a weed of roadsides, watercourses, drainage ditches, reservoirs, seasonally flooded wetlands, lowland fields and occasionally tropical mountain valleys (Parsons & Cuthbertson 2001). |
Related Links
Information on Mimosa on the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment's website (external link).
© State of Victoria (Agriculture Victoria) 1996 - .
This work, Victorian Resources Online, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. You are free to re-use the work under that licence, on the condition that you credit the State of Victoria (Agriculture Victoria) as author, indicate if changes were made and comply with the other licence terms.
The licence does not apply to ‘branding’ or some ‘images or photographs’ that may be owned by third parties. We ask you to seek prior approval to use images using the VRO feedback form. Access to higher quality images can also be provided on request.
This page was last updated on .