Cultivar
'Myersii'
This plant produces foxtail-like fronds with needle like leaves.

Weed Potential
As a weedAsparagus Fern is wide spread in eastern Australia along the coast and adjoining regions growing in a variety of native habitats including heathland, dune systems and in rainforests. Growth occurs during the warmer months and the plant is highly invasive forming a dense mat-like covering of the ground with rhizomes and water storing tubers (not capable of vegetation reproduction) or can scramble over smaller shrubs.

The plant matures with in 2 years and produces seeds during winter and may persist on the plant for several months. It also produces a thickened rhizome just below soil level that impedes native seed germination.

It is tolerate dry periods once established and the plant prefers a semi shaded to sunny to position. The main form of reproduction is seed that is dispersed by birds, water or in garden waste. The plant is also dispersed by rhizomes that are discarded in garden waste or in soil.

Control methods include physically digging out small infestations when the soil is moist. The fruiting foliage can be cut at the base to restrict seed dispersal and bagged. All plant material should be removed off site and destroyed. Rhizomes may also be scraped with a sharp object and painted with a non-selective herbicide. Follow up applications are required as the rhizomes re-shoot.