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Australia's Virtual Herbarium (AVH) (2007). Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH). Available at http://www.chah.gov.au/avh/index.jsp
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Clements, B., Dellow, J.J. and McCaffery, A.C. (2005). New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. Primefact 88: Sweet Briar. Available at http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/47791/sweet_briar_-_primefact_88-final.pdf
GRIN (2008). USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available at http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?32151
Muyt, A. (2001). Bush Invaders of South-East Australia. R.G. and F.J. Richardson, Meredith.
Navie S. (2004). Declared Plants of Australia. An identification and information system. Centre for Biological Information Technology: Brisbane. [CD-ROM]
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Symon, D.E. (1986). Rosaceae in Jessop, J.P. and Toelken, H.R. (Eds) Flora of South Australia 1. South Australian Government Printing Division, Adelaide, South Australia.
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Also see:
Tamar Valley Weed Strategy (2008) Rosa rubiginosa. Available at http://www.weeds.asn.au/weeds/txts/sweetbriar.html
Southern Tablelands and South Coast Noxious Plants Committee (2008) Sweet Briar. Available at http://www.southeastweeds.org.au/index.pl?page=81