Monday, August 17, 2009

Invasive Plants Banned in CT

I go to a lot of environmental shows and was just going through some old documents today and found this list of plants that are banned in CT. I just copied the list that was typed up and thought I would post it. Also helpful, the link on the CT DEP site detailing invasive aquatic plants in CT.

Below is the copy of the list of banned invasives:

Plants Banned in Connecticut
By Public Act 04-203


As of October 1, 2004, no person shall import, move (except for the purposes of eradication), sell, purchase, transplant, cultivate or distribute any of the following invasive plants:

1

Curly leaved pondweed
(Potamogeton crispus)

23

Perennial pepperweed
(Lepidium latifolium)

2

Fanwort (Cabomba Caroliniana)

24

Japanese Knotweed
(Polygonum cuspidatum)

3

Eurasian Water Milfoil

(Myriophyllum Heterophyllum)

25

Mile-a-Minute vine

(polygonum Perfoliatum)

4

Variable Water Milfoil

(Myriophyllum Heterophyllum)

26

Fig Buttercup (Ranunculus Ficaria)

5

Water Chestnut (Trapa Natans)

27

Coltsfoot (Tussilago Farfara)

6

Egeria (Egeria Densa)

28

Japanese Stilt Grass (Microstegium Vimineum)

7

Hydrilla (Hydrilla Verticillata)

29

Common Reed (Phragmites Australis)

8

Common Barberry (Berberis Vulgaris)

30

Sycamore Maple (Acer Pseudoplatanus)

9

Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus Umbellata)

31

Princess Tree (Paulownia Tomentosa)

10

Bell's Honeysuckle (Lonicera Xbella)

32

White Poplar (Populus Alba)

11

Amur Honeysuckle (lonicera Maackii)

33

False Indigo (amorpha fruticosa)

12

Morrow's Honeysuckle (Lonicera Morrowii)

34

Russian Olive (Eleagnus Angustifolia)

13

Common Buckthorn (Thamnus Cathartica)

35

Wineberry (Rubus Phoenicolasius)

14

Multiflora Rose (Rosa Multiflora)

36

Kudzu (Pueraria Montana)

15

Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus Orbiculatus)

37

Canada Thistle (Cirsium Arvense)

16

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria Petiolata)

38

Jimonsweed (Datura Stramonium)

17

Narrowleaf Bittercress

39

Crested Late-summer mint (Elsholtzia Ciliata)

18

Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea Biebersteinii)

40

Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias)

19

Black Swallow-Wort

(Cynanchum Louiseae)

41

Slender Snake Cotton (Froelichia Gracilis)

20

Pale Swallow-wort (Cynanchum Rossicum)

42

Ground Ivy (Glechoma Hederacea)

21

Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia Esula)

43

Giant Hogweed (heracleuym Mantegazzianum)

22

Dame's Rocket (Hesperis Matronalis)

44

Japanese Hops (Humulus Japonicus)

45

Ornamental Jewelweed (Impatiens Glanulifera)

54

Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara)

46

Common Kochia (Kochia Scoparia)

55

Garden Heliotrope (Valeriana Officinalis)

47

Ragged Robin (Lychnis Floscuculi)

56

Hairy Jointgrass (Artharaxon Hispidus)

48

Scotch Thistle (Onopordum Acanthium)

57

Drooping Brome-Grass (Bromus Tectorum)

49

Bristle Knotweed (Polygonum Caespitosum)

58

Japanese Sedge (Carex Kobomugi)

50

Giant Knotweed (polygonum Sachalinense)

59

Reed Managrass (Glyceria Maxima)

51

Sheep Sorrel (Rumex Acetosella)

60

Canada Bluegrass (Poa Compressa)

52

Ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea)

61

Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus Altissima)

53

Cup Plant (Silphium Perfoliatum)



As of October 1, 2005, no person shall import, move, sell, purchase, transplant, cultivate or distribute any of the following invasive plants:

1

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria)

11

Yellow Floating Heart

2

Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis Scorpiodes)

12

Onerow Yellowcress (Rorippa Microphylla)

3

Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera Japonica)

13

Watercress (Rorippa Nasturtium-aquaticum) except for watercress sold for human consumption without its reproductive structure;

4

Goutweed (Aegopodium Podagraia)

14

Giant Salvinia (Salvinia Molesta)

5

Flowering Rush (Butomus Umbellatus)

15

Yellow Iris (Iris Pseudacorus)

6

Pond Water Starwort (Callitriche Stagnalis)

16

Water Lettuce (Pistia Stratiotes)

7

European Waterclover (Marsilea Quadrifolia)

17

Border Privet (Ligustrum Obtusifoliuim)

8

Parrotfeather (myriophyllum aquaticum)

18

Tatarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera Tatarica)

9

Brittle Water-nymph (Najas Minor)

19

Dwarf Honeysuckle (Lonicera Xylosteum)

10

American Water Lotus (Nelumbo Lutea)

20

Gargen Loosetrife (Lysimachia Vulgaris)


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