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Regulated Aquatic Plants
List of Regulated and Invasive Plants By Law, State & Federal Combined
No company is allowed to ship anything considered an 'invasive species' into states where they have been deemed dangerous and invasive by law. If you know of any new developments as this is constantly changing state by state please email Kelly Billing, Nelumbo22@gmail.com so that she may update the industry with a newer version of the list.
| REGULATED & PROHIBITED AQUATIC PLANTS | |
| Combined State and Federal Lists | |
| May 30th, 2016 |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | States and/or Federal |
| Moneywort / Waterhyssop | Bacopa spp. | PR, CA |
| Flowering Rush | Butomus umbellatus | CT, ID, IL, IN, MI, MN, MT, NE, NH, OR, SD county regulated, VT, WA, WI |
| Cabomba | Cabomba caroliniana | CA, CT, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN regulated, NH, NY, PR, VT, WA, WI |
| Canna | Canna flaccida | PR |
| HORNWORT | Ceratophyllum demersum / HORNWORT | PR |
| HORNWORT | Ceratophyllum spp. | PR |
| Wild Taro | Colocasia esculenta | PR |
| Taro | Colocasia spp. | HI (p) (q) |
| White Bog Lily | Crinum americanum | PR |
| ANACHARIS | Brazilian Elodea | Egeria (Elodea) densa | AL, CA, CO, CT, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN regulated, MS, MT regulated, NE, NH, NY, OR, PR, SC, VT, WA, WI |
| Anacharis Najas | Egeria najas | CA |
| Water Hyacinth | Eichhornia crassipes | AL, AR, AZ, CA county regulated, FL, LA, MN regulated, MS, NE, PR, SC, TX, City of Chicago, WI |
| Water Hyacinth | Eichhornia spp. | FL, PR |
| Spikerush | Eleocharis spp. | PR |
| Chameleon Plant | Houttuynia cordata 'Variegata' | City of Chicago |
| Pennywort | Hydrocotyle spp. | PR |
| Yellow Flag Iris | Iris pseudacorus | CT, ID, IL, IN, MA, MN regulated, MT, NY, OR, VT, WA, Canada |
| Blue Flag | Iris virginica | PR |
| Soft Rush | Juncus effusus | PR |
| Frogbit | Limnobium spongia | CA, PR |
| Uruguayan Primrose Willow | Ludwigia grandiflora | NY, Canada |
| Uruguay Waterprimrose | Ludwigia hexapetala | NC, NY, SC, WA |
| Water Primrose | Ludwigia peploides | NY, WA |
| Water Primrose | Ludwigia peruviana | CA, Canada |
| Red ludwigia Floating Waterprimrose | Ludwigia repens | PR |
| Waterprimrose | Ludwigia spp. | PR |
| Uruguay Waterprimrose | Ludwigia uruguayensis | NC, SC |
| Creeping Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia | MA, Long Island NY, Canada |
| Dwarf Four Leaf Clover | Marsilea minuta | OK |
| Variegated Four Leaf Clover | Marsilea mutica | OK |
| Four Leaf Clover | Marsilea quadrifolia | CT, OK, Canada |
| Aquatic Mint | Mentha aquatica | ID(q), MT(q), NE(q), WY(q) |
| Forget-me-not | Myosotis scorpioides | CT, MA |
| Parrot Feather | Myriophyllum aquaticum | AL, CA county regulated, CO, CT, ID, IL, IN, MA ,ME, MI,MN regulated, MT regulated, NE, NH, NY, OR, VT, WA, WI, PR, Canada |
| Australian Feather | Myriophyllum spp. | ME, PR |
| American Lotus | Nelumbo lutea | CT, PR |
| Sacred Lotus | Nelumbo nucifera | WI |
| Spatterdock | Nuphar luteum | PR |
| Mexicana Water Lily | Nymphaea mexicana | CA, PR |
| Waterlily | Nymphaea odorata | CA , PR |
| Waterlily | Nymphaea spp. | CA county regulated |
| Crested Floating Heart | Nymphoides cristata | FL, NC |
| Water Snowflake | Nymphoides indica | NC |
| Water Celery | Oenanthe javanica | WI |
| Goldenclub | Orontium aquaticum | PR |
| Arrow-arum | Peltandra virginica | PR |
| Water Lettuce | Pistia stratiotes | AL, CA, FL, MS, PR, SC, TX, WI |
| Pickerel Rush | Pontederia cordata | CA (Pontederia cordata is not prohibited in CA however they will exercise their right of refusal and destroy all shipments in entirety when found), PR |
| Tropical Pickerelweed | Pontederia rotundifolia | FL |
| roundleaf Rotala | Rotala rotundifolia | CA |
| Bloody Dock | Rumex spp. | AR |
| Common Arrowhead | Sagittaria latifolia | PR |
| Arrowhead | Sagittaria sagittifolia | FED; IL, IN, MA, MN, NC, OK, WI, WV, Canada |
| Arrowhead | Sagittaria spp. | PR |
| Salvinia | Salvinia spp. | LA, MI, OR, PR, TX |
| Lizards tail | Saururus cernuus | PR |
| Bulrush | Scirpus spp. | PR |
| Thailia Alligator-Flag | Thalia geniculata | PR |
| Water Chestnut | Trapa spp. | FL, LA, MI, NC |
| Narrow-Leaf Cattail | Typha angustifolia | IN, WI |
| Graceful Cattail | Typha laxmannii | WI |
| Cattail Hybrid | Typha x glauca | WI |
| Cattail | Typha spp. | PR |
| NOTES | NEW CHANGES IN RED |
| FED = Federal Noxious Weed List (entries are highlighted) | |
| p = permit required | |
| q = quarantine required | |
| Frequently offered in the trade | |
| Genus spp. listing indicates any / all subspecies are prohibited. For example Typha spp. = any / all Cattails are prohibited to PR. | ||
| Compiled from Federal and State confirmed lists, available online or provided by State agencies. | ||
| Currently accepted names are from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) database, USDA, ARS, USDA Plants Database, and Weed Science Society of America Composite List of Weeds | ||
| List excludes weeds designated as "Control is county option" but noted if known. | ||
| FL, NC, SC (as well as many other states) also adopt the list of Federal Noxious Weeds | ||
| MN also adopts the list of Federal Aquatic Noxious Weeds | ||
| MN Regulated= | ||
| PR (Puerto Rico) is also regulated as a state. | ||
For more information on regulated aquatic plants check back here as we update the list.
Thank you,
Zac deGarmeaux
