English Ivy is a noxious weed that needs to be listed as such. It's sale and importation should be banned in Virginia. I know the terrible impacts of this noxious weed as my entire backyard was covered with the plant as was the nearby Lubber Run Park. I spent two tedious years removing this plant, section by section, and Arlington County spent considerable funds to remove this noxious weed from the park. My backyard and Lubber Run Park are no longer green wasteland monoculture but instead have native plants.

List English Ivy (Hedera helix) as a noxious weed and ban its sale in Virginia. At the very least garden center should be required to give customers notice that the plant is a noxious weed with a QR code to an Internet site for native alternatives.

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