Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
 
Board
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
 
chapter
Regulations for Enforcement of the Noxious Weeds Law [2 VAC 5 ‑ 317]
Action Amend noxious weed list
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 12/8/2023
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12/7/23  9:25 pm
Commenter: John Wilson

Agree with this Noxious Plant Listing
 

Please support this Plant listing. I have personally spent hundreds of hours cutting these plants from County and National Parks in Northern Virginia. There are not enough resources to control these aggressive plants. They are killing our native trees from small saplings to large mature trees and you are often left with only Invasive plants left.  Some invasives kill trees by the acre.  We must do all we can to limit their spread.  This listing is a step in the right direction.  Please expand the list as noted in other comments and include English Ivy especially, it is out of control in many natural areas in Northern VA and around the state. Thanks for your efforts. 

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