These additions to the noxious weeds list are long overdue and imminently necessary. As others have said, there are also other invasive plants which should be added but have met regulatory resistance because they are "economically viable" despite the overwhelming damage they are causing to Virginia's natural historic resources and ecosystem services and the economic cost to those localities, organizations, private homeowners, and countless volunteers charged with removing them. Any injury to the Virginia-based horticulture industry, I'm sure, could be easily remedied.

I do disagree however with the classification as Tier 3 noxious weeds. It is important to list them in order to stop any further sale or movement of these plants, but I believe they could be eradicated. But that's a battle for another day.