Dear regulators,

As someone who has engaged in invasive plant removal on my own property, I encourage the adoption of this regulation. I have removed all of these species and found them to be nearly impossible to remove. None of them have any economic value, but they are well known to invade and wreak havoc upon our native ecosystems.

I am also writing to ask you to consider adding english ivy, miscanthus, wintercreeper, and privet. All of these plants escape cultivation quite easily, destroy native ecosystems, and are difficult to control. Winter creeper and English Ivy are actively swallowing up trees and whole areas in neighborhoods and along roadsides in both public and private spaces and are killing trees and undergrowth as they suffocate and weigh them down.

Thank you.

Lindsey Harubin