PDA to Consider Banning Three Plant Species

Harrisburg – Three plants will be considered for listing as a Pennsylvania noxious weed at April’s meeting of the Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee (CPNWC).

The CPNWC can list a plant as a noxious weed, which bans that species propagation, transportation or sale in Pennsylvania.

The three plants that the CPNWC will consider for listing are:

• Anthriscus sylvestris - Cow parsely
• Akebia quinata - Chocolate vine
• Ranunculus ficaria - Lesser celandine

The CPNWC will meet virtually on April 21, 2022 via Microsoft Teams at 1:00 PM. The meeting is open to the public. The link to the meeting is not yet available but will be published by PLNA e-News as soon as it is available.

Future Species Under Consideration

Additional plant species that may be considered by the CPNWC at future meetings are listed below. These species have been identified by state agencies and conservancy groups as problems in natural areas, threats to agricultural land use, and/or pose roadside maintenance problems.

• Acer platanoides - Norway maple
• Albizia julibrissin - Mimosa 
• Alnus glutinosa - European black alder
• Euonymus alatus - Burning bush
• Euonymus fortunei - Wintercreeper
• Hedera helix - English ivy
• Ligustrum japonicum - Common privet
• Ligustrum obtusifolium - Amur privet
• Ligustrum sinense - Chinese privet
• Ligustrum vulgare - Wild privet
• Lonicera maackii - Amur honeysuckle
• Lonicera morrowii - Morrow's honeysuckle
• Lonicera morrowii x. bella - Bell's honeysuckle
• Lonicera standishii - Standish's honeysuckle
• Lonicera tatarica - Tatarian honeysuckle
• Lysimachia nummularia - Moneywort
• Miscanthus sinensis - Chinese silvergrass
• Paulownia tomentosa - Empress tree
• Phellodendron amurense - Amur cork tree
• Phellodendron japonicum - Japanese cork tree
• Phellodendron lavallei - Lavalle corktree
• Rhodotypos scandens - Jetbead
• Rubus phoenicolasius - Wineberry
• Schedonorus arundinaceus - Tall fescue
• Spiraea japonica - Japanese Spiraea
• Viburnum opulus - Guelder Rose
• Wisteria floribunda/sinensis - Japanese/Chinese wisteria
  
   

The CPNWC meets quarterly, typically on the third Thursday of the month at 1:00 PM.  As future meetings approach and the list of plants to be considered is finalized, notice will be published in PLNA e-News and the Pennsylvania Bulletin.