Phase-out period for prohibited plants has ended

The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources regulates a list of Prohibited Plants, more than 100 non-native species that are considered invasive or noxious weeds. These plants are prohibited from sale, trade, distribution, and related activities in our state. As of January 1, 2009, the following ornamental species, which had been under a phase-out period, now fall under the same regulations as the other species on the list:

• Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)
  
• Bell’s honeysuckle (Lonicera x bella) [L. morrowii x L. tatarica]
  
• Bishop's weed; goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria)
  
• Burning bush; winged euonymus (Euonymus alatus/alata)
  
• Creeping Jenny; moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia)
  
• Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
  
• Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
  
• Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)
  
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
  
• Sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)
  
• Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)
  

You can see the entire prohibited plant list sorted by common or scientific name, or download a print version here.