What is the Rule? IndianaIndiana TerrestrialTerrestrial This rule makes it illegal to sell, gift, barter, PlantPlant RuleRule exchange, distribute, transport, or introduce plants on the enclosed list in the State of 312 IAC 18-3-25 Indiana. What If I Have Questions About the Rule? What You Need to Know You can contact the Division of When Did the Rule Go Into Entomology & Plant Pathology at Effect? Phone: 317-232-4120 Signed by Governor Eric Holcomb, this rule or 866-NO-EXOTIC went into effect in two stages. It became fully Fax: 317-232-2649 enforceable on April 18, 2020. Email: [email protected]

Or find the local nursery inspector at dnr.IN.gov/entomolo/2899.htm What Happens If Found Selling Material Listed on the Terrestrial Plant Rule?

If you are found to be selling material listed @INdnrinvasive on Twitter on the Terrestrial Plant Rule, a Notice of Stop Sale will be issued for that material, and a Notice of Violation can be issued. If a Notice of Violation is issued, a fine could be levied at $500 per day per plant and Nursery licenses can be revoked. Indiana Department of Natural Resources 5/2020 Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology on.IN.gov/depp What Plants Are on the List? Why Are These Plants Achyranthes japonica...... Japanese chaff flower Being Regulated? Ailanthus altissima...... Tree of heaven Alliaria petiolata...... Garlic mustard Millions of dollars are spent annually to control Alnus glutinosa...... Black alder Artemisia vulgaris...... Mugwort invasive species. To qualify as an invasive Arthraxon hispidus...... Small carpgrass species a plant must be alien and cause harm Berberis thunbergii...... Japanese barberry either to the environment or to human health. Carduus acanthoides...... Spiny plumeless thistle Unfortunately, many invasive plants started Carduus nutans...... Musk thistle out in the horticultural industry and escaped Celastrus orbiculatus...... Asian bittersweet Centaurea stoebe...... Spotted knapweed cultivation invading our natural areas. Invasive Cirsium vulgare...... Bull thistle species are responsible for habitat destruction Conium maculatum...... Poison hemlock and a decrease in biodiversity. Convolvulus arvensis...... Field bindweed Coronilla varia...... Crown vetch Dioscorea polystachya (oppositifolia)...... Chinese yam Dipsacus fullonum...... Common teasel Dipsacus laciniatus...... Cut-leaved teasel Why This List of Plants? Elaeagnus umbellata...... Autumn olive Euonymus fortunei...... Wintercreeper Extensive research has been conducted by the Euphorbia virgata...... Leafy spurge Indiana Invasive Species Council (IISC). The Frangula alnus...... Glossy buckthorn IISC was established by state legislature to Humulus japonicus...... Japanese hops enhance the ability of government agencies to Hesperis matronalis...... Dame’s rocket Lespedeza cuneata...... Sericea lespedeza detect, prevent, monitor, and manage new and Lepidium latifolium...... Pepperweed long established invasions, as well as increase Ligustrum obtusifolium...... Blunt leaved privet public awareness about invasive species. You Lonicera japonica...... Japanese honeysuckle can learn more about the IISC by going to Lonicera maacki...... Amur honeysuckle Lonicera morrowii...... Morrow’s honeysuckle www.entm.purdue.edu/iisc/ Lonicera tatarica...... Tatarian honeysuckle Lonicera x bella...... Bell’s honeysuckle Microstegium vimineum...... Japanese stiltgrass Morus alba...... White mulberry What Other Plants Are Phalaris arundinacea...... Reed canarygrass Phellodendron amurense...... Amur cork tree Regulated in Indiana? Phragmites australis subspecies australis...... Common reed Polygonum perfoliatum...... Mile-a-minute vine Several other species of plants are regulated under Reynoutria japonica (syn. Fallopia japonica)...... Japanese knotweed Indiana Code. They include multiflora rose, Reynoutria sachalinensis...... Giant knotweed Reynoutria x bohemica...... Bohemian knotweed purple loosestrife, Canada thistle and a number Rhamnus cathartica...... Common buckthorn of aquatic invasive species. More details can be Vincetoxicum nigrum...... Black swallow-wort found at www.IN.gov/dnr/entomolo/2894.htm Vincetoxicum rossicum...... Pale swallow-wort