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So close to an ivy quarantine! Take action!

  • Writer: kristi park
    kristi park
  • May 27, 2025
  • 2 min read

Updated: May 31, 2025

Take action to add invasive ivy and other invasive plants to Washington State’s Plant Quarantine List!


Summary:

BioDesign filed a petition in May of 2023 to add cultivars of ivy to the Washington state plant quarantine list.  Despite some ivy cultivars state classified as class C noxious weeds, ivy remains available for purchase statewide. Over the past two years, additional petitions have been filed which has expanded the list of plants considered for quarantine. See the full list on page two of this document.


Please provide your support to remove invasive plants from nursery shelves! We have provided a sample form letter for ease of submitting a comment:



The deadline for submitting written comments is 5:00 PM, June 24, 2025.  The public hearing is scheduled for 8:30am on June 24, 2025 (details below).

By mail to:

Gloriann Robinson, Agency Rules Coordinator

Washington State Dept. of Agriculture

PO Box 42560

Olympia, WA 98504-2560

 

By email to:

 

By fax to:

(360) 902-2092

Attention: Gloriann Robinson

 

Testify: Participate in the Rulemaking Process

Stakeholder feedback is a vital component in the rule making process. We invite you to participate by submitting either oral or written comments as instructed below. The department will hold a public hearing to receive oral comments regarding the proposed amendments on:

Date

Time

Location

June 24, 2025    

   8:30 AM    

Microsoft Teams Join the meeting nowMeeting ID: 286 175 485 906 9Passcode: vt2Uz38C

Dial in by phone+1 564-999-2000,,703163236# United States, OlympiaFind a local numberPhone conference ID: 703 163 236#

Agency note: As a result of multiple petitions received, the department is proposing adding additional species to the noxious weed seed and plant quarantine, which would prohibit their sale and distribution.These species include:

  • Common (English) Ivy (Hedera helix);

  • Atlantic/Boston Ivy (Hedera Hibernica);

  • Spotted Touch Me Not (Impatiens capensis);

  • Cape Pondweed (Aponogeton distachyos);

  • Hanging Sedge (Carex pendula, Carex pendula subsp. pedula and Carex pendula subsp. agastachys);

  • Green Alkenet (Pentaglottis sempervirens);

  • Common Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare (except bulbing fennel, F. vulgare var. azoricum));

  • European Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara);

  • Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum);

  • Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale);

  • Sulfur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta);

  • Wild basil/basil savory (Clinopodium vulgare);

  • Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus);

  • Camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum);

  • Russian Knapweed (Rhaponticum repens);

  • Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris);

  • Rough Chervil (Chaerophyllum temulum); and

  • Turkish Thistle (Carduus cinereus).


Would you like more information? Please see this Link to Rule Making Document

 

                                                                                                                        

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