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STATE INVASIVE PLANT COUNCIL CONTACTS, LINKS, AND POLICIES

Updated 10/1/04. Please send corrections to Barbara Lucas, greensource@

|ALABAMA |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Alabama Invasive Plant Council, founded 2002: |An Alabama “10 worst” list is included in the |9 board members, one is a horticultural |

| |invasive plant list of the 13 southern states on the |industry representative, although this is not |

|Contact: |SE—EPPC site: |mandated in by-laws. |

|Keith Tassin |seweeds.cfm |By-laws limit the vote of interest |

|The Nature Conservancy |The current list of ten does not include commercially|groups/institutions in the membership to one |

|2100 1st Avenue, North Suite 500 |valuable species. |per group. |

|Birmingham, AL 35203 | |  |

|205-251-1155 Ext. 104 |Planned is a letter/brochure re: the list to be sent | |

|ktassin@ |to land managers and nurseries throughout the state. | |

|ALASKA |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plants Management |24 plants on list: |No formal organizational structure. Of 36 |

|in Alaska, founded 2000: |Commercial value not factored into listing criteria. |“signatories” of their MOU, none are industry. |

| | |Of ~150 names in their “Contact Directory”, |

|Affilitated with the University of Alaska Cooperative |List promoted through a “weed awareness week,” and |only one is listed as affiliated with industry |

|Extension Service |the distribution of materials at meetings to |(a landscaper). |

|Contact: |gardeners, industry and government: | |

|P.O. Box 758155, |1) a voluntary “codes of conduct” | |

|Fairbanks, Alaska |2) a “roadside field guide” for ID of | |

|99775-8155 |weeds | |

|Attn: Michele Hébert, | | |

|Land Resources Agent | | |

|ffmah@uaf.edu, 907-474-2423 | | |

|CALIFORNIA |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC), founded |90 plants on list: |Executive director, 5 officers, 15 board |

|1992 | |members—no industry representatives currently |

| |Commercial value not factored into invasiveness score|in leadership, but the council runs a “Nursery |

| |(uses same criteria as does AZ & NE), see: |Sustainability Program” which meets to discuss |

|Doug Johnson, Executive Director | |issues with major nursery representatives, and |

|1442-A Walnut Street, #462 | |“has had some success in getting big box |

|Berkeley, CA 94709 |1) Wallet cards for consumers to give to nurseries |outlets [Wal-Mart and Home Depot] to stop |

|ph: (510) 843-3902 |that are selling invasives, and |selling certain plants by calling their |

|email: dwjohnson@cal- |2) brochures which list alternative non-invasive |regional buyers.” Several nurseries cooperated|

|Joe DiTomaso, Chair, |species, can be found at: |in the creation of their “Don’t Plant a Pest” |

|UC Davis Weed Science Program | alternatives brochure. |

|210 Robbins Hall, Davis, CA 95616 |s/ | |

|Phone: 530.754.8715 | | |

|ditomaso@vegmail.ucdavis.edu | | |

|COLORADO |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Colorado Weed Management Association, founded 1986. |49 plants on list, with 5 more “potentially |3 officers, 7 board members. A seed company |

| |invasive”: |rep is currently on board, but this is not |

|PO Box 1910 | |mandated in by-laws. |

|Granby, CO 80446 | | |

|970-887-1228 |CWMA runs a “Secret Shopper” program in which | |

|Fax: 970-887-1229 |volunteers scout retail stores and catalogs selling | |

|cwma@ |plants or seeds of species on the list. | |

|CONNECTICUT |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Connecticut Invasive Plants Council, created by |Public Act 04-203 prohibits 61 plants from import, |See the link entitled Public Act 03-136, "An |

|legislation passed 5-03 (Public Act 03-136). A |moving, selling, purchasing, transplanting, |Act Concerning Invasive Plants" on the website |

|separate group, the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working|cultivating or distributing, effective Oct. 1, 2004 |for an explanation of the 9-member Council, |

|Group (CIPWG), 1997, is an independent |(see Public Act 04-203, "An Act Concerning Fines for |their affiliations, and who appoints them. |

|non-governmental body which has developed a list of 45|Banned Invasive Plants" on CIPWG website). A second |Note that two of the appointees are required to|

|plants which are prohibited from use by the state for |group of 20 plants are banned as of Oct. 1, 2005.” |represent growers and retailers of plants and |

|road projects or other work. |The list was developed based on biological rather |flowers. |

| |than economic criteria. |Among other appointees is a representative from|

|Contact: | |the “Invasive Plant Atlas of New England”. See|

|Donna Ellis. Plant Science, U-67. WB Young Bldg., Rm | | |

|229. 1376 Storrs Rd. Storrs, | | |

|CT 06269 | | |

|donna.ellis@uconn.edu | | |

|elizabethcorrigan@ | | |

|GEORGIA |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Georgia Exotic Plant Pest Council, |A top 10 list, with 34 “other important exotic pest |4 officers, 7 members of the board. |

|founded 1999: |plants”: |One director is listed as: “Georgia Green |

| | |Industry Association”, but this is not mandated|

|Member of SE-EPPC* |No formal criteria, members (including a landscape |in by-laws. |

| |architect) contributed suggestions and then ranked | |

|Jim Allison, Director |top ten. | |

|GA-DNR, Georgia Natural Heritage Program | | |

|2117 US Hwy 278 | | |

|Social Circle, GA 30025 | | |

|jim-allison@dnr.state.ga.us | | |

|FLORIDA |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Florida Exotic Plant Pest Council, founded 1984: |77, with 44 more potentially invasive. |5 officers, 8 board members. |

| |Access list from |Incoming chair will be the first private sector|

|Member of SE-EPPC |A purely biologically-based expert system is used. Of|person to be chair. Industry representation |

|Contact: |11 members of the plant list committee, none are |not mandated, but a Florida Nursery Growers |

|Mike Bodle, Chair |industry. (Note that although the IFAS assessment |Liaison works to resolve conflicts with |

|P.O. Box 24680 |developed by the UF Cooperative Extension Service |industry. |

|West Palm Beach, 33146 |does factor in “commercial value” as one of the four | |

|Telephone: (561)682-6132 |indices, this is not the tool FL-EPPC uses.) | |

|mbodle@ | | |

|INDIANA |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Indiana Invasive Plant Species Assessment Work Group |10 “problem invasives” and 22 “other invasives”: |No formal board. |

|(on Purdue University website— | |

|Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology): |x.htm |5 of 24 groups listed as “partners of the |

|: |IPSAWG” are industries. |

|.htm | |

| |3/assessmentE5-04-03.pdf --assesses ecological | |

|Contact: |impact, potential for expansion, difficulty of | |

|Bob Waltz |control, and commercial value of each species | |

|Indiana Department of Natural Resources |(adapted from Univ. of Florida Cooperative Extension | |

|Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology |IFAS tool). | |

|402 West Washington Street, Room W-290 | | |

|Indianapolis, IN. 46204-2739 | | |

|bwaltz@dnr.state.in.usDNR | | |

|KENTUCKY |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Kentucky Invasive Exotic Plant Pest Council, |55 with another 30 “lesser threats”, some |14 council members (officers not specified). A|

|founded 2000: |commercially valuable: |nursery owner and the state native plant |

|: | |manager/buyer are currently on the board, but |

|Carey Bateman |Commercial value not factored into invasiveness |this is not mandated in by-laws. |

|Floracliff Nature Sanctuary |rating. “List went out predominantly to land |By-laws limit the vote of interest |

|P.O. Box 4006 |managers.” |groups/institutions in the membership to one |

|Lexington, KY 40544 |Co-sponsored a “Least Wanted Species” poster |per group. |

|floracliff@ | | |

|859 351-7770 | | |

|MARYLAND |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Maryland Invasive Species Council, |34 terrestrial, 9 aquatic: |No formal board—an “organizational committee” |

|founded 2000: | of 3 members from the MD Dept. of Ag, |

| |tml |and 2 representatives from a nursery. |

|Contact: | | |

|Robert Tichenor |No specific criteria is used. “We do look at the |Of 31 “active members,” 2 are affiliated with |

|Maryland Dept. of Ag. |economic value (=impact on the industry) as part of |nursery industry. |

|Forest Pest Management |an ‘consensus approval process’ for listing species.”| |

|50 Harry Truman Pkwy |List includes commercially valuable species such as | |

|Annapolis, MD 21401 |Purple loosestrife and English ivy “which are still | |

|tichenrh@mda.state.md.us |being sold in nurseries.” | |

|MASSACHUSETTS |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

| |The Massachusetts list was developed after extensive | |

|Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group, founded |research using an agreed upon criteria that does not |Currently 5 of 21 Board members are |

|1999: |reflect economic impact. The phase out under the |industry-affiliated. |

| |regulation - 1 year phase out on herbaceous; and 3 | |

|Chair: |year on woody plants. Phase out link: | |

|Rena Sumner, Executive Director | |

|Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association |_Index2.htm | |

|413-369-4731, mnlaoffice@ |Research link: | |

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|MICHIGAN |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Michigan Invasive Plant Council, founded 1999: |As of yet, no plants listed as invasive by MIPC, |4 officers and 8 board members. Current |

| |although they have developed a 47 page assessment |membership is at least half |

|Affiliated with SE—EPPC* |tool which factors in the economic value to |horticulture/nursery affiliated. |

| |agriculture, horticulture, turf, and landscapes. | |

|Contact: |(Pdf of criteria available by contacting MIPC.) | |

|Amy Frankmann, MIPC Chair and | | |

|Executive Director, Michigan Nursery and Landscape |The State of Michigan recently passed legislation | |

|Association |authorizing an invasive species council, and added a | |

|800-879-6652, amyf@ |few new terrestrial plants (none of which are sold | |

| |horticulturally) to the state list of banned | |

| |species. | |

|MISSISSIPPI |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Mississippi Exotic Plant Pest Council, founded 2000: |No list beyond the 10 noxious weeds listed under |4 officers and 6 board members, none are |

| |Mississippi in “Invasive Plants of the 13 southern |industry representatives. Participation by |

|Member of SE—EPPC* |states” on the SE—EPPC site: |public and private sector are not mandated by |

|Charles Bryson, President | |MS-EPPC bylaws |

|Southern Weed Science Research |Educational efforts to publicize list: | |

|Unit, USDA-ARS |1) a brochure on “Mississippi’s 10 Worst Invasive | |

|(662) 686-5259 |Weeds” | |

|fax: (662) 686-5422 |2) Traveling exhibit to complement the brochure | |

|cbryson@ars. |2) Two posters—on Cogongrass and Deeprooted sedge. | |

|NEVADA |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Nevada Invasive Species Council, |45 plants: |”6 to 10 members on the council, depending on |

|founded 2001: | |the issue.” |

|default.htm Affiliated with: Univ. of Nevada, US |Commercial value is not factored into invasiveness | |

|Forest Service, Nevada Dept. of Ag, Nat. Resource |score. Uses same criteria as does California and |No representatives from industry on the |

|Conservation Service, BLM |Arizona. |council, no by-laws. |

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|Ed Foster, Nevada Dept. of Ag. | | |

|350 Capital Hill Ave. | | |

|Reno, Nevada 89502 | | |

|(775) 688-1180 X272 | | |

|efoster@govmail.state.nv.us | | |

|NEW HAMPSHIRE |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|New Hampshire Invasive Species Committee: |Final Proposal of 02/10/04 shows 18 plants to be |9 members of the board—a “Horticultural |

| this year, and 3 more to be grandfathered |interest representative” is one of the nine |

|Parent organization: New Hampshire Dept. of |in by 2007. See: |voting members, appointed by the governor. |

|Agriculture, Markets, & Food | is mandated in by-laws. |

| |Proposal.pdf | |

|Chair: Amy Smagula | | |

|Clean Lakes and Exotic Species, |Industry participated in the list development. To | |

|Dept. of Environmental Services |some extent commercial value was taken into | |

|29 Hazen Drive, P. O. Box 95 |consideration, e.g. the prohibition of Norway maple, | |

|Concord, NH 03302-0095 |Burning bush, and Japanese barberry was postponed for| |

|Phone: (603) 271-2248 |3 years. | |

|asmagula@des.state.nh.us | | |

|NEW YORK |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Invasive Plant Council of New York State, founded |20 plants on list: |No response to survey questionnaire: “We are |

|1999: | |in the process of refilling vacant staff |

|Contact: IPCNYS | |positions, and expect to resume our technical |

|5 Broadway, Suite 205 | |information response program during the Fall of|

|Troy, NY 12180 (518) 271-0346 | |2004.” |

|ipcnys@ | | |

|NORTH CAROLINA |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|North Carolina Exotic Plant Pest Council, founded |List in progress. |4 officers, 6 board members— 2 of the 6 are |

|2002: |Only the noxious weeds prohibited in NC are included |mandated in by-laws to be industry seats |

| the invasive plant list of the 13 southern states |(labeled “Nursery Industry” and “Landscape |

|lina.cfm |on the SE—EPPC site: |Industry”). |

|Member of SE—EPPC* |seweeds.cfm. | |

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|Contact: |Industry is involved in the list development | |

|Dick Bir |process—e.g. a former president of the state nursery | |

|MHCREC |association is on the committee, although “commercial| |

|455 Research Drive |value is not factored” in invasiveness ratings | |

|Fletcher, NC 28732dick_bir@ncsu.edu |(criteria unavailable). | |

|828/684-3562 | | |

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|OREGON |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Oregon Invasive Species Council, |21 plants: |The 4 ex-officio members appoint 8 voting |

|founded 2002: | from a variety of interests including |

|Parent organization: |3.pdf |industry, but only state agency or |

|Oregon Dept. of Agriculture | |university-affiliated members may be eligible |

|Contact: |Yes, industry participates in creation of the list: |for election to chair/vice chair. |

|Daniel Hilburn, Plant Division, |“There is no formal process but because nursery and | |

|Oregon Dept. of Agriculture |seed industry representatives are members of the | |

|635 Capitol St. NE |council they vetoed species like reed canary grass | |

|Salem, OR 97301-2532 |that are still sold commercially.” | |

|503-986-4663 | | |

|dhilburn@oda.state.or.us | | |

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|RHODE ISLAND |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Rhode Island Invasive Species Council, |18 plants: |Currently no official board, and no by-laws. |

|founded 2001: |“All members are listened to equally.” |

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|htm |All members helped develop the list, including | |

|Parent organization: |nursery/landscape representatives. Although | |

|Rhode Island Wild Plant Society |commercial value is not formally factored in, | |

| |“There has been pressure from industry not to include| |

|Contact: |commonly sold but clearly invasive species (such as | |

|The Rhode Island Wild Plant Society |Winged Euonymus, Norway Maple, Japanese Barberry, | |

|P.O. Box 114 |several non-native bush honeysuckles, and the | |

|Peacedale, RI 02883-0114 or |privets).” | |

|Lisa Gould | | |

|lgould@ | | |

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|SOUTH CAROLINA |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|South Carolina Exotic Plant Pest Council |34 severe/significant threats, 27 on watch list. |14 officers, 5 members at large. |

| |Included in the invasive plant list of the 13 |One board member is a landscape architect, but |

|Member of SE—EPPC* |southern states on the SE—EPPC site: |industry representation is not mandated in |

|Contact: Robin Roecker | |by-laws. |

|1505 Alpine Drive |Commercial value is not factored in the invasive | |

|West Columbia, SC 29169 |plant criteria. | |

|rroecker@fs.fed.us | | |

|TENNESSEE |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Tennessee Exotic Plant Pest Council, founded 1994: |78 severe and significant threat, |4 officers, 7 board members. No industry |

| |27 lesser threat, and 30 on a watch list: |representation in leadership, but “We do have a|

|Member of SE—EPPC* | with the TN Nurserymen and Landscapers |

| |List.htm |Association, and we encourage public |

|Contact: |Commercial value is not factored into invasiveness |participation. Board meetings are open to all |

|Pat Parr, President |rating, and industry is not involved with creation of|interested.” |

|Oak Ridge National Laboratory Area Manager |list. Educational efforts “currently concentrate on | |

|P. O. Box 2008 |state agencies vs. industry.” | |

|Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6340 | | |

|parrpd@ | | |

|VIRGINIA |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Virginia Invasive Species Council, founded 2002: |"Virginia's Precious Heritage" |As part of the executive branch of the state |

|website will be found on |dcr.state.va.us/dnh/vph.htm Appendix H lists 72 |government, all members of the Virginia |

| |highly and moderately invasive, 28 more occasionally |Invasive Species Council are state agency |

| |invasive plants. |heads, none can be from industry. A separate |

|Contact: | |“Virginia Invasive Species Advisory Committee” |

|Tom Smith |For criteria, see: |can include industry representatives (currently|

|Virginia Natural Heritage Director |rankinv.pdf Commercial value not factored in |2 of the 21 advisory committee members are from|

|217 Governor St. |invasiveness ranking. |industry, but this is not mandated). See |

|Richmond, VA 23219 | |

|(804)786-7951 |A short list (and ranking criteria) to be developed |+cod+10.1-2600 |

|TOM.SMITH@DCR. |by the Council in 2004. | |

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|WISCONSIN |INVASIVE PLANT LIST |COUNCIL LEADERSHIP |

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|Invasive Plants Assn of Wisconsin |66 plants ranked according to impact: |Of 13 board members, 4 currently represent the |

| | (link |seed and nursery industry. One of the |

|Contact: |includes criteria used). |council’s 10 committees is “Plant Industry |

|Invasive Plants Assn of Wisconsin | |Relations.” |

|P.O. Box 5274 |Commercial value is not one of the 6 factors | |

|Madison, WI 53705-0274 |considered in ranking impact. Their criteria were | |

|Info@, or |adapted from the Alien Plant Ranking System (Hiebert | |

|Rolf Utegaard |and Stubbendieck 1993). | |

|715/834-0065 | | |

|bigute-hort@) | | |

*SE—EPPC stands for “Southeast Exotic Plant Pest Council.” Link to this chart via: www-personal.umich.edu/~lucasb/chart.doc

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