WAS - prohibited plants; NOW Who makes up these lists?

Erik Van Lennep erik@tepuidesign.com
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 10:20:34 PDT
James, are you in a citrus growing area? If so, they have probably listed
Poncirus as a threat because they would have written a blanket ban for all
members of the Rutacae family due to possibility of introducing virus,
rusts and other diseases.

I didn't realize things were so closely monitored in Texas! I guess you
aren't big enough to write your own rules. If you were Monsanto, Cargill,
Syngenta, or the like you could introduce whatever you like with impunity.
Sad about Poncirus. It has such interesting possibilities for citrus
breeding.

erik



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On 21 March 2017 at 13:06, James Frelichowski via pbs <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> wrote:

> I had an officer come and take my ponciris trifoliate that I got from ebay
> (and I asked seller first if it was ok to receive). But then we have
> pythons and now at least one cobra running amuck in Florida.Go figure.
> James FrelichowskiCollege Station, TX
>
>     On Tuesday, March 21, 2017 12:58 AM, Erik Van Lennep <
> erik@tepuidesign.com> wrote:
>
>
>  The official list used for legislation and prohibition in Spain actually
> includes some native plants! It looks like the work of a desktop researcher
> graduate student who cobbled together a somewhat random list of plants
> declared invasive across wildly varying geographies and habitats...probably
> those originally published in Spanish, many of which resulted from the
> "work" of others cutting and pasting.
>
> Thus native Catalan and Iberian species which were listed as problematic in
> Argentina are now forbidden for planting in their own country of origin.
>
> The world is insane.
>
> erik
>
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> “I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against
> hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth.”
> —BARRY LOPEZ”
>
>
> On 20 March 2017 at 23:25, James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Friends
> >        These list are almost always ridiculous becuase they are made up
> > by elected or volunteer plant lovers who are neither botanists,
> ecologists,
> > taxonomists or any kind of scientist.  They wouldn't know a Dandelion
> from
> > an Endive in many cases.
> >
> >        These list come together from rumors and newspapers of fabulous
> > tales of some rare plant ‘taking over’ their back yard.
> >
> >        Go to one of the state ‘Native Plant  Facebook lists” and be
> > amazed at the utter lack of knoweldge most people have about any plants
> and
> > especially about what is “native”, ‘invasive”, “endangered” etc.
> >
> >        It is unfortunate when any local or state entity gives these
> > imaginary lists some official status without any kid of scientiifc or
> > botanical review. Happens all the time.
> >
> >        The proverbial ‘Grain of salt’ is needed big time when looking at
> > these list, but some are hilariously wrong.          Just don’t count on
> > the lists as scientific fact.              Jim W.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mar 20, 2017, at 4:44 PM, Garak <garak@code-garak.de> wrote:
> >
> > at least Germany seems not hysterical about forbidden plants - for us
> it's
> > mostly about the classical drugs - only trouble about that: it's actually
> > quite difficult to get rid of Papaver somniferum in some areas, as many
> > gardeners allow it for the pretty flowers and rather beautiful seed
> heads -
> > and try to keep that seedmonster under control if both neighbors have it
> > seeding freely...
> >
> > there is a EU list of 37 "unwanted" species, plants and animals, which
> > definitely is not present in the awareness of the public, with the most
> > known and obvious plant candidates would be once again 2 Heracleums,
> > Eichornia Crassipes and, surprise, Kudzu. Most interesting for the List
> > should be Lysichiton americanus. I have no idea if this is enforced in
> any
> > way - I guess the racoons on the animal side of the list would choke to
> > death from laughing at the idea anyone could get rid of them...
> >
> > --
> > Martin
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> > Likely zone 7a
> >
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