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Requirements for Shipping Plants From Maine to Other States
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This list is for Maine grown plants intended for planting only and does not include regulations on shipments of seeds, fruit, or other plant parts not intended for planting. Plant material grown in other states may be subject to other requirements.
Plants must be healthy and free of insects and diseases. State regulations related to specific plant species and plant pests are listed below. If you would like information on shipping plants internationally contact the Horticulture Program, 207-287-3891.
Some states, including Maine, have created invasive plant lists that prohibit the sale of certain plants. The major ornamental crops have been included on this list, but not all prohibited invasive plants appear here. Maine's Invasive Plant List
To the best of our knowledge this list was accurate at the time of posting, however regulations can change. If you would like more information on a particular state's regulations visit the National Plant Board website or contact that state directly.
Some prohibited items may be shipped provided certain conditions are met. For additional information, contact the Division of Animal and Plant Health, 28 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 (Tel: 207-287- 3891) or email the Horticulture Program
| States | Plant Material | Conditions |
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All Plants |
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| All States | All Plants | Nursery Stock Certificate must be attached. |
Packages must be labeled with:
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| All plants must be healthy and free of insects, diseases and other pests. | ||
| AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, KS, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA | All plants in growing media | Prohibited unless bare rooted, or treated and certified free of Japanese beetle |
| IN | All Plants | Must be free of black vine weevil |
Aquatic Plants |
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CA, CT, MA, ME, MI, NH,NY, VT, WA NH |
Cabomba caroliniana (fanwort)
Cabomba sp. |
Prohibited
Prohibited |
| AK, AL, CT, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NY, OH, OR, SC, VT, WA | Egeria densa (Brazilian elodea) | Prohibited |
| CA | Egeria najas (slender-leaved elodea) | Prohibited |
| AR, AZ, IL, IN, MA, MS, OK, SC, TX | Eichornia azurea (water hyacinth) | Prohibited |
| AL, AR, AZ, ID, MS, SC, TX | Eichornia crassipes (water hyacinth) | Prohibited |
| FL, NE | Eichornia spp (water hyacinth) | Prohibited |
| AK, AZ,CA, CO, CT, FL, IL, ID, IN, MA, ME, MI, MS, MT, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, OH, OR, SC, TX, VT, WA | Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla) | Prohibited |
| CA, IL, IN, ME, MI, NH, NY, OH, VT, WA | Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (European frogbit) | Prohibited |
| FL, IL, IN, MA, NH, OK, SC, TX, VA | Ipomoea aquatica (Chinese waterspinach) | Prohibited |
| AL, CO, CT, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MT, NE, NH, NM, NY, OH, OR, VT, WA | Myriophyllum aquaticum (parrot feather) | Prohibited |
| CT, MA, ME, NH,NY, VT, WA | Myriophyllum heterophyllum (variable-leaf milfoil) | Prohibited |
| AK, AL, CO, CT, FL, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, SC, SD, TX, VT, WA | Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian milfoil) | Prohibited |
| AL, CT, IL, IN, MA, ME, NC, NE, NH, SC, WA, VT | Najas minor (European naiad) | Prohibited |
| CA, CT, FL, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, NE, NH, NY, OH, OR, VT, WA | Nymphoides peltata (yellow floating heart) | Prohibited |
| AL, FL, MS, SC, TX | Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) | Prohibited |
| AL, CT, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MT, NE, NH, NY, OH, VT , WA | Potamogeton crispus (curly-leaf pondweed) | Prohibited |
| AR, AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, MA, MI, MS, NE, NH, NM, NV, SC, TN, VA, VT | Salvinia molesta (giant salvinia) | Prohibited |
| AL, AZ, CT, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, OH, OR, SC, VT, WA | Trapa natans (water chestnut) | Prohibited |
| FL, NC, NH | Trapa spp. (water chestnut) | Prohibited |
| Ornamental Herbaceous Plants | ||
| AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, TX, UT, WA | All hosts of European corn borer including, but not limited to: asters, broomcorn, calendula, chrysanthemum, corn, cosmos, dahlia, geranium, gladiola, hollyhock, Japanese hops, marigold, sorghum, sudangrass, zinnia | Prohibited unless certified free of European corn borer |
HI |
Grasses, bromeliads (including pineapple), orchids, coffee, banana, coconut, passionfruit |
Prohibited |
| TN | Turfgrass sod | Prohibited unless certified |
| CT, MA, ME, VT | Aegopodium podagraria (goutweed) | Prohibited |
| CT, ME, OR, WA | Amorpha fruticosa (false indigo) | Prohibited |
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CO, ID, IN, MT, NM, OH, SD, WA,WY
WA |
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (oxeye daisy)
Cortaderia Selloana (pampas grass) |
Prohibited
Prohibited |
| KS, MN
CO, OR |
Digitalis lanata (Grecian foxglove)
Euphorbia myrsintes (myrtle spurge) |
Prohibited
Prohibited |
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WA
CA, CO, MT, NV, OR, SD, WA, WY |
Gypsophila paniculata (baby's breath)
Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) |
Prohibited
Prohibited |
| AR, FL, HI, MS, NY, SC, TN, VA | Imperata cylindrica (Japanese bloodgrass) | Prohibited |
| FL | Ipomoea carnea ssp. fistulosaI (bush morning glory) | Prohibited |
| AZ, MI | Ipomoea spp. (morning glory) | Prohibited |
| FL, SC | Ipomoea triloba (little bell) | Prohibited |
| GA, SC | Ipomoea turbinata (giant morning glory) | Prohibited |
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CT, IL, IN, MA, ME, MD, MT, NH, NY, OR, VT, WA
OR, WA |
Iris pseudocarus (yellow flag iris)
Lamiastrum galeobdolon (yellow archangel) |
Prohibited Prohibited |
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MA, NH
CT, NY, OR, WA |
Lysimachia nummularia (creeping jenny)
Lysimachia vulgaris (garden loosestrife) |
Prohibited
Prohibited |
| AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY | Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) | Prohibited |
| IN, KS, NC, ND | Lythrum spp (loosestrife) | Prohibited |
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IN, IA, KS, MN, ND, NE, NH, NV, SD, WA |
Lythrum virgatum (wand loosestrife) | Prohibited |
| ID, NV, UT, WY | Mentha (mint plants) | Prohibited |
| CT, NH, MA | Myosotis scorpoides (forget-me-not) | Prohibited |
| AL | Ornithogalum umbellatum (star of Bethlehem) | Prohibited |
| Vegetable Plants | ||
| GA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, TX | All vegetable plants | Special certification |
| ID, NV, WA | Allium spp. (onion, garlic, leek, chive, shallot etc.) | Prohibited |
| WA | Brassica spp | Prohibited |
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CA,NJ, NV
CA |
Capsicum spp. (pepper)
Cynara cardunculus (cardoon) |
Certified free of insects and diseases
Prohibited |
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WA
IN |
Foeniculum vulgare (fennel)
Fragaria (Strawberry) |
Prohibited
Prohibited |
| AL, AR, MS, SC | Ipomea (sweet potato) | Prohibited |
| AZ, FL | Lactuca (lettuce incl. seeds) | Prohibited |
| ID, WA | Phaseolus, (bean incl. seeds) | Prohibited |
| AK, CA, MT, NJ, NV, SC | Solanum lycopersicon (tomato) | Certified free of insects and diseases |
| CA, NV | Solanum melongena (eggplant) | Prohibited |
| NC, SC | Tobacco plants | Prohibited |
| Woody Plants | ||
| AL, AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, KY, KS, LA, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, WA, WY and portions of IL, IN, MN, NC, OH, VA, WI, WV | All trees, shrubs, cut Christmas trees, trailers, outdoor household equipment etc. | Prohibited unless certified free of all life stages of gypsy moth |
| MI | Abies spp. (fir) | Prohibited unless certified free of balsam woolly adelgid |
| ME, MN, VT | Acer ginnala (Amur maple) | Prohibited |
| MA, ME, NH, VT | Acer platanoides (Norway maple) | Prohibited |
| CT, MA, NY | Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore maple) | Prohibited |
| CA, CT, IN, MA, ME,MN, NH,OH, OR, VT, WA, WV | Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven) | Prohibited |
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IN, NH
MA, ME,MN, NY |
Alnus glutinosa (European alder)
Ampelopsis brevipudunculata (porcelainberry) |
Prohibited
Prohibited |
| IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, ND, OH, PA, SD, WA, WI, WV, WY | Berberis spp. (barberry) | Prohibited |
| IN, MA, ME, MN, NH,NY, PA, VT | Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) | Prohibited |
| CT, MA, ME, MN, NH, OH, WA, VT | Berberia vulgaris (common barberry) | Prohibited |
| OR, WA | Buddleja davidii (butterfly bush) | Prohibited |
| PA, TN | Buxus spp. (boxwood) | Prohibited unless certified free of boxwood blight |
| TX | Camellia spp. | Prohibited |
| AZ, CA, NM, TX | Carya spp. (hickory, pecan) | Prohibited |
| CA, OR, WA | Castanea spp. (Chestnut) | Prohibited |
| CA, OR, WA | Castenopsis spp. (chinquapin) | Prohibited |
| CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, ME, MN, NC, NH, OH, VT | Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental bittersweet) | Prohibited |
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SC
AL, AZ, CA, FL, TX
OR, WA |
Citrus reticulata (tangerine)
Citrus sp.
Corylus spp. (hazelnut), |
Prohibited
Prohibited
Prohibited |
| CA | Diospyros spp. (persimmon) | Prohibited |
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CO, CT, IL, MT, NM, OH, WA, WY |
Elaeagnus angustifolia (russian olive) |
Prohibited |
| IL, TN | Elaeagnus pungens (thorny olive) | Prohibited |
| CT, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, OH, TN, WV | Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive) | Prohibited |
| MA, ME, MD, NH, VT | Euonymus alatus (burning bush) | Prohibited |
| IN, MD | Euonymus fortunei (wintercreeper) | Prohibited |
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AK, AZ, CA, FL, HI, ID, MS, MT, ND, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY and portions of: AL, CO, KS, LA, ME, MS, NE, OK, SD, TN, TX |
Fraxinus spp. (ash) grown in York County and parts of Aroostook and Cumberland Counties or any other part of the state found infested with emerald ash borer |
Prohibited |
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NJ
OR, WA |
Grossularia spp.
Hedera helix (English ivy) |
Prohibited
Prohibited |
| OR, WA | Hedera hibernica (English ivy) | Prohibited |
| ID, OR, WA | Humulus lupulus (hops) | Prohibited |
| AZ, CA, KS, TX | Juglans spp. (walnut, butternut) | Prohibited |
| CA | Juniperus spp. (juniper) | Prohibited |
All states including portions of ME |
Larix spp., Pseudolarix spp. (larch, tamarack) grown in Washington, Waldo, Knox, and Lincoln Counties | Prohibited |
| CT, IN, MA, MD, NH, NY | Ligustrum obtusifolium (border privet) | Prohibited |
| FL, TN | Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet) | Prohibited |
| ME, NH, TN | Ligustrum vulgare (European privet | Prohibited |
| CA, OR | Lithocarpus densiflora (tanbark oak), | Prohibited |
| CT, IN, MA, MN, NH, NY, TN, VT | Lonicera x bella (Bell's honeysuckle) | Prohibited |
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IL
CT,IL, IN, MA, ME, NH,NY, OH, VT |
Lonicera fragrantissima (fragrant honeysuckle)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) |
Prohibited
Prohibited |
| CT, IL, IN, MA, ME, MD, MN, NH, NY, TN, OH, VT | Lonicera maackii (amur honeysuckle) | Prohibited |
| CT, IL, IN, MA, ME, MN, NH, NY, OH, TN, VT, WV | Lonicera morowii (morrow's honeysuckle) | Prohibited |
| CT, IL, MA, ME, NH, NY, VT, WV | Lonicera tatarica (tatarian honeysuckle) | Prohibited |
| CT | Lonicera xylosteum (dwarf honeysuckle) | Prohibited |
| IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, ND, OH, PA, SD, WA, WI, WV, WY | Mahoberberis spp. | Prohibited |
| IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, ND, OH, PA, SD, WA, WI, WV, WY | Mahonia spp. | Prohibited |
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CA |
Malus spp. (apple, crabapple) |
Prohibited unless completely dormant and barerooted. |
| IN | Morus alba (white mulberrt) | Prohibited |
| MD | Nandina domestica (heavenly bamboo) | Prohibited |
| CT, ME | Paulownia tomentosa (princess tree) | Prohibited |
| IN, MA, ME, NY | Phellodendron amurense (Amur cork tree) | Prohibited |
| CA, HI, MT | Pinus spp. (pine) | Prohibited |
| OR | Planera spp. (water elm) | Prohibited |
| ME | Polygonum baldschuanica (silver-lace vine) | Prohibited |
| CT, ME | Populus alba (white poplar) | Prohibited |
| CO | Prunus spp. (cherry, peach, plum etc) | Prohibited |
| MI | Prunus virginiana (chokecherry) | Prohibited |
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MD, OH |
Pyrus calleryana (callery pear) |
Prohibited |
| CA, OR | Quercus spp. (oak) | Prohibited |
| CT, IL, IN, MA, MN, MT, NH, NY, OH, VT | Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) | Prohibited |
| IL, IN, MA, ME, MN, NH, NY, OH, VT | Rhamnus frangula (Frangula alnus, glossy buckthorn) | Prohibited |
| OH, VA | Ribes nigrum (black currant) | Prohibited |
| DE, MA, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, RI, WV | Ribes spp. (currant, gooseberries) | Prohibited |
| MA, ME, MN | Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) | Prohibited |
| AL, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MD, MN, MO, NH, NY, OH, PA, SD, TN, WI, WV | Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose) | Prohibited |
| IN, NJ | Rosa spp. (rose) | Prohibited unless certified virus free |
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OR
ME, MI, OH, VT , WI |
Sambucus nigra (elderberry)
Tsuga spp. (hemlock) |
Prohibited
Prohibited unless ceritified free of and grown in an area where hemlock woolly adelgid does not occur |
| NM | Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm) | Prohibited |
| OR | Ulmus spp. (elm) | Prohibited |
| GA, MI, OR, WA | Vaccinium spp. (blueberry) | Prohibited |
| ID, NY, OH, OR, WA | Vitis spp. (grape) | Prohibited unless certified free of viruses |
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MD
MD
OR |
Wisteria floribunda (Japanese wisteria)
Wisteria sinensis (Chinese wisteria)
Zelkova spp. |
Prohibited
Prohibited
Prohibited |