Iowa Code 317.25 – Invasive plants prohibited — exception — penalty
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1. a. A person shall not import, sell, offer for sale, or distribute in this state in any form, including the seeds, any of the following plants:
(1) Teasel (Dipsacus) biennial.
(2) Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora).
(3) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).
(4) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum virgatum).
(5) Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata).
(6) Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus).
(7) Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica).
(8) Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus).
(9) Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri).
b. However, paragraph “a” does not prohibit the sale, offer for sale, or distribution of the multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) used for understock for either cultivated roses or ornamental shrubs in gardens.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 317.25
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Person: includes any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint adventure, or association, and the plural as well as the singular number. See Iowa Code 321H.2
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. Any person violating subsection 1 commits a public offense and is subject to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars.