DEFRA ban on invasive species

[BigTom]

Don't think this will have too big an effect on people, but thought I'd cross post it.

5 invasive plant species to be banned from sale in the UK from April 2014. This is a step up from the previous legislation where it was only illegal to introduce them to waterways.

BBC News - UK bans sale of five invasive non-native aquatic plants

• Water fern, Azolla filiculoides
• Australian swamp stonecrop, Crassula helmsii
• Floating pennywort, Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
• Parrot’s feather, Myriophyllum aquaticum
• Water primrose, Ludwigia hexapetala

I think I've got the correct species names, the BBC article didn't list them.

 

[George Farmer]

Thanks Tom.

PFK have also covered it here - Five aquatic plants to be banned in the UK | News | Practical Fishkeeping

 

[dneal]

Thanks Tom. Took me a while to find this information. The BBC was as specific as 'water fern'.