St. George Invasive Plant Initiative

The state of Maine has enacted new rules that ban the sale and distribution of 33  plants that have been deemed invasive and therefore problematic to the state's natural habitats. The plants on the list have invaded farms, fields, forests and wetlands throughout the state. In St. George they have also invaded our landscape and in some places have come to dominate. Invasive plants spread to exclude many native plants that support our economy and natural areas.

Invasive Plants and native alternatives are listed on the Maine Horticulture Program web site

The St. George Conservation Commission has joined with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) other State agencies in their mission to identify and eradicte invasive species.