For many people, a garden is a space of freedom and contact with nature, but not everything can be planted there. The applicable regulations clearly regulate the cultivation of certain plant species. Breaking them may lead to serious consequences, including financial ones.
Not everyone knows that some specimens appearing in our garden may belong to the list of invasive plants. This group is covered prohibition of cultivation, trade, reproduction and introduction into the environment.
It includes as many as several dozen species, including: the full list can be found on the website of the General Directorate for Environmental Protection and is constantly updated. The invasive species listed there include, among others, such specimens as:
- Canadian goldenrod,
- Japanese knotweed,
- American milkweed,
- Sosnowski’s borscht,
- glandular Christmas tree,
- western gorse,
- lobed chainmail,
- glandular impatiens
- rdestowiec sachaliński.
There are many more specimens on the list. It is worth checking it regularlyto make sure that there are no prohibited plants on our property.
The ban on growing these plants aims to protect our native ecosystems as well as biodiversity. In some cases, it also affects the safety of people and animals. Additionally, invasive species are considered problematic also because they spread very quickly, thus displacing native specimens.
What’s more, plants from this list may change habitat conditions. This has a negative impact on the local flora and fauna. In addition, they hinder the use of land, among others. agricultural or recreational.
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The provisions of the Act on Alien Species clearly state that persons who knowingly plant, sell, breed or introduce prohibited plants into the environment, may be punished with restriction of liberty, a fine or imprisonment for up to 5 years in the event of a serious breach of the rules.
What’s more, we can get even administrative up to PLN 1 millionwhich is imposed by environmental protection authorities when we cultivate, breed, store or introduce plants from the list of invasive alien species into the environment without a permit. This penalty also applies to failure to report the occurrence of such specimens in due time or to hindering or preventing the elimination of plants.
It’s also worth being aware that ignorance does not protect us from liability. Even if a species found itself on our plot by accident, we are obliged to remove it in accordance with the regulations.
