Invasive Plant Rules in Cary, NC (2026)
1 verified invasive plant rules for Cary, North Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Prohibited Species
The Town of Cary's Land Development Ordinance requires new landscape material installed in required perimeter buffers to be native or non-invasive non-native, drought-tolerant plantings rather than invasive species.
Cary Non-Invasive Landscape Planting Standard
Some RestrictionsCary Land Development Ordinance § 7.2.3(A)(1)
Whenever new landscape material must be used, such material shall consist of native or non-invasive non-native, drought-tolerant plantings to reduce the need for irrigation systems and promote restoration of a natural forest.
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