Invasive Plant Rules in Hackensack, NJ (2026)
2 verified invasive plant rules for Hackensack, New Jersey, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Bamboo Restrictions
Hackensack has banned running bamboo outright. Since October 1, 2022, Section 162-3 of the City Code makes it unlawful to sell, plant or knowingly propagate phyllostachys aureosulcata, or any bamboo of that genus, anywhere in the city, including replanting after an existing stand dies or is removed.
Hackensack Running Bamboo Sale and Planting Ban
Heavy RestrictionsHackensack City Code § 162-3
§ 162-3. Certain trees and other vegetation prohibited in certain areas. [Amended 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 41-2022] ... Effective October 1, 2022, no person shall sell, plant or knowingly propagate within the City the following invasive species of vegetation: 1) running bamboo known as "phyllostachys aureosulcata," or any bamboo of such genus; ... This includes the replanting or replacing of existi...
Tree-of-Heaven Removal
Hackensack outlaws ailanthus altissima, the invasive tree of heaven. Since October 1, 2022, Section 162-3 makes it unlawful to sell, plant or knowingly propagate the species anywhere in the city, and the zoning code separately requires anyone who removes it from a protected planted area to pull the stump so it cannot resprout.
Hackensack Tree of Heaven Ban and Stump Rule
Heavy RestrictionsHackensack City Code § 162-3; § 175-13.2A(1)(a)[1]
§ 162-3. Certain trees and other vegetation prohibited in certain areas. [Amended 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 41-2022] ... Effective October 1, 2022, no person shall sell, plant or knowingly propagate within the City the following invasive species of vegetation: ... 2) "tree of heaven" known as "ailanthus altissima" ... This includes the replanting or replacing of existing vegetation after it has died...
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