Invasive Plant Rules in Madera County, CA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Madera County, California.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Madera County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Prohibited Species
Unincorporated Madera County's landscape ordinance directs that invasive plant species be avoided in new and rehabilitated landscape plantings, particularly near parks, buffers, greenbelts, water bodies, and conservation areas. The rule sits in the planting-plan requirements of the county's Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, Madera County Code Chapter 13.56, and reaches qualifying public, commercial, and new residential projects, not existing yards or a countywide species ban.
Madera County Invasive Landscape Plant Rule
Light RestrictionsMadera County Code § 13.56.040(B)(5); § 13.56.020
5.Invasive species of plants shall be avoided especially near parks, buffers, greenbelts, water bodies, conservation areas/reserves and other open space areas because of their potential to cause harm to environmentally sensitive areas. ... "Invasive species" are non-indigenous species (e.g. plants or animals) that adversely affect the habitats they invade economically, environmentally, or ecolo...
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