Lane County does not require homeowners to plant native species, and the noxious-vegetation code exempts nothing based on native status. In forest and riparian zones, however, indigenous vegetation is protected, and the county and OSU Extension promote natives for fire-wise and habitat landscaping.
There is no Lane County ordinance requiring residents to landscape with native plants, and general lawns and gardens are unregulated as to species (subject to the ten-inch noxious-vegetation limit and the invasive-species list, which bars tansy ragwort, thistle, and encroaching blackberry). Where the county does regulate vegetation type is in resource land: Lane Code Chapter 16 protects indigenous riparian vegetation within designated setbacks, and fire-siting standards in forest zones favor low, green, fire-resistant plantings. The county's road vegetation program and OSU Extension promote native and fire-wise plant selection, but as guidance, not a homeowner mandate.
No penalty for plant-species choice on ordinary residential land, except that listed noxious/invasive species are abatable nuisances. Riparian-vegetation removal violations are enforced under Chapter 16.
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