Noblesville encourages plant material 'normally grown in Central Indiana' that is 'capable of withstanding the extremes of individual site microclimates' under UDC § 159.183. Native plants are strongly supported by City Forestry and the Tree Board. Under Indiana DNR's Terrestrial Plant Rule (312 IAC 18-3-25, effective April 18, 2019), 44 invasive plant species are designated pests and are prohibited from sale, gift, barter, exchange, distribution, transport, or introduction anywhere in Indiana — including in Noblesville landscapes. The list includes Bradford/Callery pear, burning bush, autumn olive, Japanese honeysuckle, multiflora rose, common buckthorn, and tree of heaven.
UDC § 159.183 (Design Standards and Guidelines) sets the local landscape philosophy: 'Plant materials used in conformance with the provisions of this section shall be of good quality, disease and pest free at planting, and of a species normally grown in Central Indiana, and capable of withstanding the extremes of individual site microclimates.' Variety in compatible species is required. The City does not impose a strict native-plant percentage, but the 'normally grown in Central Indiana' standard effectively favors regional natives. Indiana's statewide Terrestrial Plant Rule (312 IAC 18-3-25), promulgated by the DNR under IC 14-24, designates 44 species as pests effective April 18, 2019, with full sale prohibition April 18, 2020. The 44 species include (partial list): autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata), burning bush (Euonymus alatus), Bradford/Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana), Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), Morrow's honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii), multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus), garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica), porcelain berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata), and Norway maple (Acer platanoides). Prohibited acts include selling, gifting, bartering, exchanging, distributing, transporting, or introducing any listed plant. Recommended natives for Central Indiana landscapes include serviceberry (Amelanchier), redbud (Cercis canadensis), oaks (Quercus alba, Q. rubra, Q. macrocarpa), tulip poplar, sugar maple, river birch, swamp white oak, prairie dropseed, little bluestem, butterfly milkweed, wild bergamot, purple coneflower, and Black-eyed Susan.
Selling, gifting, transporting, or planting any of the 44 listed invasive plants violates 312 IAC 18-3-25 and exposes the violator to enforcement by the Indiana DNR Division of Entomology and Plant Pathology — stop-sale orders for nurseries, civil penalties, and disposal orders. Landscape contractors who install banned species can be held liable. Existing plants in a homeowner's yard are not retroactively criminalized, but you cannot propagate, share, or move them. Violations of UDC § 159.183 plant-quality standards on a development site can block certificate of occupancy and forfeit the surety bond.
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