Invasive Plant Rules in New Jersey (2026)

Hackensack has banned running bamboo outright. Since October 1, 2022, Section 162-3 of the City Code makes it unlawful…

In the City of Hoboken, planting running or clumping bamboo on any property is banned outright under Section 136-3B. An…

Village of Ridgewood Code Sec. 260-5H flatly bans planting running bamboo, phyllostachys aureosulcata or any bamboo of…

Wayne Township forbids new bamboo plantings. Existing bamboo on residential property must stay out of a Buffer Zone of…

Woodbridge Township prohibits planting any native or non-native bamboo directly in the ground anywhere in the Township…

Brick Township treats running bamboo as a regulated invasive plant: new in-ground plantings are strictly prohibited…

East Brunswick Township bans planting, growing, maintaining or cultivating bamboo on any property in the Township…

Edison bans planting or growing running bamboo in the ground township-wide, allowing it only in fully contained…

Hamilton Township bans planting or maintaining bamboo within 40 feet of the edge of any public roadway, and requires…

Piscataway Township does not ban bamboo outright, but any bamboo planted directly in the ground on a property triggers…

The Town of West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey, bans planting, cultivating or growing bamboo on any lot unless…

In Bloomfield Township, all native and non-native bamboo, running or clumping, is an invasive plant under Chapter 423…

In Howell Township, § 180-2(B) defines all native and non-native bamboo, running or clumping, as an invasive plant. The…

Brick Township prohibits all new in-ground plantings of invasive species like bamboo, kudzu and multiflora rose…

Wayne Township bans new plantings of Japanese knotweed, Tree of Heaven and all types of bamboo. Dead or removed plants…

In the City of East Orange, § 51-193N(2) of the Land Use Chapter names Mulberry, Wild cherry and Sumac, called 'stink…

Old Bridge Township bars planting, cultivating or growing invasive plants under Code § 457-19 unless the roots are…

In the City of Plainfield, ragweed and poison ivy are declared a nuisance detrimental to public health, and no owner…

Article III of Chapter 423 of the Bloomfield Township Code names specific invasive plants, from Canadian thistle to…

When Elizabeth residents remove a tree with a DBH of 2.5 inches (street trees) or 6 inches per acre (other trees)…

Hamilton Township requires landowners to control invasive plants such as running bamboo, ragweed, multiflora rose…

Howell Township Code § 180-2 names Canadian thistle, Eurasian watermilfoil, garlic mustard, Japanese knotweed, Japanese…

Newark's landscaping code bans ten specific tree varieties outright and layers on a second, broader prohibition…

In the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, ragweed and poison ivy are declared a public health nuisance on any public or…

Toms River Township requires every property owner to control invasive plants, defined by Township Code § 340-2 as vines…

Long Branch's West End Design Overlay (WEDO) District landscape standard requires infill development in the West End…

Village of Ridgewood Code Sec. 260-2 names twelve tree species, from black locust to tree of heaven, as invasive in the…

Jersey City's native-plants ordinance lets any homeowner install and keep a managed natural landscape - a rain garden…

Hackensack outlaws ailanthus altissima, the invasive tree of heaven. Since October 1, 2022, Section 162-3 makes it…

Newark's zoning code flatly bans planting Ailanthus altissima, the tree of heaven, anywhere a site plan or subdivision…