2024 List of Regulated or Illegal Aquatic Plants
Please help us protect our environment and the aquatic plant industry by not purchasing plants that are considered illegal or invasive in your state. Not all aquatic plant companies comply with federal and state regulated and illegal pond plant laws. Companies that do not comply, can cause invasive species outbreaks and ruin ecosystems. As a result, some states are now considering a ban of all aquatic plant sales as statewide law. Never release non-native aquatic plants into natural lakes, streams, or other waterways. We do our best to keep this list up to date, but plants are constantly being added to the growing list of illegal plants.
If you order a plant that is illegal for us to ship into your state, we will try to contact you by email to discuss suitable substitutions for the illegal plant you ordered. If we are unable to contact you, rather than hold up your plant order, we will substitute the plant with a similar plant that we are able to send to you legally.
NOTE: Not all illegal plants are listed here. We only list the illegal plants that we sell on our website. There may be other illegal plants in your state, but we do not include them, as we do not offer them on the site.
SUBMERGED/EMERGENT OXYGENATING PLANTS
Anacharis (E. Densa) - AL, AK, CT, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, ME, MI, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NY, OH, OR, SC, VT, WA, WI
Anacharis (Najas) - CA
Cabomba (C. Caroliniana) - CA, CT, ID, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, VT, WA, WI
Creeping Jenny (L. nummularia) - DE, MA, NH, NY: Long Island, Nassau County and Suffolk County, WI
Rotala Red (Rotala rotundifolia) - LA
Parrot's Feather (M. aquaticum) - AL, CO, CT, DE, ID, IL, IN, ME, MA, MI, MT, NE, NH, NM, NY, OH, OR, VT, WA, WI
Red Stem Parrot's Feather (M. brasillensis var Red Stemmed) - MI, NH
FLOATING POND PLANTS
Water Hyacinth (E. crassipes) - AL, AR, AZ, DE, LA, FL, ID, IL (City of Chicago), NE, PR, MS, SC, TX, WI
Water Lettuce (P. stratiotes) - AL, FL, LA, MS, OH, ME, SC, TX, WI
Water Lettuce Rosette (P. Rosette) - AL, FL, LA, MS, SC, TX, WI
Water Lettuce Curly Leaf Rosette (P. Rosette) - AL, FL, LA, MS, SC, TX, WI
Large Leaf Sensitive Fern (Aeschynomene fluitans) - CA, LA
Frogbit (L. spongia) - CA, WA
Salvinia (Salvinia spp.) - LA, TX, OH, OK
White Snowflake (N. Indica) - NC, LA
PERENNIAL HARDY BOG PLANTS
Aquatic For-Get-Me-Not (M. scorpioides) - CT, MA, NH, WI
Aquatic Mint (Mentha aquatica) - ID, WY
Bloody Dock (Rumex spp.) - OK
Cattail Dwarf (T. minima) - NH
Chameleon Plant (H. cordata variegata) - IL-City of Chicago
Creeping Jenny (L. nummularia) - DE, MA, NH, NY, WI
Four Leaf Water Clover (M. mutica) - OK, LA
Four Leaf Clover (M. quadrifolia) - CT, NH, OH, OK
Golden Creeping Jenny (L. nummularia 'aurea') - DE, MA, NH, NY, WI
Graceful Cattail (T. laxmannii) - NH, WI
Variegated Water Celery (O. javanica) - WI
Strawberries and Cream Ribbon Grass - IN, ME, MA, OH
Sweetflag (A. calamus) - DE
ANNUAL BOG/MARGINAL PLANTS
Banana Trees (Musa sp.) - HI, PR
Ornamental Rice (O. sativa) - HI,, SC
Taro All Varieties - HI, PR
Papyrus All Cyperus spp. - AZ, RI
Josephs Coat Rasberry Swirl (Alternanthera ficcodia) - OK
LILY-LIKE SURFACE PLANTS
Four Leaf Water Clover (M. mutica) - OK, LA
White Fringe Snowflake (N. indica) - LA, NC