shiuh Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 hi guys, i saw some really nice Hornwort with a hint of reds along the tips of the plants in the lfs. the problem is they dont want to sell them as it is illegal? just wondering is hornwort really a pest plant in NZ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted December 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 ok....just read some of the thread here myself....they are not allowed. pity...its a nice plant though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 It is a nationally banned plant-- illegal to posess or collect let alone sell. The pet shop are being naughty boys and girls. It grows like mad but is also brittle and breaks off the botom into moving masses. It used to be used to strip nutrient because it grows so fast but can be replaced with indian fern or mexican oak leaf. I have to confess I sold heaps of it to the pet shops before it was made a noxious weed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted December 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 yea..its a pity..its a really pretty plant. lfs shouldnt have it in their display tank...otherwise customers will start thinking it is okay to keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 There are NZ native ones which you can have. Am trying to grow these immersed at present with mixed success. Grows easy emmersed with just the feet in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 u mean myriophyllum propinquum? its not banned but its the same classification as Ceratophyllum demersum in terms of both been an class B Noxious weed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted January 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 are u sure they are legal to keep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Growing New Zealand Threatened Plants New Zealand Plant Conservation Network Would think that threatened plants are legal?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 This is the only information you need to reference to find out if you are allowed a plant. If it's not on the list it means you can have it. http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests-di ... accord.htm Just make sure you correctly identify the plant. The onus is on you to get it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 u mean myriophyllum propinquum? its not banned but its the same classification as Ceratophyllum demersum in terms of both been an class B Noxious weed. So if Myriophyllum propinquum and Myriophyllum triphyllum are NZ Natives as written here how can they be "Noxious B" as written here?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Read what is in the NPPA Manual. You will discover there is no such thing as Class B noxious plant any more. These terms have not been used for at least three years now. It's now called a 'Pest Organism'. There are also banned organisms on a separate list but it's quite hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Warren - is this the list you mean? If all the stuff on that list is forbidden then what about Vallisneria spiralis? This is readily available in a lot of fish shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Yes that's the list but not the NPPA manual - worth downloading. The list is still very new - September 2006 and some of the plants have only recently been classified. Shops are probably still unaware of the change. Biosecurity has not done a good job of making the information readily available to many groups and especially not the public. If you didn't happen to know the manual was called the NPPA you probably would not find it on the Biosecurity Website... How is the public meant to know if they don't make the information easily and readily available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 If you didn't happen to know the manual was called the NPPA you probably would not find it on the Biosecurity Website... How is the public meant to know if they don't make the information easily and readily available? Good question. One of many questions we have actually asked them when we had a visit from them recently after buying some plants from a former chaplain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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