{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/schedule-9/part-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/schedule-9/part-II.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/69",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/9/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "Plants",
  "text": "Common name\nScientific name\nAlexanders, Perfoliate\nSmyrnium perfoliatum\nAlgae, Red\nGrateloupia luxurians\nArchangel, Variegated Yellow\nLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum\nAzalea, Yellow\nRhododendron luteum\nBalsam, Himalayan\nImpatiens glandulifera\nCotoneaster\nCotoneaster horizontalis\nCotoneaster, Entire-leaved\nCotoneaster integrifolius\nCotoneaster, Himalayan\nCotoneaster simonsii\nCotoneaster, Hollyberry\nCotoneaster bullatus\nCotoneaster, Small-leaved\nCotoneaster microphyllus\nCreeper, False Virginia\nParthenocissus inserta\nCreeper, Virginia\nParthenocissus quinquefolia\nDewplant, Purple\nDisphyma crassifolium\nFanwort\nCabomba caroliniana\nFern, Water\nAzolla filiculoides\nFig, Hottentot\nCarpobrotus edulis\nGarlic, Three-cornered\nAllium triquetrum\nHogweed, Giant\nHeracleum mantegazzianum\nHyacinth, water\nEichhornia crassipes\nKelp, Giant\nMacrocystis angustifolia\nKelp, Giant\nMacrocystis integrifolia\nKelp, Giant\nMacrocystis laevis\nKelp, Giant\nMacrocystis pyrifera\nKelp, Japanese\nLaminaria japonica\nKnotweed, Giant\nFallopia sachalinensis\nKnotweed, Hybrid\nFallopia japonica x Fallopia sachalinensis\nKnotweed, Japanese\nFallopia japonica\nKnotweed, Japanese\nPolygonum cuspidatum\nLeek, Few-flowered\nAllium paradoxum\nLettuce, water\nPistia stratiotes\nMontbretia\nCrocosmia x crocosmiiflora\nParrot's-feather\nMyriophyllum aquaticum\nPennywort, Floating\nHydrocotyle ranunculoides\nPotato, Duck\nSagittaria latifolia\nPrimrose, Floating Water\nLudwigia peploides\nPrimrose, Water\nLudwigia grandiflora\nPrimrose, Water\nLudwigia uruguayensis\nRhododendron\nRhododendron ponticum\nRhododendron\nRhododendron ponticum x Rhododendron maximum\nRhubarb, Giant\nGunnera tinctoria\nRose, Japanese\nRosa rugosa\n. . .\n. . .\nSeafingers, Green\nCodium fragile\nSeafingers, Green\nCodium fragile tomentosoides\nSeaweed, Californian Red\nPikea californica\nSeaweed, Hooked Asparagus\nAsparagopsis armata\nSeaweed, Japanese\nSargassum muticum\nSeaweeds, Laver (except native species)\nPorphyra spp except -\np. amethystea\np. leucosticta\np. linearis\np. miniata\np. purpurea\np. umbilicalis\nStonecrop, Australian Swamp (otherwise known as New Zealand Pygmyweed)\nCrassula helmsii\nWakame\nUndaria pinnatifida\nWaterweed, Curly\nLagarosiphon major\nWaterweeds Waterweeds (except Nuttall’s Waterweed)\nAll species of the genus Elodea. All species of the genus Elodea, except Elodea nuttallii\nNote. The common name or names given in the first column of this Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken into account.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 repealed (S.) (2.7.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 17(8), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2012/175, art. 2(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Entries in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 added (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/609), art. 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 omitted (E.W.) (1.12.2019) by virtue of The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/527), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(3)(b)(i) (with art. 1(2)(4)) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1213, regs. 1, 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 added (17.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/320, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Entries in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 removed (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by virtue of The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/609), art. 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 omitted (E.) (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/236), arts. 1(b), 2(3); and words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 omitted (W.) (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 53(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 2 substituted (E.W.) (1.12.2019) by The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/527), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(3)(b)(ii) (with art. 1(2)(4)) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1213, regs. 1, 2(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/schedule/9/part/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:49.503545+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}