Crack Down on Invasive Plants

[dogg57]

Toms River property owners need to watch what plants are growing in their yards, especially if it is a spreading species, such as bamboo, multi flora rose, kudzu or poison ivy or oak.
The Township Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday, Nov. 13, that requires property owners to keep vegetation within their boundaries or face costs for removal and fines. The amount of those fines governed under state law could not immediately be determined, but a 2002 letter that the state sent to judges showed that the maximum for violating municipal ordinances could be as high as $1,250.

http://tomsriver.patch.com/articles/toms-river-to-crack-down-on-invasive-plants

 

[Boyd]

And I thought there was only one kind of weed that was illegal to grow...

 

[Teegate]

I see Bamboo everwhere anymore.

 

[Gibby]

If homeowners were considerate and responsible this wouldn't have had to happen.

I wouldn't be at all bothered if New Jersey outright banned the sale and planting of spreading bamboo. The root mass of bamboo is no different than trying to break up concrete. If anyone has tried to remove old growth bamboo, they can understand why I despise the plant.