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Prohibited Plants in SCA, effective 1/1/2023

Common name             Scientific name

Mulberry                         Morus alba

Common olive*              Olea europaea

Desert broom                 Baccharis sarothroides

Centennial broom           Bacharis xCentennial (female hybrid)

Thompson broom           Bacharis xStarn (male hybrid)

Tamarisk, salt cedar       Tamarix

All grass/sod 

“Water-thirsty” trees, such as but not limited to silver maple, sugar maple, tulip trees, aspens, and weeping willow trees, are prohibited. 

*except for ‘Majestic Beauty’, ‘Swan Hill’, ‘Wilsonii’, or other fruitless varieties, with approval by the Sub-ARC.