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Addendum (E): Prohibited Plant List

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Addendum "E": Oro Valley Prohibited Plant List

1. Any species of tree or shrub whose mature height may reasonably be expected to exceed 25 feet, with the exception of those indigenous plants, listed in Addendum “C,” which may naturally exceed 25 feet.

2. Olive trees (Olea europaea), will be prohibited for reasons of their profuse production of allergy-producing pollen. However, the “Swan Hill Olive” and the “Wilson Hill Olive” varieties may be used due to its no-flowering non-pollen-producing status.

3. Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum) will be prohibited as a defined weed with the potential to spread throughout the Town and become a fire hazard.

4. Common Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon) will be prohibited as a defined weed and for its profuse production of allergy-producing pollen.

5. Mexican Palo Verde (Parkinsonia aculeata) will be prohibited as harborer of pests and for its ability to spread throughout the Town, thereby altering the present natural desert.

6. Mulberry Trees (Morus) will be prohibited as noxious pollen producers.

7. Desert Broom (Baccharis sarothroides) will be prohibited as a defined weed with the potential to spread throughout the Town.

8. Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) will be prohibited as a defined weed and fire hazard with the potential to spread throughout the Town.

9. Red Brome (Bromus rubens) will be prohibited as a defined weed and fire hazard with the potential to spread throughout the Town.

10. Lehmann Lovegrass (Eragrostis) will be prohibited as a defined weed with the potential to spread throughout the Town.

11. Malta starthistle (Centaurea melitensis) will be prohibited as a defined weed with the potential to spread throughout the Town.

12. Sahara (African) mustard (Brassica tournefortil) will be prohibited as a defined weed with the potential to spread throughout the Town.

13. Saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima and aphylla) will be prohibited as an invasive tree with the potential to spread throughout the Town.

14. African Sumac (Rhus lancea) will be prohibited as an invasive tree with the potential to spread throughout the Town.

15. Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) will be prohibited as an invasive tree with the potential to spread throughout the Town.