Arizona Administrative Code
Title 3 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - PLANT SERVICES DIVISION
Article 2 - QUARANTINE
Section R3-4-241 - Palm Pests
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. Definitions. In addition to the definitions provided in A.R.S. § 3-201, A.A.C. R3-4-101 and R3-4-01, the following term applies to this Section:
"Pest" means, notwithstanding the definition in A.R.S. § 3-201:
B. Area under quarantine. For the pest in subsection (A)(1):
C. Regulated commodities. All propagative parts of the following plants, except seed: Aiphanes lindeniana,
Allagoptera arendria,
Andropogon virginicus (Broomsedge),
Arenga engleri,
Borassus flabellifer (Palmyra Palm),
Caryota mitis (Cluster Fishtail Palm),
Caryota rumphiana (Giant Fishtail Palm),
Chelyocarpus chuco,
Chrysalidocarpus cabadae, syn. Dypsis cabadae (Cabada Palm),
Cocos nucifera (Coconut Palm),
Corypha elata (Buri Palm),
Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda Grass),
Cyperus spp. (Sedges),
Dictyosperma album (Princess Palm),
Eremochloa ophiuroides (Centipede Grass),
Gaussia attenuata (Puerto Rican Palm),
Howea belmoreana (Belmore Sentry Palm),
Latania spp. (Latan Palm),
Livistona chinensis (Chinese Fan Palm),
Livistona rotundifolia (Javanese Fan Palm),
Mascarena verschaffeltii (Spindle Palm),
Nannorrhops ritchiana (Mazari Palm),
Neodypsis decaryi, syn. Dypsis decaryi (Triangle Palm),
Pandanus utilis (Screw Pine),
Panicum purpurascens (Para Grass),
Panicum bartowense,
Paspalum notatum (Bahia Grass),
Phoenix canariensis (Canary Island Date Palm),
Phoenix dactylifera (Date Palm),
Phoenix reclinata (Sengal Date Palm),
Phoenix roebelenii (Pigmy Date Palm),
Phoenix rupicola (Cliff Date Palm),
Phoenix sylvestris (Wild Date Palm),
Phoenix zeylanica (Ceylon Date Palm),
Polyandrococos caudescons,
Pritchardia spp.,
Pseudopheoenix sargentii (Florida Cherry Palm),
Ravenea hildebrandtii,
Sabal mexicana (Rio Grande Palmetto),
Sabal palmetto (Cabbage Palmetto),
Stenotapphrum secundatum (St. Augustine Grass),
Sygarus romanzoffiana (Queen palm),
Syagrus schizophylla
Thrinax radiate (Florida Thatch Palm),
Trachycarpus fortunei (Windmill Palm),
Veitchia spp., and
Washingtonia robusta (Mexican Fan Palm), and
Zoysia spp. (Zoysia Grass).
D. Restrictions. The commodities in subsection (C) are prohibited from the area under quarantine unless the following conditions are met prior to shipment:
E. Disposition of commodity not in compliance. A regulated commodity shipped into Arizona in violation of this Section shall be destroyed or transported out-of-state by the owner and at the owner's expense.