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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> APWG <apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Park, Margaret E<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 15, 2021 4:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> apwg@lists.plantconservation.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [APWG] ARTICLE: Pennsylvania will fully ban sale of Japanese barberry by fall 2023<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='color:black'>Patrick Varine, The Tribune-Review, November 15, 2021 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='color:black'>Summary: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='color:black'>State agriculture officials have had it with Japanese barberry. After considering it previously in 2018, Pennsylvania officials have added the invasive shrub to their list of noxious weeds, and merchants will not be permitted to sell it by the fall of 2023. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='color:black'>Link to article: <a href="https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-will-fully-ban-sale-of-japanese-barberry-by-fall-2023">https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-will-fully-ban-sale-of-japanese-barberry-by-fall-2023</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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