The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has imposed an exterior quarantine on items that could carry Elongate Hemlock Scale (EHS). An exterior quarantine restrict imports of some plant products from areas infested with EHS.
Areas Covered by the Quarantine
The quarantine applies to the entire states Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia; and the District of Columbia.
Items Covered by the Quarantine
Any living life stage of Elongate Hemlock Scale and the plants or plant parts, materials originate from or have been exposed to the environment in any infested area that includes cut Christmas trees, nursery stock, branches, wreaths or décor of the following species: Conifer plants or plant parts of the plant of the following taxa: Fir (Abies spp.), Oriental Arbor-vitae (Biota orientalis), Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis), needle juniper (Juniperus rigida), Cedar (Cedrus spp.), Noraway Spruce (Picea spp.), Pine (Pinus spp.), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), Canadian hemlock (Tsuga
spp.), and English yew or European yew (Taxus spp).
Exceptions
Individual shipments of conifer nursery stock or other hemlock and fir products from the regulated area may enter Wisconsin if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate from the state of origin certifying inspection and, if needed, treatment.
Conifer products may also be exempt from the quarantine if importing nurseries or other businesses set up a compliance agreement with DATCP. The agreement must document the source, date, size, method, and frequency of hemlock shipments, as well as import conditions that effectively prevent the spread of EHS.
<<Back to main Elongate Hemlock Scale page