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<span style="font-size:11pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Patrick Varine, The Tribune-Review, November 15, 2021</span> <br>

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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. </p>

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Link to article: https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-will-fully-ban-sale-of-japanese-barberry-by-fall-2023</p>

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