As a longtime resident of Virginia who cares about protecting our natural spaces, many of which have been overrun by invasive plants, I would encourage you to reform the process for the identification and sale of what is a noxious weed. I encourage you to eliminate the sale in Virginia of invasive plants. Perhaps we favor the claims of the horticultural industry too strongly. It costs thousands of dollars to clear one acre of invasive plants and yet, those plants are still permitted to be sold.