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What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports, when you need to be authorised and plants that need passports.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Information about public access to military owned land.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Find out how to import species of bonsai to Great Britain from Japan and Korea, who you can import from, and what the quarantine rules are.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
How to deal with threats - like grey squirrels and rhododendron - to protect native species and habitats in woodlands.
Variety description forms for applications to add amateur vegetables to the national list.
Apply for a licence to take protected plants for science, education or conservation purposes and find out how to report your actions.
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