Can I Bring My Plants?

Moving to Wyoming

Can I bring my plants into Wyoming?

Wyoming wants an inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving on just about anything with roots, compost and sod included. Arrive without one and you tell the state and keep the plant aside until it's been checked.

  • Checked Oct 2026
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What Wyoming asks for

2 of these change depending on where you're leaving. Pick a state to see which.

Plant by plant

Houseplants (no outdoor soil)

Conditional

  • Certificate

Potted plants count here, so your houseplant needs an inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving. Turn up without one and you have to tell the state and hold the plant until it's checked.

You'd need: Inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving, travelling with the plants · If you don't have one, tell Wyoming it arrived and hold it until it's checked and released

Source & details
Any person shipping, selling or distributing nursery stock from out of state shall furnish with each shipment of nursery stock a plant inspection or health certificate stating that the nursery stock to be sold, offered for sale or distributed into Wyoming has been inspected and issued a plant inspection or health certificate by the state of origin.
All plants, rooted cuttings and plants with roots attached grown from bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes or other vegetative parts, whether produced out-of-doors or under glass and whether grown in open ground or in benches, boxes, pots or other containers;
Any person receiving directly or indirectly any nursery stock which is not accompanied by a valid shipping inspection certificate shall notify the department of the arrival of such stock, the kinds and amounts of the stock, and the name of the consignor, and shall hold the stock until inspected and released by the department.

Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · checked 14 Sep 2026

Houseplants in every state

Potted plants in soil

Conditional

  • Certificate

Anything grown in a box, pot or container counts. It needs an inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving, or you tell Wyoming it arrived and hold it until it's checked.

You'd need: Inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving, travelling with the plants · If you don't have one, tell Wyoming it arrived and hold it until it's checked and released

Source & details

Federal quarantines, depending where you are leaving

Imported fire ant (7 CFR 301.81): Leaving a fire ant quarantine area with soil, baled hay or plants rooted in soil needs a federal certificate or permit, attached to the container, wherever you're going. (NM's only county was deregulated in Aug. 2025.) Leaving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, or parts of Arkansas, California, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. 7 CFR 301.81 Imported Fire Ant: Federal Domestic Quarantine (California PQM 214)

Witchweed (7 CFR 301.80): Witchweed is regulated in a handful of Carolina counties, not the whole of either state. Leaving one of those with soil or plants that carry it needs a federal certificate or permit; the rest of the Carolinas, it doesn't apply. Leaving parts of North Carolina, South Carolina. 7 CFR Part 301 Subpart O: Witchweed (eCFR)

Golden nematode (7 CFR 301.85): Golden nematode is regulated in parts of a few New York counties, not the whole state. Leaving one of those with soil or plants that carry it needs a federal certificate or permit; the rest of New York, it doesn't apply. Leaving parts of New York. 7 CFR Part 301 Subpart R: Golden Nematode (eCFR)

Any person shipping, selling or distributing nursery stock from out of state shall furnish with each shipment of nursery stock a plant inspection or health certificate stating that the nursery stock to be sold, offered for sale or distributed into Wyoming has been inspected and issued a plant inspection or health certificate by the state of origin.
All plants, rooted cuttings and plants with roots attached grown from bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes or other vegetative parts, whether produced out-of-doors or under glass and whether grown in open ground or in benches, boxes, pots or other containers;
Any person receiving directly or indirectly any nursery stock which is not accompanied by a valid shipping inspection certificate shall notify the department of the arrival of such stock, the kinds and amounts of the stock, and the name of the consignor, and shall hold the stock until inspected and released by the department.

Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · checked 14 Sep 2026

Potted plants in soil in every state

Citrus trees

Depends

  • Certificate

This one depends on where you are leaving from. 2 states are treated differently from the rest.

From most states: A citrus tree is woody, so it counts. It needs an inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving, or you tell Wyoming it arrived and hold it until it's checked.

You'd need: Inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving, travelling with the plants · If you don't have one, tell Wyoming it arrived and hold it until it's checked and released

Source & details

Federal quarantines, depending where you are leaving

Citrus greening and Asian citrus psyllid (7 CFR 301.76): Citrus plants may not be moved interstate out of a citrus greening quarantine area unless a specific provision allows it. APHIS asks people not to mail or carry home-grown citrus plants out at all. Leaving Georgia, Florida, or parts of Alabama, California, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas. 7 CFR Part 301 Subpart N: Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid (eCFR)

Any person shipping, selling or distributing nursery stock from out of state shall furnish with each shipment of nursery stock a plant inspection or health certificate stating that the nursery stock to be sold, offered for sale or distributed into Wyoming has been inspected and issued a plant inspection or health certificate by the state of origin.
Any person receiving directly or indirectly any nursery stock which is not accompanied by a valid shipping inspection certificate shall notify the department of the arrival of such stock, the kinds and amounts of the stock, and the name of the consignor, and shall hold the stock until inspected and released by the department.
All field-grown, greenhouse-grown or collected wild stock of woody plants such as fruit, forest, windbreak, shade and ornamental trees, shrubs or vines for fruit production, ornamental or protective plantings and herbaceous perennials used as ornamentals;

Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · checked 14 Sep 2026

Citrus trees in every state

Other fruit trees

Conditional

  • Certificate

Fruit trees are named in Wyoming's rules. One needs an inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving, or you tell Wyoming it arrived and hold it until it's checked.

You'd need: Inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving, travelling with the plants · If you don't have one, tell Wyoming it arrived and hold it until it's checked and released

Source & details

Federal quarantines, depending where you are leaving

Spongy moth (trees and shrubs with roots) (7 CFR 301.45): A tree or shrub with roots needs a federal certificate or permit to leave a spongy moth quarantine area. Anything greenhouse-grown all year is exempt, so this is about what has been living in your garden. Leaving Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, or parts of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia. 7 CFR Part 301 Subpart E: Gypsy Moth (eCFR)

Any person shipping, selling or distributing nursery stock from out of state shall furnish with each shipment of nursery stock a plant inspection or health certificate stating that the nursery stock to be sold, offered for sale or distributed into Wyoming has been inspected and issued a plant inspection or health certificate by the state of origin.
Any person receiving directly or indirectly any nursery stock which is not accompanied by a valid shipping inspection certificate shall notify the department of the arrival of such stock, the kinds and amounts of the stock, and the name of the consignor, and shall hold the stock until inspected and released by the department.
All field-grown, greenhouse-grown or collected wild stock of woody plants such as fruit, forest, windbreak, shade and ornamental trees, shrubs or vines for fruit production, ornamental or protective plantings and herbaceous perennials used as ornamentals;

Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · checked 14 Sep 2026

Other fruit trees in every state

Nursery stock & shrubs

Conditional

  • Certificate

Shrubs, trees and anything else from a nursery need an inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving. Arrive without one and you tell Wyoming and hold them until they're checked.

You'd need: Inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving, travelling with the plants · If you don't have one, tell Wyoming it arrived and hold it until it's checked and released

Source & details

Federal quarantines, depending where you are leaving

Imported fire ant (7 CFR 301.81): Leaving a fire ant quarantine area with soil, baled hay or plants rooted in soil needs a federal certificate or permit, attached to the container, wherever you're going. (NM's only county was deregulated in Aug. 2025.) Leaving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, or parts of Arkansas, California, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. 7 CFR 301.81 Imported Fire Ant: Federal Domestic Quarantine (California PQM 214)

Spongy moth (trees and shrubs with roots) (7 CFR 301.45): A tree or shrub with roots needs a federal certificate or permit to leave a spongy moth quarantine area. Anything greenhouse-grown all year is exempt, so this is about what has been living in your garden. Leaving Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, or parts of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia. 7 CFR Part 301 Subpart E: Gypsy Moth (eCFR)

Witchweed (7 CFR 301.80): Witchweed is regulated in a handful of Carolina counties, not the whole of either state. Leaving one of those with soil or plants that carry it needs a federal certificate or permit; the rest of the Carolinas, it doesn't apply. Leaving parts of North Carolina, South Carolina. 7 CFR Part 301 Subpart O: Witchweed (eCFR)

Any person shipping, selling or distributing nursery stock from out of state shall furnish with each shipment of nursery stock a plant inspection or health certificate stating that the nursery stock to be sold, offered for sale or distributed into Wyoming has been inspected and issued a plant inspection or health certificate by the state of origin.
Any person receiving directly or indirectly any nursery stock which is not accompanied by a valid shipping inspection certificate shall notify the department of the arrival of such stock, the kinds and amounts of the stock, and the name of the consignor, and shall hold the stock until inspected and released by the department.
All field-grown, greenhouse-grown or collected wild stock of woody plants such as fruit, forest, windbreak, shade and ornamental trees, shrubs or vines for fruit production, ornamental or protective plantings and herbaceous perennials used as ornamentals;

Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · checked 14 Sep 2026

Nursery stock & shrubs in every state

Cut flowers & bouquets

Fine

Wyoming leaves cut flowers out by name, along with cut Christmas trees, seeds and seed potatoes. A bouquet needs nothing.

Source & details
These definitions do not include cut Christmas trees, cut flowers, seeds, seed potatoes or plant parts grown or offered for consumption as human food or as feed for animals.

Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · checked 14 Sep 2026

Cut flowers & bouquets in every state

Seeds & bulbs

Conditional

  • Certificate

Bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers count here, so they need an inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving. Seed isn't named either way.

You'd need: Inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving, travelling with the plants · If you don't have one, tell Wyoming it arrived and hold it until it's checked and released

Source & details
Any person shipping, selling or distributing nursery stock from out of state shall furnish with each shipment of nursery stock a plant inspection or health certificate stating that the nursery stock to be sold, offered for sale or distributed into Wyoming has been inspected and issued a plant inspection or health certificate by the state of origin.
All bulbs, corms, pips, rhizomes, tubers, roots, cuttings, scions, grafts or other vegetative parts of plants; and (D) All ground cover, including sod, plugs and vegetative mulches and compost.

Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · checked 14 Sep 2026

Seeds & bulbs in every state

Firewood

Conditional

  • Certificate

Leaving an area quarantined for spongy moth or Asian longhorned beetle, only certified firewood may be moved into Wyoming. From anywhere else nothing archived restricts it.

You'd need: Certification that the firewood is free of the quarantined pest

Because of: State firewood rules.

Source & details

Federal quarantines, depending where you are leaving

Gypsy moth (outdoor household articles) (7 CFR 301.45): Firewood counts as an outdoor household article. Moving it out of a gypsy moth quarantine area needs a certificate, or the self-inspection checklist from the "Don’t Move Gypsy Moth" program aid. Leaving Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, or parts of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia. 7 CFR Part 301 Subpart E: Gypsy Moth (eCFR)

it is illegal to move uncertified firewood into Wyoming

WY firewood rules, Don’t Move Firewood (The Nature Conservancy) · checked 2 Oct 2026 · the general rule is clear, this exact case isn’t spelled out

Firewood in every state

Hay & straw

Depends

This one depends on where you are leaving from. 6 states are treated differently from the rest.

From most states: You can bring hay and straw into Wyoming freely. Using it is the catch: many federal, state and local lands there require certified weed-free forage, inspected within a week of baling.

Source & details

Federal quarantines, depending where you are leaving

Imported fire ant (7 CFR 301.81): Leaving a fire ant quarantine area with soil, baled hay or plants rooted in soil needs a federal certificate or permit, attached to the container, wherever you're going. (NM's only county was deregulated in Aug. 2025.) Leaving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, or parts of Arkansas, California, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. 7 CFR 301.81 Imported Fire Ant: Federal Domestic Quarantine (California PQM 214)

Many federal, state, and local lands in Wyoming mandate the use of certified products.

Certified Weed Free Products, Wyoming Weed & Pest Council · checked 17 Sep 2026 · the general rule is clear, this exact case isn’t spelled out

Hay & straw in every state

Soil & compost

Conditional

  • Certificate

Wyoming names compost outright, along with sod and mulch, so it needs an inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving, same as the plants.

You'd need: Inspection or health certificate from the state you're leaving, travelling with the plants · If you don't have one, tell Wyoming it arrived and hold it until it's checked and released

Source & details

Federal quarantines, depending where you are leaving

Imported fire ant (7 CFR 301.81): Leaving a fire ant quarantine area with soil, baled hay or plants rooted in soil needs a federal certificate or permit, attached to the container, wherever you're going. (NM's only county was deregulated in Aug. 2025.) Leaving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, or parts of Arkansas, California, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. 7 CFR 301.81 Imported Fire Ant: Federal Domestic Quarantine (California PQM 214)

Witchweed (7 CFR 301.80): Witchweed is regulated in a handful of Carolina counties, not the whole of either state. Leaving one of those with soil or plants that carry it needs a federal certificate or permit; the rest of the Carolinas, it doesn't apply. Leaving parts of North Carolina, South Carolina. 7 CFR Part 301 Subpart O: Witchweed (eCFR)

Golden nematode (7 CFR 301.85): Golden nematode is regulated in parts of a few New York counties, not the whole state. Leaving one of those with soil or plants that carry it needs a federal certificate or permit; the rest of New York, it doesn't apply. Leaving parts of New York. 7 CFR Part 301 Subpart R: Golden Nematode (eCFR)

Any person shipping, selling or distributing nursery stock from out of state shall furnish with each shipment of nursery stock a plant inspection or health certificate stating that the nursery stock to be sold, offered for sale or distributed into Wyoming has been inspected and issued a plant inspection or health certificate by the state of origin.
All bulbs, corms, pips, rhizomes, tubers, roots, cuttings, scions, grafts or other vegetative parts of plants; and (D) All ground cover, including sod, plugs and vegetative mulches and compost.
Any person receiving directly or indirectly any nursery stock which is not accompanied by a valid shipping inspection certificate shall notify the department of the arrival of such stock, the kinds and amounts of the stock, and the name of the consignor, and shall hold the stock until inspected and released by the department.

Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · Wyo. Stat. Title 11, Chapter 9: Nursery Stock, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases · checked 14 Sep 2026

Soil & compost in every state

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