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Requirement

6. The plant lists: ten native, ten cultivated, five invasive

Required Often forgotten

By common name, growing near your home, plus five invasive non-natives with how they harm and how their spread is avoided or controlled without damaging people, wildlife or the environment. Requirement 8 refers back to these lists.

Notes and warnings

Note. Keep these lists: requirement 8 refers back to them, whichever option you choose, and asks for plants that are not already on them.

Where this step comes from

  1. Plant Science Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 6 · Carries the plant lists that requirement 8(C)(3) and requirement 8(B)(5)(C)(3) both refer back to.