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Xylella Host Risk Levels

Last updated on: 06 January 2026

Xylella hosts

High Risk Xylella Hosts

Specific import requirements are set out in points 3, 4 and 5 of Annex 7 Part B of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 (the Phytosanitary
Conditions Regulations (PCR)).

  • Coffea
  • Polygala myrtifolia
  • Lavandula
  • Nerium oleander
  • Salvia rosmarinus (syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)
  • Prunus dulcis
  • Olea europaea

Medium-risk host list of Xylella fastidiosa

Specific import requirements are set out in point 2 of Annex 7 Part B of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 (the Phytosanitary Conditions Regulations (PCR)).

  • Acacia
  • Acer
  • Adenocarpus
  • Ailanthus altissima
  • Albizia julibrissin Durazz.
  • Alnus rhombifolia Nutt.
  • Amaranthus retroflexus L.
  • Ambrosia
  • Ampelopsis arborea (L.) Koehne
  • Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Maxim.) Trautv.
  • Ampelopsis cordata Michx.
  • Anthyllis barba-jovis
  • Anthyllis hermanniae L.
  • Arbutus unedo
  • Argyranthemum frutescens
  • Artemisia
  • Asparagus acutifolius L.
  • Athyrium filix-femina
  • Baccharis
  • Berberis thunbergii
  • Brassica
  • Calicotome spinosa (L.) Link
  • Calicotome villosa (Poiret) Link
  • Callicarpa americana L.
  • Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull
  • Carya
  • Castanea sativa
  • Catharanthus roseus
  • Celtis occidentalis L.
  • Cercis canadensis L.
  • Cercis occidentalis Torr.
  • Cercis siliquastrum L.
  • Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.)
  • Chenopodium album L.
  • Chionanthus
  • Cistus
  • Citrus
  • Clematis cirrhosa L.
  • Clematis vitalba
  • Clinopodium nepeta
  • Coelorachis cylindrica (Michx.)Nash
  • Coleonema album
  • Conium maculatum L.
  • Convolvulus cneorum L.
  • Coprosma repens A.Rich.
  • Cornus sanguinea
  • Coronilla valentina
  • Cortaderia selloana
  • Cytisus
  • Digitaria
  • Dimorphotheca ecklonis
  • Dimorphotheca fruticosa
  • Diospyros kaki L.f.
  • Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C.Jeffrey
  • Dittrichia viscosa
  • Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
  • Echinospartum lusitanicum
  • Echium plantagineum
  • Elaeagnus angustifolia L.
  • Elaeagnus x submacrophylla
  • Encelia farinosa A. Gray ex Torr.
  • Eremophila maculata (Ker Gawler)F. von Müller.
  • Erica cinerea
  • Erigeron
  • Eriocephalus africanus
  • Erodium moschatum (L.) L'Hérit.
  • Erysimum hybrids
  • Euphorbia chamaesyce L.
  • Euphorbia terracina L.
  • Euryops chrysanthemoides (DC.)B.Nord
  • Euryops pectinatus (L.) Cass.
  • Fagus crenata Blume
  • Fatsia japonica (Thunb.) Decne. & Planch.
  • Ficus carica L.
  • Frangula alnus Mill.
  • Fraxinus
  • Gazania rigens
  • Genista
  • Ginkgo biloba L.
  • Gleditsia triacanthos L.
  • Grevillea juniperina Br.
  • Grevillea rosmarinifolia
  • Halimum
  • Hebe
  • Helianthus
  • Helichrysum
  • Heliotropium europaeum L.
  • Hemerocallis
  • Hibiscus
  • Humulus scandens (Lour.) Merr.
  • Hypericum androsaemum
  • Hypericum perforatum
  • Ilex aquifolium L.
  • Ilex vomitoria Sol. ex Aiton
  • Iva annua L.
  • Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don
  • Jacobaea maritima
  • Juglans regia
  • Juniperus ashei J. Buchholz
  • Koelreuteria bipinnata Franch.
  • Lagerstroemia
  • Laurus nobilis L
  • Leucophyta brownii
  • Ligustrum lucidum L.
  • Liquidambar styraciflua L.
  • Lonicera
  • Lupinus aridorum
  • Lupinus villosus
  • Magnolia grandiflora L.
  • Magnolia x soulangeana
  • Mallotus paniculatus (Lam.)Müll.Arg.
  • Malva multiflora
  • Medicago arborea L.
  • Medicago sativa L.
  • Mentha suaveolens
  • Melaleuca citrina
  • Metrosideros
  • Mimosa
  • Modiola caroliniana (L.) G. Don
  • Morus
  • Myoporum sp.
  • Myrtus communis L.
  • Nandina domestica Murray
  • Neptunia lutea (Leavenw.) Benth.
  • Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch.
  • Paspalum dilatatum Poir.
  • Pelargonium
  • Persea americana Mill.
  • Phagnalon saxatile (L.) Cass.
  • Phillyrea angustifolia L.
  • Phillyrea latifolia L.
  • Phlomis fruticosa L.
  • Phlomis italica
  • Phoenix reclinata Jacq.
  • Phoenix roebelenii O’ Brien
  • Pinus taeda L.
  • Pistacia vera L.
  • Plantago lanceolata L.
  • Platanus
  • Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.
  • Polygala x grandifolia nana
  • Prunus (Other than Prunus dulcis which is regulated as a high-risk
    host of Xylella)
  • Psidium
  • Pteridium aquilinum
  • Pyracantha coccinea
  • Pyrus
  • Quercus
  • Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.)
  • Retama monosperma
  • Reynoutria japonica
  • Rhamnus alaternus
  • Rhus
  • Robinia pseudoacacia L.
  • Rosa
  • Rubus
  • Ruta chalapensis
  • Ruta graveolens
  • Salix atrocinerea
  • Salvia sp. (Other than Salvia
  • Rosmarinus which is regulated as a high-risk host of Xylella)
  • Sambucus
  • Santolina sp.
  • Sapindus saponaria L.
  • Sassafras
  • Scabiosa atropurpurea var. maritima
  • Senecio inaequidens
  • Setaria magna Griseb.
  • Solidago fistulosa Mill.
  • Solidago virgaurea L.
  • Spartium
  • Stewartia pseudocamellia
  • Strelitzia reginae Aiton
  • Streptocarpus hybrids
  • Symphyotrichum divaricatum (Nutt.) G.L.Nesom
  • Syringa vulgaris
  • Teucrium capitatum L.
  • Thymus vulgaris
  • Trifolium repens L.
  • Ulex
  • Ulmus
  • Vaccinium
  • Viburnum tinus
  • Vinca
  • Vitex agnus-castus
  • Vitis
  • Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce
  • Westringia glabra R.Br.
  • Xanthium strumarium
  • x Chitalpa tashkentensis T. S. Elias &Wisura