WAC 16-301-045   Prohibited noxious weed seeds.  Prohibited noxious weed seeds are the seeds of weeds which when established are highly destructive, competitive and/or difficult to control by cultural or chemical practices. Seed is deemed mislabeled if the seed consists of or contains any of the prohibited noxious weed seeds listed below. For the purpose of seed certification, see WAC 16-302-100 for the list of prohibited noxious weeds.


ENGLISH OR

COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL OR

SCIENTIFIC NAME
Austrian fieldcress Rorippa austriaca (Crantz) Bess.
Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis L.
Hedge bindweed Convolvulus sepium L.
Bladder campion Silene vulgaris
(only in timothy-
Phleum pratense)
Camelthorn Alhagi maurorum
Canada thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
Hairy whitetop Lepidium appelianum
Hoary cress Lepidium draba
Jointed goatgrass Aegilops cylindrica
(only in small grain)
Knapweed complex
(including bighead, Centaurea macrocephala,
Vochin, Centaurea nigrescens,
black, Centaurea nigra,
brown, Centaurea jacea,
diffuse, Centaurea diffusa,
meadow, Centaurea jacea x nigra,
Russian, Rhaponticum repens,
spotted knapweeds Centaurea stoebe,
Purple starthistle) Centaurea calcitrapa
Leafy spurge Euphorbia esula L.
Lepyrodiclis Lepyrodiclis holosteoides
Perennial pepperweed Lepidium latifolium L.
Perennial sowthistle Sonchus arvensis L.
Quackgrass Elymus repens
Serrated tussock Nassella trichotoma
Silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium
Sorghum perennial such as, but Sorghum spp.
not limited to,

johnsongrass,
sorghum almum, and
perennial sweet

sudangrass
Tansy ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Velvetleaf Abutilon theophrasti
White cockle Silene latifloia
(only in timothy-
Phleum pratense)
Yellow-flowering skeleton weed Chondrilla juncea L.
Yellow starthistle Centaurea solstitialis L.




[Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.49 RCW. 09-16-006, § 16-301-045, filed 7/22/09, effective 8/22/09. Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.49 and 34.05 RCW. 02-12-060, § 16-301-045, filed 5/30/02, effective 6/30/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-045, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]