Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Division 70 - Plant Industries
Chapter 45 - Noxious Weed Rules
Section 2 CSR 70-45.005 - Noxious Weed List
Universal Citation: 2 MO Code of State Regs 70-45.005
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule specifies the plants considered to be noxious weeds.
(1) The director of the Department of Agriculture has the authority to designate, or remove, a weed species identified as a noxious weed.
(A) The noxious weed list includes the
following plants:
1. Canada thistle
(Cirsium
arvense L. Scop.);
2. Common teasel (Dipsacus
fullonum L.);
3.
Cutleaf teasel (Dipsacus
laciniatus
L.);
4. Field bindweed
(Convolvulus
arvensis L.);
5. Johnson grass (Sorghum
halepense L.);
6.
Kudzu (Pueraria
montana [Lour.]
Merr.);
7. Marijuana
(Cannabis
sativa L.);
8. Multiflora rose (Rosa
multiflora Thunb. ex Murr.);
9. Musk thistle (Carduus
nutans L.);
10.
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum
salicaria L. and
any hybrids thereof);
11. Scotch
thistle (Onopordum
acanthi-um L.);
and
12. Spotted knapweed
(Centaurea stoebe L., including all subspecies).
(B) The director will establish an
advisory group to provide input on other plant species to consider for
designation as noxious weeds that can directly or indirectly injure or cause
injury to crops (including agricultural and horticultural), livestock, poultry,
or other interests of agriculture. The advisory group may include
representation from those entities responsible for noxious weed management on
their lands or rights-of-way including, but not be limited to, federal, state,
county, municipal, university, horticulture, and agriculture groups or
agencies.
(C) The department will
maintain a list of noxious weeds and make it available to the public.
*Original authority: 263.190, RSMo 1939, amended 1979, 1992, 2011.
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