Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0080 - Department of Agriculture
Subtitle 0080-05 - Markets
Chapter 0080-05-06 - Seed
Section 0080-05-06-.07 - NOXIOUS-WEED SEEDS
Current through September 24, 2024
The following kinds of weed seed are designated noxious in Tennessee and the maximum permitted rate of occurrence per pound or agricultural or vegetable seed is established.
(1) Prohibited Noxious-Weed seed shall include:
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Balloonvine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) |
None per pound |
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Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) |
None per pound |
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Crotalaria (Crotalaris spectabilis) |
None per pound |
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Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) |
None per pound |
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Hedge Bindweed (Convolvulus sepium) |
None per pound |
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Itchgrass (Rottboelia exaltata) |
None per pound |
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Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) |
None per pound |
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Nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus and C. esculentus) |
None per pound |
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Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) |
None per pound |
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Sorghum Almum (Sorghum almum) |
None per pound |
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Sicklepod (Cassia obtusifolia) |
None per pound |
(2) Restricted Noxious-Weed seed shall include:
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Buckhorn Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) |
200 per pound |
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Cheat (Bromus secalinus) or Chess (B. commutatus) |
300 per pound |
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Cocklebur (Xanthiurn spp.) |
2 per pound |
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CorncockIe (Agrostemma githago) |
100 per pound |
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Darnel (Loliurn temulentum) |
100 per pound |
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Dock (Rumex spp.) |
100 per pound |
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Dodder (Cuscuta spp.) |
100 per pound |
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Giant Foxtail (Setaria faberi) |
100 per pound |
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Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) |
200 per pound |
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Quackgrass (Agropyron repens) |
100 per pound |
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Wild Mustard or Turnips (Brassica spp.) |
27 per pound |
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Wild Onion or Garlic (Alliurn spp.) |
27 per pound |
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Plumeless thistles, includes Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle, and Curled Thistle (Carduus spp.) |
100 per pound |
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Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua) |
300 per pound Lawn and turf seed only |
(3) Annual Bluegrass shall be claimed on the label if present in lawn and turf seed such as, bentgrass, Ky. bluegrass, chewings fescue, red fescue, hard fescue, varieties of perennial ryegrass, varieties of turf type tall fescue, and/or mixtures containing these grasses.
(4) Agricultural seed which contain in excess of a sum total of 300 restricted noxious-weed seed per pound (subject to above limitations) is prohibited from sale in Tennessee.
(5) Exceptions:
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-203, 43-928, 43-10-114, and Public Chapter 660 of 1986.
