Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R68 - Plant Industry
Rule R68-8 - Utah Seed Rule
Section R68-8-2 - Prohibited Noxious Weed Seeds and Restricted Weed Seeds
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, offer, or expose for sale, or distribute in Utah any agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, and shrub seeds, or seeds for sprouting for seeding purposes that:
TABLE 1 PROHIBITED WEED SEEDS |
|
COMMON NAME |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
bermudagrass* |
Cynodon Dactylon* |
beancaper, syrian |
Zygophyllum Fabago |
bindweed or wild morning-glory |
Convolvulus spp. |
blueweed or vipers bugloss |
Echium Vulgare |
broom, scotch |
Cytisus Scoparis |
bugloss, small |
Anchusa Arvensis |
camelthorn |
Alhagi Maurorum |
cinquefoil, sulfur |
Potentilla Recta |
cogongrass |
Imperata Cylindrica |
crupina, common |
Crupina Vulgaris |
daisy, ox-eye |
Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum |
goatgrass, jointed |
Aegilops Cylindrica |
goats rue |
Galega Officinalis |
hemlock, poison |
Conium Maculatum |
henbane, black |
Hyoscyamus Niger |
hoary cress, globe-podded |
Lepidium Draba (Cardaria Draba) |
hoary cress, heart-podded |
Lepidium Chalepense (Cardaria Chalepensis) |
hoary cress, lens-podded |
Lepidium Appelianum (Cardaria Pubescens) |
houndstongue |
Cynoglossum Officinale |
knapweed, diffuse |
Centaurea Diffusa |
knapweed, Russian |
Centaurea Repens |
knapweed, spotted |
Centaurea Maculosa |
knapweed, squarrose |
Centaurea Virgata Subsp. Squarrosa |
knotweed, Japanese |
Polygonum Cuspidatum |
loosestrife, purple |
Lythrum Salicaria |
medusahead |
Taeniatherum Caput-medusae |
millet, spring |
Milium Vernale |
mustard, African |
Brassica Tournefortii |
mustard, elongated |
Brassica Elongata |
mustard, garlic |
Alliaria Petiolata |
pepperweed, perennial or tall whitetop |
Lepidium Latifolium |
phragmites or common reed |
Phragmites Australis ssp. |
puncturevine or goathead |
Tribulus Terrestris |
olive, Russian |
Elaeagnus angustifolia |
quackgrass |
Elymus Repens |
reed, giant |
Arundo Donax |
rocket, dames |
Hesperis Matronalis |
rue, African |
Peganum Harmala |
sage, Mediterranean |
Salvia Aethiopis |
saltcedar or tamarisk |
Tamarix Ramosissima |
skeleton weed, rush |
Chondrilla Juncea |
sorghum spp., perennial including johnsongrass and sorghum almum |
Sorghum spp., Sorghum Halepense, Sorghum Almum |
spurge, leafy |
Euphorbia Esula |
spurge, myrtle |
Euphorbia Myrsinites |
starthistle, malta |
Centaurea Melitensis |
starthistle, purple |
Centaurea Calcitrapa |
starthistle, yellow |
Centaurea Solstitialis |
st. johnswort |
Hypericum Perforatum |
thistle, Canada |
Circium Arvense |
thistle, scotch, or cotton |
Onopordum Acanthium |
thistle, musk |
Carduus Nutans |
thistle, plumeless |
Carduus Acanthoides |
toadflax, dalmatian |
Linaria Dalmatica |
toadflax, yellow |
Linaria Vulgaris |
ventenata or North African grass |
Ventenata Dubai |
vipergrass, cut leaf |
Scorzonera Laciniata |
woad, dyers |
Isatis Tinctoria |
* except for Washington country |
TABLE 2 RESTRICTED WEED SEEDS |
|
COMMON NAME |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
dodder |
Cuscuta spp. |
halogeton |
Halogeton Glomeratus |
oat, wild |
Avena Fatua |
poverty weed |
Iva Axillaris |
**restricted to 27 seeds per pound. |
(2) The maximum percentage of weed seeds by weight are listed in Table 3.
TABLE 3 |
|
WEED SEEDS BY WEIGHT |
MAX PERCENT |
cheat (Bromus Secalinus)* |
2% |
chess (Bromus Brizaformis)* |
2% |
Japanese brome (Bromus Japonicus)* |
2% |
red brome (Bromus Rubens)* |
2% |
downy brome (Bromus Tectorum)* |
2% |
*either as a single species or in combination in grass seeds. |
(3) For any weed seed not listed in Tables 1-3 in grass, flower, or tree and shrub seeds, the maximum percentage by weight allowed is 1%. For other kinds or types of weed seeds, the maximum permitted weight is .50%.