Washington Administrative Code
Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142)
SEEDS AND PLANTING STOCK CERTIFICATION
Chapter 16-302 - General rules for seed certification
Part 1 - PERMANENT MIXING/LOADING SITE
Section 16-302-100 - Seed certification-Prohibited noxious weed seed

Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 16-302-100
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024

The following are considered prohibited noxious weeds for the purpose of seed certification.

ENGLISH OR COMMON NAME BOTANICAL OR SCIENTIFIC NAME
Austrian fieldcress Rorippa austriaca
Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Hedge bindweed Calystegia spp.
Camelthorn Alhagi maurorum
Canada thistle Cirsium arvense
Dodder Cuscuta spp.
Hairy whitetop Lepidium appelianum
Hoary cress Lepidium draba
Jointed goatgrass and jointed goatgrass hybrids Aegilops cylindrica
Leafy spurge Euphorbia esula
Palmers amaranth Amaranthus palmeri
Perennial pepperweed Lepidium latifolium
Perennial sowthistle Sonchus arvensis
Quackgrass Elymus repens
Knapweed complex
Bighead Centaurea macrocephala
Vochin Centaurea nigrescens
Black Centaurea nigra
Brown Centaurea jacea
Diffuse Centaurea diffusa
Meadow Centaurea x moncktonii
Russian Rhaponticum repens
Spotted Centaurea stoebe subsp. australis
Purple starthistle Centaurea calcitrapa
Yellow starthistle Centaurea solstitialis
Serrated tussock Nassella trichotoma
Silverleaf nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Sorghum perennial such as, but not limited to, johnson-grass, sorghum almum, and perennial sweet sudangrass Sorghum spp.
Tansy ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Yellow-flowering skeleton weed Chondrilla juncea
White cockle Silene latifolia (only in timothy)
Bladder campion Silene vulgaris (only in timothy)
Lepyrodiclis Lepyrodicilis holsteoides
Velvetleaf Abutilon theophrasti

Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.49 RCW. 09-16-006, § 16-302-100, filed 7/22/09, effective 8/22/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-302-100, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.

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