02 NCAC 48A .1702         NOXIOUS WEEDS

(a)  Class A Noxious Weeds. The North Carolina Board of Agriculture hereby establishes the following list of Class A Noxious Weeds:

(1)           All weeds listed in 7 C.F.R. 360.200 which is hereby incorporated by reference including subsequent amendments and editions. A full list of Federal Noxious Weeds may be found at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_07/7cfr360_07.html;

(2)           Elodea, African – Lagarosiphon spp. (all species);

(3)           Fern, Water – Salvinia spp. (all except S. minima);

(4)           Floating Heart, Crested – Nymhoides cristata;

(5)           Floating Heart, Yellow – Nymphoides peltata;

(6)           Stonecrop, Swamp – Crassula helmsii;

(7)           Water-chestnut – Trappa spp.; and

(8)           Water Snowflake – Nymphoides indica.

(b)  Class B Noxious Weeds. The North Carolina Board of Agriculture hereby establishes the following list of Class B Noxious Weeds:

(1)           Bushkiller – Cayratia japonica Thunb.;

(2)           Fieldcress, Yellow – Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Bess.;

(3)           Lythrum – Any Lythrum species not native to North Carolina;

(4)           Mile-a-Minute – Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross;

(5)           Puncturevine – Tribulus terrestris L.;

(6)           Thistle, Canada – Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.;

(7)           Thistle, Musk – Carduus nutans L.;

(8)           Thistle, Plumeless – Carduus acanthoides L.;

(9)           Vitex, Beach – Vitex rotundifolia L.f.;

(10)         Watermilfoil, Eurasian – Myriophyllum spicatum L.; and

(11)         Waterprimrose, Uruguay – Ludwigia hexapetala (Hook & Arn.) Zardini, Gu & Raven.

(c)  Class C Noxious Weeds. The North Carolina Board of Agriculture hereby establishes the following list of Class C Noxious Weeds: Bittersweet, Oriental - Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 106-420;

Eff. December 1, 1991;

Amended Eff. October 1, 2011; February 1, 2009; April 1, 2003; February 1, 1996; June 1, 1994;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 24, 2019.