Utah Admin. Code 68-8-2

Current through Bulletin 2024-20, October 15, 2024

Section R68-8-2 - Prohibited Noxious Weed Seeds and Restricted Weed Seeds

(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:

(a) contain, either in part or in whole, any prohibited noxious weed seeds:

(i) prohibited noxious weed seeds are the seeds of any plant determined by the department to be injurious to public health, crops, livestock, land, or other property and that are especially troublesome and difficult to control; and

(ii) Utah prohibited noxious weed seeds are indicated in Table 1; or

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

(b) contain restricted weed seeds in more than allowable amounts;

(i) restricted weed seeds listed in Table 2 shall be allowed in crop seed; and

(ii) shall not exceed a maximum of 27 seeds per pound, either as a single species or in combination.

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%.

Utah Admin. Code R68-8-2

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-13, effective 6/22/2023