W. Va. Code R. § 61-14A-5

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 61-14A-5 - Declaration of Noxious Weeds

5.1. Surveys have shown that the following plants are a detriment to agriculture in West Virginia and are hereby declared to be noxious weeds: Johnson Grass, Sorghum halepense (L.); Plumeless Thistle, Carduus acanthoides (L.); Curled Thistle C. crispus (L.); Musk Thistle, C. nutans (L.); Mile-a-minute, Polygonum perfoliatum; Japanese Knotweed, P. cuspidatum; Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria; Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima; Autumn Olive, Elaeagnus umbellate (Thunb.); Japanese Stiltgrass, Microstegium vimineum; Tartarian Honeysuckle, Lonicera tartarica; Morrow's Honeysuckle, L. Morrowii; Poison Hemlock Conium maculatum; and Kudzu, Pueraria thunbergiana (S and Z) Benth.

5.2. Japanese Barberry, Berberis thunbergii DC, is hereby declared to be a noxious weed. However, the Commissioner of Agriculture may exempt certain cultivated varieties of Japanese Barberry upon determination that those varieties are sterile and pose no threat to agriculture in West Virginia.

5.3. This section is reserved for narcotic drug producing plants (as defined under Title 21, USC Section 802) other than those listed in the West Virginia Noxious Weed Act. (W. Va. Code § 19-12D-7)

5.4. West Virginia adopts the Federal Noxious Weed List of the Federal Noxious Weed Act [Public Law 93-629(7 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.; 88 Stat. 2148)] as an extension of the West Virginia Noxious Weed list. The Federal Noxious Weed List (Appendix A) will be regulated by the West Virginia Noxious Weed Act.

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