25 NAC 10-001. Designation and Publication of Noxious Weeds

001 Designation and Publication of Noxious Weeds. The following weeds are hereby officially designated and published as noxious: Canada thistle - Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.; leafy spurge - Euphorbia esula L.; musk thistle - Carduus nutans L.; plumeless thistle - Carduus acanthoides L.: knapweed (spotted and diffuse) - Centaurea (maculosa Lam. and diffusa Lam.); Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria L. and L.virgatum (including any cultivars and hybrids) saltcedar - Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb; Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica including all cultivars and hybrids); and giant knotweed (Fallopia sachalinenis including all cultivars and hybrids); sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneate G. Don) and phragmites australis, subspecies australis. Noxious weed shall mean the plant, seed, or seedlings of such weeds.