Noxious weed seeds as defined in the Virginia Seed Law, Article 1 (§ 3.2-4000 et seq.) of Chapter 40 of Title 3.2 of the Code of Virginia are divided into two classes:
Balloonvine - Cardiospermum halicacabum
Canada thistle - Cirsium arvens
Field Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis
Johnsongrass, Sorgrass and, Sorghum almum, and hybrids derived therefrom - Sorghum spp. - Perennial
Plumeless thistles, which includes Musk thistle, and Curled thistle - Carduus spp.
Quackgrass - Agropyron repens
Serrated tussock - Nassella trichotoma
Sicklepod - Cassia tora
KIND | LIMITATION | |
Wild onion bulblets and wild garlic bulblets - Allium spp. | 5 per ounce or 80 per pound for orchardgrass; 2 per ounce or 32 per pound for other kinds | |
Dodder - Cuscuta spp. | 4 per ounce or 64 per pound | |
Wild mustard - Brassica spp. - includes species when incidentally occurring in agricultural seed, provided that species listed in 2VAC5-390-50 and 2VAC5-390-90 may be sold as such when labeled as required. | 5 per ounce all or 80 per pound | |
Giant foxtail - Setaria faberi | 4 per ounce or 64 per pound | |
Radish - Raphanus spp. | 1 per ounce or 16 per pound |
Annual bluegrass | Poa annua | |
**Bentgrasses (creeping, colonial, velvet) | Agrostis spp. | |
**Bermudagrass, Giant bermudagrass | Cynodon spp. | |
**Meadow fescue | Festuca pratensis | |
Orchardgrass | Dactylis glomerata | |
**Redtop | Agrostis gigantea | |
**Rough bluegrass | Poa trivialis | |
**Tall fescue | Festuca arundinacea | |
Timothy | Phleum pratense | |
Velvetgrass | Holcus lanatus | |
**May be included as a labeled component of a mixture when in excess of 5.0% of the whole. |
NOTE - EXEMPTIONS - This chapter does not apply to restricted noxious weed seeds in grasses or mixtures clearly labeled for pasture, forage, hay, or spoilbank reclamation usage.
2 Va. Admin. Code § 5-390-20
Statutory Authority
§ 3.2-4001 of the Code of Virginia.