[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 7, Volume 5] [Revised as of January 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 7CFR360.200] [Page 480-481] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 360--NOXIOUS WEED REGULATIONS--Table of Contents Sec. 360.200 Designation of noxious weeds. As authorized under section 412 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7712), the Secretary of Agriculture has determined that the following plants \1\ or plant products fall within the definition of ``noxious weed'' as defined in section 403 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 7702(10)). Accordingly, the dissemination in the United States of the following plants or plant products may reasonably be expected to have the effects specified in section 403 of the Act: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ One or more of the common names of weeds are given in parentheses after most scientific names to help identify the weeds represented by such scientific names; however, a scientific name is intended to include all weeds within the genus or species represented by the scientific name, regardless of whether the common name or names are as comprehensive in scope as the scientific name. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) Aquatic and wetland weeds: Azolla pinnata R. Brown (mosquito fern, water velvet) Caulerpa taxifolia (Mediterranean clone) Eichornia azurea (Swartz) Kunth (anchored waterhyacinth, rooted waterhyacinth) Hydrilla verticillata (Linnaeus f.) Royle (hydrilla) Hygrophila polysperma T. Anderson (Miramar weed) Ipomoea aquatica Forsskal (water-spinach, swamp morning-glory) Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume (ambulia) Melaleuca quenquinervia (Cav.) Blake (broadleaf paper bark tree). Monochoria hastata (Linnaeus) Solms-Laubach Monochoria vaginalis (Burman f.) C. Presl Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers. Sagittaria sagittifolia Linnaeus (arrowhead) Salvinia auriculata Aublet (giant salvinia) Salvinia biloba Raddi (giant salvinia) Salvinia herzogii de la Sota (giant salvinia) Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitchell (giant salvinia) Solanum tampicense Dunal (wetland nightshade) Sparganium erectum Linnaeus (exotic bur-reed) (b) Parasitic weeds: Aeginetia spp. Alectra spp. Cuscuta spp. (dodders), other than following species: Cuscuta americana Linnaeus Cuscuta applanata Engelmann Cuscuta approximata Babington Cuscuta attenuata Waterfall Cuscuta boldinghii Urban Cuscuta brachycalyx (Yuncker) Yuncker Cuscuta californica Hooker & Arnott Cuscuta campestris Yuncker Cuscuta cassytoides Nees ex Engelmann Cuscuta ceanothii Behr Cuscuta cephalanthii Engelmann Cuscuta compacta Jussieu Cuscuta corylii Engelmann Cuscuta cuspidata Engelmann Cuscuta decipiens Yuncker Cuscuta dentatasquamata Yuncker Cuscuta denticulata Engelmann Cuscuta epilinum Weihe Cuscuta epithymum (Linnaeus) Linnaeus Cuscuta erosa Yuncker Cuscuta europaea Linnaeus Cuscuta exalta Engelmann Cuscuta fasciculata Yuncker Cuscuta glabrior (Engelmann) Yuncker Cuscuta globulosa Bentham Cuscuta glomerata Choisy Cuscuta gronovii Willdenow Cuscuta harperi Small Cuscuta howelliana Rubtzoff Cuscuta indecora Choisy Cuscuta jepsonii Yuncker Cuscuta leptantha Engelmann Cuscuta mitriformis Engelmann Cuscuta nevadensis I. M. Johnston Cuscuta obtusiflora Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth Cuscuta occidentalis Millspaugh ex Mill & Nuttall Cuscuta odontolepis Engelmann Cuscuta pentagona Engelmann Cuscuta planiflora Tenore Cuscuta plattensis A. Nelson Cuscuta polygonorum Engelmann Cuscuta rostrata Shuttleworth ex Engelmann Cuscuta runyonii Yuncker Cuscuta salina Engelmann Cuscuta sandwichiana Choisy Cuscuta squamata Engelmann Cuscuta suaveolens Seringe Cuscuta suksdorfii Yuncker Cuscuta tuberculata Brandegee Cuscuta umbellata Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth Cuscuta umbrosa Beyrich ex Hooker Cuscuta vetchii Brandegee Cuscuta warneri Yuncker Orobanche spp. (broomrapes), other than the following species: Orobanche bulbosa (Gray) G. Beck Orobanche californica Schlechtendal & Chamisso Orobanche cooperi (Gray) Heller Orobanche corymbosa (Rydberg) Ferris Orobanche dugesii (S. Watson) Munz Orobanche fasciculata Nuttall Orobanche ludoviciana Nuttall Orobanche multicaulis Brandegee Orobanche parishii (Jepson) Heckard [[Page 481]] Orobanche pinorum Geyer ex Hooker Orobanche uniflora Linnaeus Orobanche valida Jepson Orobanche vallicola (Jepson) Heckard Striga spp. (witchweeds) (c) Terrestrial weeds: Ageratina adenophora (Sprengel) King & Robinson (crofton weed) Alternanthera sessilis (Linnaeus) R. Brown ex de Candolle (sessile joyweed) Asphodelus fistulosus Linnaeus (onionweed) Avena sterilis Linnaeus (including Avena ludoviciana Durieu) (animated oat, wild oat) Carthamus oxyacantha M. Bieberstein (wild safflower) Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retzius) Trinius (pilipiliula) Commelina benghalensis Linnaeus (Benghal dayflower) Crupina vulgaris Cassini (common crupina) Digitaria scalarum (Schweinfurth) Chiovenda (African couchgrass, fingergrass) Digitaria velutina (Forsskal) Palisot de Beauvois (velvet fingergrass, annual conchgrass) Drymaria arenarioides Humboldt & Bonpland ex Roemer & Schultes (lightning weed) Emex australis Steinheil (three-cornered jack) Emex spinosa (Linnaeus) Campdera (devil's thorn) Galega officinalis Linnaeus (goatsrue) Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier (giant hogweed) Homeria spp. Imperata brasiliensis Trinius (Brazilian satintail) Imperata cylindrica (Linnaeus) Raeuschel (cogongrass) Ischaemum rugosum Salisbury (murainograss) Leptochloa chinensis (Linnaeus) Nees (Asian sprangletop) Lycium ferocissimum Miers (African boxthorn) Melastoma malabathricum Linnaeus Mikania cordata (Burman f.) B. L. Robinson (mile-a-minute) Mikania micrantha Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth Mimosa invisa Martius (giant sensitive plant) Mimosa pigra Linneaus var. pigra (catclaw mimosa) Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Hackel ex Arechavaleta (serrated tussock) Opuntia aurantiaca Lindley (jointed prickly pear) Oryza longistaminata A. Chevalier & Roehrich (red rice) Oryza punctata Kotschy ex Steudel (red rice) Oryza rufipogon Griffith (red rice) Paspalum scrobiculatum Linnaeus (Kodo-millet) Pennisetum clandestinum Hochstetter ex Chiovenda (kikuyugrass) Pennisetum macrourum Trinius (African feathergrass) Pennisetum pedicellatum Trinius (kyasumagrass) Pennisetum polystachion (Linnaeus) Schultes (missiongrass, thin napiergrass) Prosopis alpataco R. A. Philippi Prosopis argentina Burkart Prosopis articulata S. Watson Prosopis burkartii Munoz Prosopis caldenia Burkart Prosopis calingastana Burkart Prosopis campestris Griseback Prosopis castellanosii Burkart Prosopis denudans Bentham Prosopis elata (Burkart) Burkart Prosopis farcta (Solander ex Russell) Macbride Prosopis ferox Grisebach Prosopis fiebrigii Harms Prosopis hassleri Harms Prosopis humilis Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott Prosopis kuntzei Harms Prosopis pallida (Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow) Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth Prosopis palmeri S. Watson Prosopis reptans Bentham var. reptans Prosopis rojasiana Burkart Prosopis ruizlealii Burkart Prosopis ruscifolia Grisebach Prosopis sericantha Gillies ex Hooker & Arnott Prosopis strombulifera (Lamarck) Bentham Prosopis torquata (Cavanilles ex Lagasca y Segura) de Candolle Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W. Clayton Rubus fruticosus Linnaeus (complex) (wild blackberry) Rubus moluccanus Linnaeus (wild raspberry) Saccharum spontaneum Linnaeus (wild sugarcane) Salsola vermiculata Linnaeus (wormleaf salsola) Setaria pallide-fusca (Schumacher) Stapf & Hubbard (cattail grass) Solanum torvum Swartz (turkeyberry) Solanum viarum Dunal (tropical soda apple) Spermacoce alata (Aublet) de Candolle Tridax procumbens Linnaeus (coat buttons) Urochloa panicoides Beauvois (liverseed grass) [48 FR 20039, May 4, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 25223, June 20, 1984; 57 FR 8838, Mar. 13, 1992; 60 FR 35832, July 12, 1995; 64 FR 12883, Mar. 16, 1999; 65 FR 33743, May 25, 2000; 66 FR 21060, Apr. 27, 2001]