Noxious weed definition

Noxious weed means a weed defined in 7-22-2101.
Noxious weed means a plant that when established is highly destructive, competitive, or difficult to control by cultural or chemical practices.
Noxious weed means any plant or plant product that can directly or indirectly injure or cause damage to crops (including nursery stock or plant products), livestock, poultry, or other interests of agriculture, irrigation, navigation, the natural resources of the United States, the public health, or the environment. Noxious weeds will generally possess one or more of the characteristics of being aggressive and difficult to manage, parasitic, a carrier or host of deleterious insects or disease, and being non-native, new to, or not common to the United States or parts thereof.

Examples of Noxious weed in a sentence

  • Noxious weed management may include grass seeding, equipment washing and herbicide spraying.


More Definitions of Noxious weed

Noxious weed means Canada thistle, leafy spurge, field bindweed, any weed designated as a noxious weed by the depart- ment of natural resources by rule, and any other weed the govern- ing body of any municipality or the county board of any county by ordinance or resolution declares to be noxious within its respective boundaries.
Noxious weed means a plant listed on the Thurston County noxious weed list adopted pursuant to RCW 17.10.090.
Noxious weed means any species of plant that the secretary shall
Noxious weed means a living stage, including, but not limited to, seeds and reproductive parts, of a parasitic or other plant of a kind that presents a threat to Washington agriculture or environment.
Noxious weed means any species of plant that the secretary shall declare to be a noxious weed in rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to this act;
Noxious weed means any plant which is highly destructive, competitive, or difficult to control by cultural or chemical practices, limited to those plants on the state noxious week list contained in Chapter 16-750 WAC and those regulated by Skagit County.
Noxious weed means any living plant, or part thereof, declared by the commissioner, after public hearing, to be detrimental to crops, other desirable plants, waterways, livestock, land or other property, or to be injurious to public health or the economy.