Alabama Administrative Code › Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES › MARKETING › Chapter 80-11-1 - SEED STANDARDS, TOLERANCES AND TREATMENT › Section 80-11-1-.06 - Noxious Weed Seed Prohibitions And Restrictions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) No agricultural, vegetable, flower, herb,
				tree or shrub seed for planting purposes shall be sold, offered for sale, or
				distributed within the State if the noxious weed seed per pound of seed tested
				is in excess of the following limitations:
(a) Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) -
				prohibited - none allowed.
(b)
				Hedge bindweed (Convolvulus sepium) - prohibited -none allowed.
(c) Nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus) - Prohibited
				- none allowed.
(d) Crotalaria spp.
				- prohibited - none allowed except Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea) - restricted -
				5 seed per pound.
(e) Balloon Vine
				(Cardiospermum halicacabum) -prohibited - none allowed.
(f) Cocklebur (Xanthium sp.) in seed which
				are certified by an officially recognized seed certifying agency, as defined in
Code of Ala. 1975
, §
										2-26-1(18),
				- prohibited - none allowed.
(g)
				Cocklebur (Xanthium sp.), in uncertified seed -restricted - 2 seed per
				pound.
(h) Blessed Thistle (Cnicus
				benedictus) - restricted -9 seed per pound.
(i) Moonflower or giant morninglory
				(Calonyction muricatum) restricted - 9 seed per pound.
(j) Wild Onion and/or Wild Garlic (Allium
				spp.)-restricted - 27 seed per pound.
(k) Wild Mustard and/or Turnip (Brassica
				spp.)-restricted - 27 seed per pound.
(l) Radish (Raphanus spp.) - restricted - 27
				seed per pound.
(m) Johnson Grass
				(Sorghum halepense) and/or Sorghum Almum and perennial rhizomatous derivatives
				of these - restricted - 100 seed per pound.
(n) Dodder (Cuscuta spp.) - restricted - 100
				seed per pound.
(o) Canada Thistle
				(Cirsium arvense) - restricted -100 seed per pound.
(p) Quack Grass (Agropyron repens)-
				restricted - 100 seed per pound.
(q) Docks (Rumex spp. except hastatulus) -
				restricted-100 seed per pound.
(r)
				Giant Foxtail (Setaria faberi) - restricted - 100 seed per pound.
(s) Darnel (Lolium temulentum) - restricted -
				200 seed per pound.
(t) Corncockle
				(Argrostemma githago) restricted - 200 seed per pound.
(u) Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)
				restricted - 200 seed per pound.
(v) Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum
				elaeagnifolium)-prohibited - 200 seed per pound.
(w) Buckhorn (Plantago lanceolata)-
				restricted - 200 seed per pound.
(x) Bracted Plantain (Plantago artistata) -
				restricted - 200 seed per pound.
(y) Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella) -
				restricted - 200 seed per pound.
(z) Bermuda Grass (Cynodon spp.) - restricted
				- 300 seed per pound.
(aa) Cheat or
				Chess (Bromus secalinus, B. commutatus) -restricted - 300 seed per
				pound.
(bb) Serrated Tussock
				(Nassella trichotoma) -prohibited - none allowed.
(cc) Goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) - restricted -
				9 seed per pound.
(dd) Sickle Pod
				(Senna tora) - restricted - 27 seed per pound.
(ee) Tropical Soda-Apple (Solanum viarum) -
				prohibited - none allowed.
(ff)
				Brunswick Grass (Paspalum nicorae) - restricted -300 seed per pound.