North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 48 - PLANT INDUSTRY › Subchapter A - PLANT PROTECTION › Section .1700 - STATE NOXIOUS WEEDS › Section 48A .1703 - REGULATED AREAS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Except as
				  permitted in
				  02 NCAC
				  48A .1705 and
				  48A .1706, the following is
				  prohibited:
(1) The movement of Beach Vitex
				  (Vitex rotundifolia L.F.) or any regulated article infested with Beach Vitex
				  from the following counties: Brunswick, Carteret, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, New
				  Hanover, Onslow, Pender;
(2) The
				  movement of Bushkiller (Cayratia japonica Thunb.) or any regulated article
				  infested with Bushkiller from the following counties: Davidson, Forsyth,
				  Mecklenburg;
(3) The movement of
				  Canada Thistle [Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.] or any regulated article infested
				  with Canada Thistle from the following counties: Ashe, Avery, Haywood,
				  Mitchell, Northampton, Yancey;
(4)
				  The movement of Class A, B, or C noxious weeds or any regulated article
				  infested with Class A, B, or C noxious weeds into North Carolina;
(5) The movement of a Class A noxious weed or
				  any regulated article infested with any Class A noxious weed is prohibited
				  within the state;
(6) The movement
				  of Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum L.) or any regulated article
				  infested with Eurasian Watermilfoil from the following counties: Halifax,
				  Northampton, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren;
(7) The movement of Mile-a-Minute (Persicaria
				  perfoliata (L.) H. Gross) or any regulated article infested with Mile-a-Minute
				  from that portion of Alleghany County East of Highway 113 beginning at the
				  Virginia border to the junction with Highway 18 and Northwest of Highway 18
				  beginning at the junction with Highway 113 all the way to the junction with
				  U.S. Highway 21 in Sparta and West of Highway 21 to the North Carolina border
				  with Virginia;
(8) The movement of
				  Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans L.) or any regulated article infested with Musk
				  Thistle from the following counties: Buncombe, Cleveland, Chatham, Gaston,
				  Henderson, Lincoln, Madison, Randolph, Rowan, Rutherford;
(9) The movement of Plumeless Thistle
				  (Carduus acanthoides L.) or any regulated article infested with Plumeless
				  Thistle from the following counties: Haywood, Jackson, Madison,
				  Watauga;
(10) The movement of
				  Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris L.) or any regulated article infested with
				  Puncturevine from the following county: New Hanover;
(11) The movement of any Lythrum species not
				  native to North Carolina or any regulated article infested with any nonnative
				  Lythrum species from the following counties: Forsyth, Watauga;
(12) The movement of Uruguay Waterprimrose
				  [Ludwigia hexapetala (Hook & Arn.) Zardini, Gu & Raven] or any
				  regulated article infested with Uruguay Waterprimrose from the following
				  counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Durham, Granville, Hyde, New Hanover,
				  Orange, Rowan, Wake, Warren;
(13)
				  The movement of Yellow Fieldcress [Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Bess.] or any
				  regulated article infested with Yellow Fieldcress from the following county:
				  Orange;
(14) The movement of
				  Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.) or any regulated article
				  infested with Oriental Bittersweet from the following counties: Alleghany,
				  Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson,
				  Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes,
				  Yancey;
(15) The sale or
				  distribution of any Class A or B noxious weed; and
(16) The sale or distribution of any Class C
				  noxious weed outside a regulated area.