PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: May 29, 2002.
Purpose: Amendment of existing rule to add a single species of nonnative, highly invasive plant (kudzu) to the quarantine list of species forbidden from sale or distribution in the state.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-752-610.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapters 17.24, 17.10, 15.13 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 02-09-098 on April 17, 2002.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 1,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
May 29, 2002
William E. Brookreson
Acting Director
OTS-5555.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 00-24-021, filed 11/28/00,
effective 12/29/00)
WAC 16-752-610
Noxious weed seed and plant
quarantine -- Regulated articles.
All plants, plant parts, and
seeds in packets, blends, and "wildflower mixes" of the following
listed species are regulated under the terms of this noxious weed
seed and plant quarantine:
| Scientific Name | Common Names |
| Abutilon theophrasti | velvetleaf |
| Alliaria petiolata | garlic mustard |
| Amorpha fruticosa | indigobush, lead plant |
| Anchusa officinalis | common bugloss, alkanet, anchusa |
| Anthriscus sylvestris | wild chervil |
| Carduus acanthoides | plumeless thistle |
| Carduus nutans | musk thistle, nodding thistle |
| Carduus pycnocephalus | Italian thistle |
| Carduus tenuiflorus | slenderflower thistle |
| Centaurea calcitrapa | purple starthistle |
| Centaurea diffusa | diffuse knapweed |
| Centaurea jacea | brown knapweed, rayed knapweed, brown centaury horse-knobs, hardheads |
| Centaurea jacea x nigra | meadow knapweed |
| Centaurea biebersteinii | spotted knapweed |
| Centaurea macrocephala | bighead knapweed |
| Centaurea nigra | black knapweed |
| Centaurea nigrescens | Vochin knapweed |
| Chaenorrhinum minus | dwarf snapdragon |
| Crupina vulgaris | common crupina |
| Cytisus scoparius | Scotch broom |
| Daucus carota | wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace |
| Echium vulgare | blueweed, blue thistle, blue devil, viper's bugloss, snake flower |
| Euphorbia esula | leafy spurge |
| Euphorbia oblongata | eggleaf spurge |
| Galega officinalis | goatsrue |
| Helianthus ciliaris | Texas blueweed |
| Heracleum mantegazzianum | giant hogweed, giant cow parsnip |
| Hibiscus trionum | Venice mallow, flower-of-an-hour, bladder ketmia, modesty, shoo-fly |
| Hieracium aurantiacum | orange hawkweed, orange paintbrush, red daisy flameweed, devil's weed, grim-the-collier |
| Hieracium caespitosum | yellow hawkweed, yellow paintbrush, devil's paintbrush, yellow devil, field hawkweed, king devil |
| Hieracium floribundum | yellow devil hawkweed |
| Hieracium pilosella | mouseear hawkweed |
| Impatiens glandulifera | policeman's helmet |
| Isatis tinctoria | dyers' woad |
| Kochia scoparia | kochia, summer-cyprus, burning-bush, fireball, Mexican fireweed |
| Lepidium latifolium | perennial pepperweed |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | oxeye daisy, white daisy, whiteweed, field daisy, marguerite, poorland flower |
| Linaria dalmatica spp.dalmatica | Dalmatian toadflax |
| Mirabilis nyctaginea | wild four o'clock, umbrella-wort |
| Onopordum acanthium | Scotch thistle |
| Proboscidea louisianica | unicorn-plant |
| Pueraria montana var. lobata | kudzu |
| Salvia aethiopis | Mediterranean sage |
| Salvia pratensis | meadow clary |
| Salvia sclarea | clary sage |
| Senecio jacobaea | tansy ragwort |
| Silybum marianum | milk thistle |
| Solanum elaeagnifolium | silverleaf nightshade |
| Solanum rostratum | buffaloburr |
| Soliva sessilis | lawnweed |
| Sorghum halepense | johnsongrass |
| Spartium junceum | Spanish broom |
| Tamarix ramosissima | saltcedar |
| Thymelaea passerina | spurge flax |
| Torilis arvensis | hedgeparsley |
| Ulex europaeus | gorse, furze |
| Zygophyllum fabago | Syrian bean-caper |
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.24, 17.10 RCW. 00-24-021, § 16-752-610, filed 11/28/00, effective 12/29/00; 98-13-008, § 16-752-610, filed 6/4/98, effective 7/5/98. Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.10 and 17.24 RCW. 92-07-025, § 16-752-610, filed 3/10/92, effective 4/10/92.]