WSR 18-24-010
PERMANENT RULES
NOXIOUS WEED
CONTROL BOARD
[Filed November 26, 2018, 4:52 p.m., effective January 1, 2019]
Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2019.
Purpose: The Washington state noxious weed list provides the basis for noxious weed control efforts for county and district weed control boards as well as other entities. This rule-making order amends chapter 16-750 WAC by:
•Designating Eurasian watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum, grass-leaved arrowhead, Sagittaria graminea, diffuse knapweed, Centaurea diffusa, and purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, in Mason County.
•Undesignating hoary alyssum, Berteroa incana, in Ferry County.
•Designating Brazilian elodea, Egeria densa, in Pacific and Snohomish counties.
•Designating butterfly bush, Buddleja davidii, in San Juan and Grays Harbor counties.
•Designating camelthorn, Alhagi maurorum, in Walla Walla County.
•Designating Dalmatian toadflax, Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica, in Cowlitz, Kittitas, and Franklin counties.
•Designating European coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara, in Adams, Lincoln, Benton, and Franklin counties (missed Grant County, will need to be added next year).
•Designating fanwort, Cabomba caroliniana, in Grays Harbor County.
•Designating hairy willow-herb, Epilobium hirsutum, in Walla Walla County.
•Designating houndstongue, Cynoglossum officinale, in Douglas and Franklin counties.
•Undesignating indigobush, Amorpha fruticosa, in Skamania County.
•Designating hawkweeds of the meadow subgenus (Pilosella) in Ferry County.
•Undesignating meadow knapweed, Centaurea x moncktonii, in Skamania and Clark counties.
•Undesignating spotted knapweed, Centaurea stoebe, in Skamania County.
•Updating five scientific names of noxious weeds: Kochia: Kochia scoparia to Bassia scoparia; leafy spurge: Euphorbia esula to Euphorbia virgata; Himalayan knotweed: Polygonum polystachyum to Persicaria wallichii; Russian knapweed: Acroptilon repens to Rhaponticum repens; and tansy ragwort: Senecio jacobaea to Jacobaea vulgaris.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-750-011.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 17.10 RCW.
Other Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 18-20-116 on October 3, 2018.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: A few proposed changes to the noxious weed list (chapter 16-750 WAC) were not adopted, namely:
•Undesignating Eurasian watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum, in Cowlitz County; designating Eurasian watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum, in Kittitas County except for the Columbia River.
•Undesignating Brazilian elodea, Egeria densa, in Cowlitz County.
•Undesignating hoary alyssum, Berteroa incana, in Spokane County.
•Undesignating nonnative hawkweeds species and hybrids of the wall subgenus (Hieracium) in Skamania and Clark counties.
•Undesignating nonnative hawkweeds species and hybrids of the meadow subgenus (Pilosella) in Skamania County.
•Undesignating spotted knapweed, Centaurea stoebe, in Clark County.
•Undesignating shiny geranium, Geranium lucidum, in Skamania County.
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 the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, 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.
Date Adopted: November 26, 2018.
Anthony J. Stadelman
Chairman
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 17-24-035, filed 11/29/17, effective 1/1/18)
WAC 16-750-011State noxious weed list—Class B noxious weeds.
 
Name
 
Will be a "Class B designate" in all
lands lying within:
(1)
blueweed, Echium vulgare
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
 
 
(b)
region 5, except Spokane County
(2)
Brazilian elodea, Egeria densa
(a)
region 1, except Grays Harbor ((and Pacific counties))County
(b)
region 2, except Kitsap ((and Snohomish counties))County
 
 
(c)
King County of region 2, except lakes Dolloff, Fenwick, Union, Washington, and Sammamish, and the Sammamish River
 
 
(d)
region 3, except Wahkiakum County
 
 
(e)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(3)
bugloss, annual, Anchusa arvensis
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6
(b)
region 5, except Spokane County
(4)
bugloss, common, Anchusa officinalis
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 6
(b)
All of region 4 except those areas lying within the Entiat River Valley between the Columbia River confluence and Stormy Creek in Chelan County
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Spokane County
(5)
butterfly bush, Buddleja davidii
(a)
Grays Harbor County of region 1
 
 
(b)
San Juan County of region 2
 
 
(c)
Cowlitz County of region 3
(6)
camelthorn, Alhagi maurorum
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, ((and)) 5, and 6
(((b)
region 6, except Walla Walla County))
(7)
common fennel, Foeniculum vulgare (except bulbing fennel, F. vulgare var. azoricum)
(a)
region 1, except Jefferson County
 
(b)
region 2, except King and Skagit counties
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Clark County
 
 
(d)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(8)
common reed, Phragmites australis (nonnative genotypes only)
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 4
(b)
region 5, except Grant County
(c)
Asotin, Columbia, and Garfield counties of region 6
(9)
Dalmatian toadflax, Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica
(a)
regions 1 ((and)), 2, and 3
(b)
((region 3, except Cowlitz County
 
 
(c)))
Adams, Kittitas, and Lincoln counties of region 5
 
 
(((d)))
(c)
Benton, Franklin, and Walla Walla counties of region 6
(10)
Eurasian watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum
(a)
region 1, except Pacific ((and Mason counties))County
(b)
Island and San Juan counties of region 2
 
 
(c)
Clark and Cowlitz counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
Chelan and Okanogan counties, and all lakes with public boat launches except Fan Lake in Pend Oreille County of region 4
 
 
(e)
Adams and Lincoln counties of region 5
 
 
(f)
Asotin, Columbia, and Garfield counties of region 6
(11)
European coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, ((and)) 4, and 6
(b)
region 5, except ((Adams, Grant, and Lincoln counties))Grant County
 
 
(((c)
region 6, except Benton and Franklin counties))
(12)
fanwort, Cabomba caroliniana
(a)
regions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
(b)
((region 1, except Grays Harbor
 
 
(c)))
region 3, except Cowlitz County
(13)
gorse, Ulex europaeus
(a)
region 1, except Grays Harbor and Pacific counties
 
 
(b)
regions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(14)
grass-leaved arrowhead, Sagittaria graminea
(a)
region 1((, except Mason County))
(b)
region 2, except Snohomish County
 
 
(c)
regions 3, 4, 5, and 6
(15)
hairy willow-herb, Epilobium hirsutum
(a)
regions 1, 3, and 4
(b)
region 2, except Thurston and Whatcom counties
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Klickitat County
 
 
(d)
((Asotin, Columbia, and Garfield counties of)) region 6, except Benton and Franklin counties
(16)
hawkweed oxtongue, Picris hieracioides
(a)
regions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
(b)
region 3, except Skamania County
(17)
hawkweed, orange, Hieracium aurantiacum
(a)
regions 1, 3, and 6
(b)
region 2, except Whatcom County
 
 
(c)
region 4, except Pend Oreille and Stevens counties
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Kittitas and Spokane counties
(18)
hawkweeds: All nonnative species and hybrids of the Meadow subgenus (Pilosella), including, but not limited to, mouseear (Hieraciumpilosella), pale (H. lactucella), queen-devil (H. glomeratum), tall (H. piloselloides), whiplash (H. flagellare), yellow (H. caespitosum), and yellow-devil (H. x floribundum)
(a)
region 1
 
(b)
region 2, except Thurston County
 
(c)
region 3, except Cowlitz County
 
(d)
((Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan counties of)) region 4, except Pend Oreille and Stevens counties
 
(e)
region 5, except Klickitat and Spokane counties
 
(f)
region 6
(19)
hawkweeds: All nonnative species and hybrids of the Wall subgenus (Hieracium), including, but not limited to, common (Hieracium lachenalii), European (H. sabaudum), polar (H. atratum), smooth (H. laevigatum), spotted (H. maculatum), and wall (H. murorum)
(a)
regions 1, 3, 5, and 6
 
(b)
region 2, except King, Skagit, and Whatcom counties
 
(c)
region 4, except Stevens County
(20)
herb-Robert, Geranium robertianum
(a)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(21)
hoary alyssum, Berteroa incana
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 6
(b)
region 4, except Pend Oreille ((County and those areas lying north of Highway 20 in Ferry County))and Ferry counties
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Klickitat County
(22)
houndstongue, Cynoglossum officinale
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
Chelan ((County))and Douglas counties of region 4
 
 
(c)
Yakima, Grant and Adams counties of region 5
 
 
(d)
Benton ((County))and Franklin counties of region 6
(23)
indigobush, Amorpha fruticosa
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 4
(b)
Lewis ((and Skamania counties))County of region 3
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Klickitat County
(24)
knapweed, black, Centaurea nigra
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
(25)
knapweed, brown, Centaurea jacea
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
(26)
knapweed, diffuse, Centaurea diffusa
(a)
region 1((, except Mason County))
(b)
region 2
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Cowlitz County
 
 
(d)
Adams County of region 5
(27)
knapweed, meadow, Centaureax moncktonii
(a)
regions 1 and 4
(b)
region 2, except Whatcom County
 
 
(c)
Thurston County of region 2, except below the ordinary high-water mark of the Nisqually River
 
 
(d)
Lewis and Wahkiakum counties of region 3((, except Cowlitz County))
 
 
(e)
region 5, except Kittitas and Klickitat counties
 
 
(f)
region 6, except Franklin and Walla Walla counties
(28)
knapweed, Russian, ((Acroptilon))Rhaponticum repens
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
Ferry and Pend Oreille counties of region 4
 
 
(c)
Lincoln, Spokane, and Whitman counties of region 5
 
 
(d)
Adams County of region 5, except for the area west of Highway 17 and north of Highway 26
 
 
(e)
Asotin and Garfield counties of region 6
(29)
knapweed, spotted, Centaurea stoebe
(a)
region 1, except Grays Harbor
(b)
region 2, except Whatcom County
 
 
(c)
Clark, Lewis, and Wahkiakum counties of region 3((, except Cowlitz County))
 
 
(d)
Ferry County of region 4
 
 
(e)
Adams, Grant and Yakima counties of region 5
 
 
(f)
region 6, except Columbia and Walla Walla counties
(30)
knotweed, Bohemian, Polygonum x bohemicum
(a)
Island County of region 2
(b)
Skamania County of region 3
 
 
(c)
region 4, except Stevens County
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Whitman and Yakima counties
 
 
(e)
region 6
(31)
knotweed, giant, Polygonum sachalinense
(a)
region 2, except King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties
(b)
region 3, except Cowlitz and Lewis counties
(c)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(32)
knotweed, Himalayan, ((Polygonum polystachyum))Persicaria wallichii
(a)
region 1, except Pacific County
(b)
region 2, except King and Pierce counties
 
 
(c)
Cowlitz, Lewis and Skamania counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
region 4, except Stevens County
 
 
(e)
regions 5 and 6
(33)
knotweed, Japanese, Polygonum cuspidatum
(a)
Island, San Juan, and Whatcom counties of region 2
(b)
Skamania County of region 3
 
 
(c)
region 4, except Okanogan and Stevens counties
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Spokane County
 
 
(e)
region 6
(34)
kochia, ((Kochia))Bassia scoparia
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
Stevens and Pend Oreille counties of region 4
 
 
(c)
Adams County of region 5
(35)
lesser celandine, Ficaria verna
(a)
Snohomish County of region 2
 
 
(b)
Skamania County of region 3
 
 
(c)
Pend Oreille and Stevens counties of region 4
(36)
loosestrife, garden, Lysimachia vulgaris
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(37)
loosestrife, purple, Lythrum salicaria
(a)
Clallam ((and)), Jefferson, and Mason counties of region 1
(b)
region 2, except Kitsap, Pierce, Skagit, and Snohomish counties
 
 
(c)
Clark, Lewis, and Skamania counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
region 4, except Douglas County
 
 
(e)
region 5, except Grant and Spokane counties
 
 
(f)
Columbia, Garfield, and Walla Walla counties of region 6
(38)
loosestrife, wand, Lythrum virgatum
(a)
Clallam and Jefferson counties of region 1
(b)
region 2, except Kitsap, Pierce, Skagit, and Snohomish counties
 
 
(c)
Clark, Lewis, and Skamania counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
region 4, except Douglas County
 
 
(e)
region 5, except Grant and Spokane counties
 
 
(f)
Columbia, Garfield, and Walla Walla counties of region 6
(39)
Malta starthistle, Centaurea melitensis
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
region 4, except T36 R38 in the area contained within Hwy 395/Hwy 20, Pingston Creek Road, and Highland Loop Road in Stevens County
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Klickitat and Whitman counties
(40)
parrotfeather, Myriophyllum aquaticum
(a)
region 1, except Pacific County
(b)
regions 2, 4, 5, and 6
 
 
(c)
Clark and Skamania counties of region 3
(41)
perennial pepperweed, Lepidium latifolium
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 4
(b)
region 3, except Clark and Cowlitz counties
 
 
(c)
Kittitas, Lincoln and Spokane counties of region 5
 
 
(d)
Columbia and Garfield counties of region 6
(42)
poison hemlock, Conium maculatum
(a)
Clallam, Mason, and Pacific counties of region 1
(b)
region 2, except King, Skagit, and Whatcom counties
 
 
(c)
Clark and Skamania counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
Chelan and Pend Oreille counties of region 4
 
 
(e)
Grant, Kittitas and Lincoln counties of region 5
(43)
policeman's helmet, Impatiens glandulifera
(a)
region 1, except Pacific County
(b)
region 2, except Pierce, Thurston, and Whatcom counties
 
 
(c)
regions 3, 4, 5, and 6
(44)
puncturevine, Tribulus terrestris
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens counties of region 4
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Grant, Klickitat, and Yakima counties
(45)
Ravenna grass, Saccharum ravennae
(a)
Cowlitz County of region 3
(b)
region 4, except Chelan County
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Grant and Yakima counties
 
 
(d)
region 6, except Benton County
(46)
rush skeletonweed, Chondrilla juncea
(a)
regions 1 and 3
(b)
region 2, except Kitsap County
 
 
(c)
region 4, except all areas of Stevens County south of Township 29
 
 
(d)
Kittitas and Yakima counties of region 5, and Adams County, except those areas lying east of Sage Road, the western border of Range 36
 
 
(e)
Asotin County of region 6
(47)
saltcedar, Tamarix ramosissima (unless intentionally planted prior to 2004)
(a)
regions 1, 3, 4, and 5
(b)
region 2, except King and Thurston counties
(c)
region 6, except Benton and Franklin counties
(48)
Scotch broom, Cytisus scoparius
(a)
regions 4 and 6
(b)
region 5, except Klickitat County
(49)
shiny geranium, Geranium lucidum
(a)
regions 1, 4, 5, and 6
(b)
regions 2, except Thurston County
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Clark County
(50)
spurge flax, Thymelaea passerina
(a)
region 4, except Okanogan County
(b)
regions 5 and 6
(51)
spurge laurel, Daphne laureola
(a)
region 1, except Clallam and Jefferson counties
(b)
region 2, except King, Kitsap, and Pierce counties
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Skamania County
 
 
(d)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(52)
spurge, leafy, Euphorbia ((esula))virgata
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 4
(b)
region 5, except Spokane and Whitman counties
 
 
(c)
region 6, except Columbia and Garfield counties
(53)
spurge, myrtle, Euphorbia myrsinites
(a)
region 1, except Clallam and Jefferson counties
(b)
region 2, except King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Whatcom counties
 
 
(c)
regions 3, 5, and 6
 
 
(d)
region 4, except Okanogan and Stevens counties
(54)
sulfur cinquefoil, Potentilla recta
(a)
region 1
(b)
region 2, except Pierce and Thurston counties
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Lewis and Skamania counties
 
 
(d)
Adams, Grant, Lincoln, and Whitman counties of region 5
 
 
(e)
region 6, except Asotin County
(55)
tansy ragwort, ((Senecio))Jacobaea vulgaris
(a)
Island and San Juan counties of region 2
(b)
Clark and Wahkiakum counties of region 3
 
 
(c)
regions 4 and 6
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Klickitat County
(56)
thistle, musk, Carduus nutans
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 6
(b)
region 4, except Douglas and Ferry counties
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Kittitas County
(57)
thistle, plumeless, Carduus acanthoides
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
(b)
region 4, except those areas north of State Highway 20 in Stevens County
(58)
thistle, Scotch, Onopordum acanthium
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
region 4, except Douglas County
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Spokane and Whitman counties
(59)
velvetleaf, Abutilon theophrasti
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 4
(b)
region 5, except Yakima County
(c)
region 6, except Franklin County
(60)
water primrose, Ludwigia hexapetala
(a)
regions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
(b)
region 3, except Cowlitz County
(61)
white bryony, Bryonia alba
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 4
(b)
region 5, except Whitman County
 
 
(c)
Benton County of region 6
(62)
wild chervil, Anthriscus sylvestris
(a)
regions 1, 4, and 6
(b)
region 2, except Island and Whatcom counties
 
 
(c)
Wahkiakum and Lewis counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Whitman County
(63)
yellow archangel, Lamiastrum galeobdolon
(a)
Clallam County of region 1
(b)
Island, San Juan, Skagit, and Whatcom counties of region 2
 
 
(c)
Skamania and Wahkiakum counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(64)
yellow floating heart, Nymphoides peltata
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 6
(b)
region 3, except Cowlitz County
 
 
(c)
region 4, except Stevens County
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Spokane County
(65)
yellow nutsedge, Cyperus esculentus
(a)
regions 1 and 4
(b)
region 2, except Skagit and Thurston counties
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Clark County
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Klickitat and Yakima counties
 
 
(e)
region 6, except Franklin and Walla Walla counties
(66)
yellow starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
region 4, except T36 R38 in the area contained within Hwy 395/Hwy 20, Pingston Creek Road, and Highland Loop Road in Stevens County
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Klickitat, and Whitman counties