Ohio Admin. Code 901:5-37-01 - Prohibited noxious weeds

The following plants are hereby designated "prohibited noxious weeds":

(A) Shatter cane (Sorghum bicolor).
(B) Russian thistle (Salsola tragusKali var. tenuifolia).
(C) Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense).
(D) Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa).
(E) Grapevines (Vitis spp.), when growing in groups of one hundred or more and not pruned, sprayed, cultivated, or otherwise maintained for two consecutive years.
(F) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense).
(G) Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum).
(H) Cressleaf groundsel (Senecio glabellus).
(I) Musk thistle (Carduus nutans).
(J) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).
(K) Mile-A-Minute Weed (Persicaria perfoliatePolygonum perfoliatum).
(L) Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum).
(M) Apple of Peru (Nicandra physalodes).
(N) Marestail (Conyza canadensis)
(O) Kochia (Bassia scoparia).
(P) Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri).
(Q) Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata).
(R) Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonicaPolygonum cuspidatum).
(S) Yellow Groove Bamboo (Phyllostachys aureasculata), when the plant has spread from its original premise of planting and is not being maintained.
(T) Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).
(U) Heart-podded hoary cress (Lepidium draba sub. draba).
(V) Hairy whitetop or ballcress ( Lepidium appelianum).
(W) Perennial sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis).
(X) Russian knapweed (Acroptilon Rhaponticum repens).
(Y) Leafy Cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias esula).
(Z) Hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium).
(AA) Serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma).
(BB) Columbus grass (Sorghum x almum).

(CC) Musk thistle (Carduus nutans).

(DD)(CC) Forage Kochia (Bassia prostrata).
(EE)(DD) Water Hemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus).
(EE) Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe).

Notes

Ohio Admin. Code 901:5-37-01
Effective: 2/16/2025
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 11/7/2024 and 02/16/2030
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 5579.04
Rule Amplifies: 5579.05, 5579.08
Prior Effective Dates: 10/15/1987, 02/05/1988, 06/30/1992, 11/21/1994, 01/25/2005, 03/26/2007, 11/12/2010, 09/14/2018

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