1. (a) Class A Noxious Weeds. The North Carolina Board of Agriculture hereby establishes the following list of Class A Noxious Weeds:

   1. (1) All weeds listed in 7 C.F.R. 360.200 which is hereby incorporated by reference including subsequent amendments and editions. A full list of Federal Noxious Weeds may be found at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_07/7cfr360_07.html;
   2. (2) Elodea, African – Lagarosiphon spp. (all species);
   3. (3) Fern, Water – Salvinia spp. (all except S. minima);
   4. (4) Floating Heart, Crested – Nymhoides cristata;
   5. (5) Floating Heart, Yellow – Nymphoides peltata;
   6. (6) Stonecrop, Swamp – Crassula helmsii;
   7. (7) Water-chestnut – Trappa spp.; and
   8. (8) Water Snowflake – Nymphoides indica.

2. (b) Class B Noxious Weeds. The North Carolina Board of Agriculture hereby establishes the following list of Class B Noxious Weeds:

   1. (1) Bushkiller – Cayratia japonica Thunb.;
   2. (2) Fieldcress, Yellow – Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Bess.;
   3. (3) Lythrum – Any Lythrum species not native to North Carolina;
   4. (4) Mile-a-Minute – Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross;
   5. (5) Puncturevine – Tribulus terrestris L.;
   6. (6) Thistle, Canada – Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.;
   7. (7) Thistle, Musk – Carduus nutans L.;
   8. (8) Thistle, Plumeless – Carduus acanthoides L.;
   9. (9) Vitex, Beach – Vitex rotundifolia L.f.;
   10. (10) Watermilfoil, Eurasian – Myriophyllum spicatum L.; and
   11. (11) Waterprimrose, Uruguay – Ludwigia hexapetala (Hook & Arn.) Zardini, Gu & Raven.
3. (c) Class C Noxious Weeds. The North Carolina Board of Agriculture hereby establishes the following list of Class C Noxious Weeds: Bittersweet, Oriental - Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

History Note: Authority G.S. 106-420;
Eff. December 1, 1991;
Amended Eff. October 1, 2011; February 1, 2009; April 1, 2003; February 1, 1996; June 1, 1994;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 24, 2019.