WEED DEPARTMENT

WEED DEPT.

 

Duties:

                               -County roadside weed control

                               -Noxious weed ordinance enforcement

                               -Landowner assistance for weed management plans

                               -Promote & manage biological weed control

Morrow County Weed Ordinance

Guidelines for a Weed Management Plan

 

Morrow County Weed List:

NOXIOUS WEEDS

Noxious Weeds – “A” List” – Any plant that is determined by the weed advisory board, and so declared by the County Board of Commissioners to be injurious to public health, crops, livestock, land or property under provisions of Oregon State Statute and thus mandated for control.

 

Rush Skeletonweed

Yellow Starthistle

Tansy Ragwort

Yellow Toadflax

Dalmatian Toadflax

Mediterranean Sage

Leafy Spurge

Spikeweed

Musk Thistle

Scotch Thistle

Purple Loosestrife

Common Crupina

Whitetop (Hoary Cress)

Houndstongue

Flowering Rush

Yellow Flag Iris

Plumeless Thistle

WEEDS OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

Weeds of Economic Importance – “B” List – Weeds of limited distribution in the county and subject to intensive control or eradication where feasible.

 

Poison Hemlock

Canada Thistle

Jointed Goatgrass

St. Johnswort

Perennial Sowthistle

Field Bindweed

Cereal Rye

Johnsongrass

Russian Knapweed

Diffuse Knapweed

Spotted Knapweed

Field Dodder

Water Hemlock

Medusahead Rye

Puncturevine

Kochia

Perennial Pepperweed

Myrtle Spurge

Ventenata

 

Morrow County Weed Advisory Board

The Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District Board also serves as the Weed Advisory Board

ODA Noxious Weed Control

Oregon Noxious Weed Profiles

Weed Biological Control