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Regulation current to September 15, 2006
SOR/2005-220
SEEDS ACT
The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, pursuant to subsection 4(2)a of the Seeds Act, hereby makes the annexed Weed Seeds Order, 2005.
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R.S., c. 49 (1st Supp.), s. 4(4)
Ottawa, June 28, 2005 Andrew Mitchell Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Registration June 29, 2005 WEED SEEDS ORDER, 2005
1. The seeds of the species of plants set out in the schedule are deemed to be weed seeds for the purpose of establishing grades under the Seeds Act.
2. The Weed Seeds Order, 1986
1 is repealed.
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SOR/86-836
3. This Order comes into force on July 1, 2005.
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Item
| Latin Name
| Common Name
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1.
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Acroptilon repens(L.) DC. (=Centaurea repensL.)
| Russian knapweed
| 2.
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Aegilops cylindricaHost
| Jointed goatgrass
| 3.
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Carduus nutansL.
| Nodding thistle
| 4.
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Centaurea diffusaLam.
| Diffuse knapweed
| 5.
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Centaurea solstitialisL.
| Yellow star thistle
| 6.
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Centaurea stoebeL. (=Centaurea maculosaLam.)
| Spotted knapweed
| 7.
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Conium maculatumL.
| Poison Hemlock
| 8.
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Crupina vulgarisCass.
| Common crupina
| 9.
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Cuscutaspp.
| Dodder
| 10.
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Datura stramoniumL.
| Jimsonweed
| 11.
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Eriochloa villosaThunb.) Kunth
| Woolly cup grass
| 12.
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Euphorbia esulaL.
| Leafy spurge
| 13.
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Halogeton glomeratus(M. Bieb.) C.A. Mey.
| Halogeton
| 14.
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Lepidium appelianumAlShehbaz (=Cardaria pubescens(C.A. Mey.) Jarm.)
| Globepod hoary cress
| 15.
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Lepidium drabaL. subsp.chalepense(L.) Thell. (=Cardaria chalepensis(L.) Hand.Mazz.)
| Lenspod hoary cress
| 16.
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Lepidium drabaL. subsp.draba(=Cardaria draba(L.) Desv.)
| Heartpod hoary cress
| 17.
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Nassella trichotoma(Nees) Hack. ex Arechav.
| Serrated tussock
| 18.
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Odontites vernus(Bellardi) Dumort. subsp.serotinus(Dumort.) Corb. (=Odontites serotinaDumort.)
| Red bartsia
| 19.
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Setaria faberiR. A. W. Herrm.
| Giant foxtail
| 20.
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Solanum carolinenseL.
| Horse nettle
(Ball nettle)
| 21.
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Sorghum halepense(L.) Pers.
| Johnson grass
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CLASS 2 PRIMARY NOXIOUS WEED SEEDS (Applicable to all tables of Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations except Tables XIV and XV)
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Item
| Latin Name
| Common Name
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1.
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Abutilon theophrastiMedik.
| Velvetleaf
| 2.
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Ambrosia trifidaL.
| Giant ragweed
| 3.
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Barbareaspp.
| Yellow rocket or winter cress
| 4.
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Cirsium arvense(L.) Scop.
| Canada thistle
| 5.
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Convolvulus arvensisL.
| Field bindweed
| 6.
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Elytrigia repens(L.) Desv. ex Nevski (=Agropyron repens(L.) Beauv.)
| Couchgrass
| 7.
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Galium aparineL.
| Cleavers
| 8.
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Galium spuriumL.
| False cleavers
| 9.
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Leucanthemum vulgareLam. (=Chrysanthemum leucanthemumL.)
| Oxeye daisy
| 10.
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Linariaspp.
| Toadflax
| 11.
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Lythrum salicariaL.
| Purple loosestrife
| 12.
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Raphanus raphanistrumL.
| Wild radish
| 13.
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Senecio jacobaeaL.
| Tansy ragwort
| 14.
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Silene latifoliaPoir. subsp.alba(Mill.) Greuter & Burdet (=Silene pratensis(Rafn) Gord. & Gren.)
| White cockle
| 15.
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Silene vulgaris(Moench) Garcke
| Bladder campion
| 16.
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Sinapis arvensisL.
| Wild mustard
| 17.
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Sonchus arvensisL.
| Perennial sow thistle
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CLASS 3 SECONDARY NOXIOUS WEED SEEDS (Applicable to all tables of Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations except Tables XIV and XV)
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Item
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1.
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Ambrosia artemisiifoliaL.
| Common ragweed
| 2.
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Anthemis cotulaL.
| Mayweed (stinking mayweed)
| 3.
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Avena fatuaL.
| Wild oat
| 4.
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Avena sterilisL.
| Wild oat, Sterile oat
| 5.
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Camelinaspp.
| False flax
| 6.
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Cichorium intybusL.
| Chicory
| 7.
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Daucus carotaL. subsp.carota
| Wild carrot
| 8.
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Erucastrum gallicum(Willd.) O.E. Schulz
| Dog mustard
| 9.
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Lepidium campestre(L.) R. Br.
| Field peppergrass
| 10.
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Lolium persicum Boiss. & Hohen.
| Persian darnel
| 11.
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Plantago lanceolataL.
| Ribgrass (Narrowleaved plantain)
| 12.
| AllRumex speciesexceptR. maritimusL. &R. acetosellaL.
| Dock
| 13.
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Silene noctifloraL.
| Nightflowering catchfly
| 14.
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Sisymbrium loeseliiL.
| Tall hedge mustard
| 15.
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Thlaspi arvenseL.
| Stinkweed
| 16.
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Tripleurospermum maritimum(L.) W. D. J. Koch subsp.inodorum(L.) Appleq. (=Matricaria maritimaL.)
| Scentless chamomile
| 17.
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Vaccaria hispanica(Mill.) Rauschert (=Saponaria vaccariaL.)
| Cow cockle
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CLASS 4 SECONDARY NOXIOUS WEED SEEDS (Applicable to Table XII of Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations) The weed species named in Class 3 and in addition:
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Item
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1.
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Cerastiumspp.
| Chickweed, mouseear
| 2.
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Digitariaspp.
| Crabgrass
| 3.
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Panicumspp.
| Panic grass
| 4.
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Prunella vulgarisL.
| Healall
| 5.
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Stellaria media(L.) Vill.
| Chickweed, common
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CLASS 5 NOXIOUS WEED SEEDS (Applicable to Tables XIV and XV of Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations)
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Item
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1.
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Cerastiumspp.
| Chickweed, mouseear
| 2.
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Cirsium arvense(L.) Scop.
| Canada thistle
| 3.
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Digitariaspp.
| Crabgrass
| 4.
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Elytrigia repens(L.) Desv. ex Nevski (=Agropyron repens(L.) Beauv.)
| Couchgrass
| 5.
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Leucanthemum vulgareLam. (=Chrysanthemum leucanthemumL.)
| Oxeye daisy
| 6.
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Panicumspp.
| Panic grass
| 7.
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Prunella vulgarisL.
| Healall
| 8.
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Sonchus arvensisL.
| Perennial sow thistle
| 9.
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Stellaria media(L.) Vill.
| Chickweed, common
| 10.
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Tripleurospermum maritimum(L.) W. D. J. Koch subsp.inodorum(L.) Appleq. (=Matricaria maritimaL.)
| Scentless chamomile
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Seeds of all other species not listed as crop kinds in Schedule I to the Seeds Regulations.
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