General Notice To Control Noxious Weeds
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 4-17-6 of the Utah Noxious Weed Act, to every person who owns or controls land in Cache County, Utah, that noxious weeds standing, being, or growing on such land shall be controlled and the spread of same prevented by effective cutting, tillage, cropping, pasturing, treating with chemicals or other effective methods, or combination thereof, approved by the County Weed Supervisor, as often as may be required to prevent the weed from blooming and maturing seeds, or spreading by root, root stalks or other means.
Upon failure to comply with this notice, the owner or person in possession of property upon which noxious weeds are present shall be deemed negligent and enforced control measures may be imposed at the discretion of County authorities. Expense of control measures employed by the County shall be paid directly by the owner or person in possession of the property and become collectible by taxes.
The following are declared noxious weeds for the State of Utah:
Class 1A-Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR)/Watch List: Plants not known to be in Utah, but thought to be present in neighboring states. If found, swift eradication is a very high priority.
Common crupina African rue Small bugloss Mediterranean sage Spring millet
Syrian beancaper Ventenata Plumeless thistle Malta starthistle
Class 1B-Early Detection (ED): Plants that occur in Utah at very low levels. It is a high priority to eradicate all known populations and prevent new ones.
Camelthorn Garlic mustard Purple starthistle Goatsrue African mustard
Giant reed Japanese knotweed Vipers Bugloss Elongated mustard Oxeye daisy
Common St. Johnswort Cutleaf vipergrass
Class 2-Control: Plants that have a reasonable distribution in Utah, but do not occur everywhere. These plants are considered a high priority for control.
Leafy spurge Medusahead Rush skeletonweed Spotted knapweed Purple loosestrife
Squarrose knapweed Dyers woad Yellow starthistle Yellow toadflax Diffuse knapweed
Dalmation toadflax Black henbane
Class 3-Contain: Plants widely distributed in Utah. The current population of these plants should be contained to halt their spread.
Russian knapweed Houndstongue Poison hemlock Phragmites Musk thistle
Perennial pepperweed Canada thistle Perennial Sorghums Quackgrass Jointed goatgrass
Tamarisk(Saltcedar) Bermudagrass Scotch thistle Hoary cress
Puncturevine(Goathead) Field bindweed
Class 4-Prohibited: Plants present in Utah that have arrived as nursery stock or seed and were sold as ornamentals. These plants are now prohibited for sale or distribution.
Cogongrass Myrtle spurge Dames Rocket Scotch broom Russian olive
In addition, the following are noxious weeds for Cache County:
Russian Salt Tree Crack Willow
Jake Forsgren
Vegetation Management Foreman
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