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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDoc. 2009-180 - 2009 Noxious Weed ListDeschutes County Board of Commissioners 1300 NW Wall St., Suite 200, Bend, OR 97701 -1960 (541) 388 -6570 - Fax (541) 385 -3202 - www.deschutes.org AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT For Board Business Meeting of April 8, 2009 Please see directions for completing this document on the next page. DATE: April 1, 2009 FROM: Dan Sherwin Road Department 322 -7135 TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM: 2009 Deschutes County Noxious Weed List PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? NO BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS: County Commisssioners consider approval for the updated 2007 Noxious Weed List recommended by the Deschutes County Weed Board. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED: Approve the 2009 Deschutes County Noxious Weed List. ATTENDANCE: Dan Sherwin, Vegetation Manager DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS: Wanda and Dan Road Department March 26, 2009 To: Board of County Commissioners From: Deschutes County Weed Advisory Board Subject: 2009 Deschutes County Noxious Weed List Commissioners, Weed Advisory Board 61150 SE 27th St • Bend, Oregon 97702 (541) 322 -7135 • FAX (541) 388 -2719 The Deschutes County Weed Advisory Board met March 12, 2009 at their regular monthly meeting. The Deschutes County Noxious Weed List was reviewed and it was determined that the current list will remain the same. Attached is the recommended 2009 noxious weed list. If you have any concerns or comments, please notify the Weed Advisory Board or Dan Sherwin, Vegetation Manager. Sin aul Stell, Chairman Deschutes County Weed Advisory Board DESCHUTES COUNTY WEED LIST Deschutes County Weed Policy and Classification System "NOXIOUS WEED" means any weed designated by the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners that is injurious to public health, agriculture, range, recreation, wildlife, or any public or private property; any weed that impacts and displaces desirable vegetation, such as Threatened and Endangered Plant Species, wildlife habitat, and livestock. It is acknowledged that certain noxious weeds have become so thoroughly established and are spreading so rapidly on state, county, and federally owned lands, as well as on private land, that they may have been declared by Oregon Revised Statue 570.505 to be a menace to public welfare. Steps leading to eradication where possible, are necessary. It is further recognized that the responsibility for such eradication and /or intensive control rests not only on the private landowner and operator, but also the county, state and federal government. Noxious Weed Control Rating System Noxious Weeds, for the purpose of this system, shall be designated "A ", "B" or "C" 1. An "A" designated weed is: a priority noxious weed designated by the Deschutes Weed Board as a target weed species on which the Weed Control District will comply with a state wide management plan and /or implement a county wide plan for intensive control and monitoring. An "A" rated weed may also be a weed of known economic or ecological importance which occurs in small enough infestations to make eradication/containment possible; or one that is not known to occur here, but its presence in neighboring counties make future occurrence here seem imminent. Recommended Action: Infestations are subject to intensive control when and where found. 2. A `B" designated weed is: a weed of economic importance, which is both locally abundant and abundant in neighboring counties. Recommended Action: Moderate control and or monitoring at the county level. 3. A "C" designated weed is: a weed that has the potential to cause harm to agriculture production and transportation systems. Recommended Action: Control and monitoring at the county level. This list is available, upon request, to the public from the Deschutes County Weed/Vegetation Manager, 322 -7135. 2009 "A" Rated Weeds African rue Buffalobur + common houndstongue dyer's woad - false brome * hydrilla leafy spurge + meadow knapweed - Mediterranean sage + medusahead rye + musk thistle - orange hawkweed + perennial pepperweed + purple loosestrife + rush skeletonweed Russian knapweed + Scotch thistle + squarrose knapweed sulfur cinquefoil saltcedar tamarix + tansy ragwort + whitetop; hoary cress + wild carrot + yellow starthistle - "B" Rated Weeds Canada Thistle + dalmation toadflax + diffuse knapweed + kochia (annual) + myrtle spurge + poison hemlock + puncturevine + Russian thistle + Scotch broom + spotted knapweed + yellow toadflax or "butter and eggs" + yellow flag iris + 2009 Peganum harmala Solanum rostratum Cynoglossum officinale Isatis tinctoria Brachypodium sylvaticum Hydrilla verticillata Euphorbia esula Centaurea pratensis Salvia aethiopis Taeniatherum caputmedusae Carduus nutans Hieracium aurantiacum Lepidium latifolium Lythrum salicaria Chondrilla juncea Acroptilon repens Onopordum acanthium Centaurea virgata Potentilla recta Tamarix ramosissima Senecio jacobaea Lepidium draba Daucus carota Centaurea solstitialis Cirsium arvense Linaria dalmatica Centaurea diffusa Kochia scoparia Euphorbia myrsinites Conium maculatum Tribulus terrestris Salsola spp. Cytisus scoparius Centaurea biedersteinii Linaria vulgaris Iris pseudacorus "C Rated Weeds bur buttercup + bull thistle + cheat grass ( Downy brome) + common mullein + dodder + field bindweed + filaree redstem + horseweed + poverty sumpweed + quackgrass + South American waterweed + spiny cocklebur + St Johnswort + sweet clover(s) -Only on Right of Ways + Western Water - hemlock / + + * / Ranunculus testiculatus Cirsium vulgare Bromus tectorum Verbascum thapsus Cuscuta spp. Convolvulus arvensis Erodium cicutarium Conyza Canadensis Iva axillaries Agropyron repens Elodea densa Xanthium spinosum Hypericum perforatum Melilotus officinalis Cicuta douglasii+ Currently in the County All known populations have been treated Weeds Added this Year Natives but Poisonous to Animals or Humans 2009