Regulation respecting noxious weeds (R.Q. c. A-2, r.1)

© Éditeur officiel du Québec This document is not the official version. Last version accessible Including the Gazette officielle of 26 July 2006 c. A-2, r.1 Regulation respecting noxious weeds Agricultural Abuses Act (R.S.Q., c. A-2, s. 7) 1. The following plants are considered as noxious weeds when they grow in cultivated lands and pastureland: English name Scientific name Velvetleaf Abutilon theophrasti Redroot pigweed Amaranthus retroflexus Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca Yellow rocket Barbarea vulgaris Spotted water-hemlock Cicuta maculata Wild carrot Daucus carota Hemp Cannabis sativa Canada thistle Cirsium arvense Nodding thistle Garduus nutans Lamb's-quarters Chenopodium album Oak-leaved goosefoot Chenopodium glaucum Poison hemlock Conium maculatum Dodders Cuscuta spp. Smooth Crab Grass Digitaria ischaemum Large Crab Grass Digitaria sanguinalis Barnyard Grass Echinochloa crusgalli Yellow Devil hawkweed Hieracium floribundum King Devil hawkweed Hieracium florentinum Orange hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum Mouse-eared hawkweed Hieracium pilosella Yellow hawkweed Hieracium pratense Common hawkweed Hieracium vulgatum Cypress spurge Euphorbia cyparissias Sun spurge Euphorbia helioscopia Wild oats Avena fatua Eastern bracken Pteridium aquilinum Poison-ivy Rhus radicans Ragweeds Ambrosia spp. Sheep-laurel Kalmia angustifolia Perennial sou-thistle Sonchus arvensis Annual sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Indian-tobacco Lobelia inflata Ox-eye daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Scent-less chamomile Matricaria maritima White sweet-clover Melilotus alba Yellow sweet-clover Melilotus officinalis St. John's-wort Hypericum perforatum Wild mustard Brassica kaber Bird rape Brassica campestris Foxtail barley Hordeum jubatum Hemp-nettle Galeopsis tetrahit Witch grass Panicum capillare Fall panicum Panicum dichotomiflorum Pale smartweed Polygonum lapathifolium Field horsetail Equisetum arvense Marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre Wild radish Raphanus raphanistrum Tall buttercup Ranunculus acris Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens Fringed wild buckwheat Polygonum cilinode Pennsylvania smartweed Polygonum pensylvanicum Prostate knotweed Polygonum aviculare Wild buckwheat Polygonum convolvulus Lady's thumb Polygonum persicaria Marshpepper smartweed Polygonum hydropiper Arrowleaf tearthumb Polygonum sagittatum Green smartweed Polygonum scabrum Yellow foxtail Setaria glauca Green foxtail Setaria viridis Bladder campion Silene cucubalus Yellow nut sedge Cyperus esculentus Corn spurry Spergula arvensis Chickweed Stellaria media Stinkweed Thlaspi arvense Blueweed Echium vulgare R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-2, r. 1, s. 1. 2. The following plants are considered noxious weeds when they grow on the borders of roads, highways or streets, along railways, electrical energy transmission lines and ditches on farmlands, lands, vacant or unoccupied lots: English name Scientific name Common mildweed Asclepias syriaca Burdocks Arctium spp. Spotted water-hemlock Cicuta maculata Wild carrot Daucus carota Hemp Cannabis sativa Canada thistle Cirsium arvense Nodding thistle Carduus nutans Quack grass Agropyron repens Poison Hemlock Conium maculatum Comfrey Symphytum officinale Common barberry Berberis vulgaris Cypress spurge Euphorbia cyparissias Sun spurge Euphorbia helioscopia Eastern bracken Pteridium aquilinum Poison-ivy Rhus radicans Ragweeds Ambrosia spp. Sheep-laurel Kalmia angustifolia Perennial sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Indian-tobacco Lobelia inflata Ox-eye daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum White sweet-clover Melilotus alba Yellow sweet-clover Melilotus officinalis St. John's-wort Hypericum perforatum Foxtail barley Hordeum jubatum Nettles Urtica spp. Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Plantains Plantago spp. Field horsetail Equisetum arvense Marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre Tall buttercup Ranunculus acris Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens Fringed wild buckweat Polygonum cilinode Pennsylvania smartweed Polygonum pensylvanicum Prostate knotweed Polygonum aviculare Wild buckwheat Polygonum convolvulus Lady's thumb Polygonum persicaria Marshpepper smartweed Polygonum hydropiper Arrowleaf tearthumb Polygonum sagittatum Green smartweed Polygonum scabrum R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-2, r. 1, s. 2. 3. The following plants shall be considered as noxious weeds wherever found in the counties of Bonaventure, Gaspé-Nord, Gaspé-Sud, Matapédia, Rimouski, Matane, Rivière-du-Loup and Témiscouata: English name Scientific name Common ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. Great ragweed Ambrosia trifida L. Perennial ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya dc. R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-2, r. 1, s. 3. 4. The forenames, name and address of the inspector or inspectors appointed by any municipal corporation must be transmitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food within 8 days following such appointment. R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-2, r. 1, s. 4. 5. Every inspector of noxious weeds is entitled to enter upon any property whatever in the exercise of his duties. R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-2, r. 1, s. 5. 6. Any complaint respecting the non-execution of the Agricultural Abuses Act (R.S.Q., c. A-2) must be made to the municipal inspector or, if there be no result therefrom, the inspector general in the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation. R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-2, r. 1, s. 6. 7. The expenses incurred by the municipal inspector or inspector general to have the noxious weeds destroyed must be kept, presented and paid as follows: (a) the inspector shall keep a separate account for each lot or land where his intervention has taken place. A detailed sworn statement shall be sent to the secretary-treasurer of the municipal corporation concerned, for each lot or land separately; (b) if the interested person considers that the account is excessive, he may appeal to the municipal council for revision within 30 days following the receipt of the account, and the council shall decide as a last resort the sum which must be paid; (c) the inspector shall present to the secretary-treasurer of the municipal corporation a detailed sworn statement of his personal expenses and other general costs incurred for the destruction of noxious weeds and shall be reimbursed by the council in the mode which may be determined by the latter. R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-2, r. 1, s. 7. 8. Every machine used for threshing grain must be carefully cleaned in all its parts after each operation, as also the vehicles used in the transportation of such machines. R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-2, r. 1, s. 8. R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-2, r. 1