4.12.3011    RESTRICTED WEED SEEDS

(1)  The name and number of restricted weed seed must be shown on the label. When the number of restricted weed seeds exceeds the allowance, the seed lot is prohibited for sale in Montana.

(2)  Seeds offered for sale or sold shall not contain the following restricted weed seeds in quantities in excess of those listed below:

                                                                                                                 

Common Name	Species	No. of Seeds  Per Pound
(a)  Quackgrass	(Agropyron repens)	0
(b)  Perennial Sowthistle	(Sonchus arvensis)	0
(c)  Wild Oats	(Avena fatua)	45 of grass seed 5 of all other seed
(d)  Dodder	(Cuscuta spp.)	9
(e)  Curly Dock	(Rumex crispus)	45
(f)  Jointed Goatgrass	(Aegilops cylindrica)	0
(g)  Persian Darnel	(Lolium persicum)	9 of grass seed 0 of all other seed
(h)  Palmer Amaranth	(Amaranthus palmeri)	0

History: 80-5-139, MCA; IMP, 80-5-120, MCA; NEW, 1988 MAR p. 268, Eff. 2/12/88; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 394, Eff. 3/31/89; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 3334, Eff. 12/8/00; AMD, 2020 MAR p. 1018, Eff. 6/13/20.