Weed Control
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS REGARDING NOXIOUS WEEDS
Under the authority of the Municipal Act, the County of Northumberland provides an enforcement service of the Provincial Weed Control Act. However, there is some general confusion as to the intent of the Weed Control Act.
The Provincial statute law was established to assist in protecting the integrity of lands used for agricultural and horticultural purposes (Weed Control Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER W.5, Section 22). Enforcement in residential areas may be available through local Property Standards Bylaws, administered by your local municipality.
The County of Northumberland may order the removal of noxious weeds that are identified through an inspection of areas of concern that could potentially affect agricultural or horticultural lands.
The list of noxious weeds identified under the Weed Control Act Reg. 1096 includes:
Common Name / Scientific Name:
- Barberry / Berberis vulgaris L.
- Buckthorn / European Rhamnus cathartica L.
- Carrot, wild / Daucus carota L.
- Colt´s-foot / Tussilago farfara L.
- Dodder spp. / Cuscuta spp.
- Goat´s-beard spp. / Tragopogon spp.
- Hemlock, poison / Conium maculatum L.
- Johnson grass / Sorghum halepense (L.) Persoon
- Knapweed spp. / Centaurea spp.
- Milkweed spp. / Asclepias spp.
- Poison-ivy / Rhus radicans L.
- Proso millet, black-seeded / Panicum miliaceum L. (black-seeded biotype)
- Ragweed spp. / Ambrosia spp.
- Rocket, yellow / Barbarea spp.
- Sow-thistle, annual, perennial / Sonchus spp.
- Spurge, Cypress / Euphorbia cyparissias L.
- Spurge, leafy / Euphorbia esula L. (complex)
- Thistle, bull / Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore
- Thistle, Canada / Cirsium arvense (L.) Scopoli
- Thistle, nodding, spp. / Carduus spp.
- Thistle, Russian / Salsola pestifer Aven Nelson
- Thistle, Scotch / Onopordum acanthium L.
- Vetchling, tuberous / Lathyrus tuberosus L.
