TITLE 8: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SUBCHAPTER f: NOXIOUS WEEDS
PART 220 ILLINOIS NOXIOUS WEED LAW
SECTION 220.60 NOXIOUS WEEDS


 

Section 220.60  Noxious Weeds

 

The following plants within the sovereign territory of the State of Illinois are designated and declared noxious weeds:

 

a)         Marihuana (Cannabis sativa L.);

 

b)         Giant Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida L.) within the corporate limits of cities, villages, and incorporated towns;

 

c)         Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) within the corporate limits of cities, villages, and incorporated towns;

 

d)         Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense);

 

e)         Perennial Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis);

 

f)         Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans);

 

g)         Perennial members of the sorghum genus, including johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense), sorghum almum, and other johnsongrass X sorghum crosses with rhizomes; and

 

h)         Kudzu (Pueraria labata).

 

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 14644, effective September 23, 2002)