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2 CAR § 50-101. Public nuisance declared
2 CAR § 50-101. Public nuisance declared.
(a)(1) The following plant diseases, insect pests, and noxious weeds, under the provisions of the Arkansas Plant Act of 1917, Arkansas Code § 2-16-201 et seq., are hereby declared to be a public nuisance, including anything infected, infested, or contaminated therewith.
(2)(A) The extent to which these plant diseases, insect pests, and noxious weeds are regulated is covered in this part and other State Plant Board circulars.
(B) Italicized pests are intent of horticulture inspections.
(b) Plant disease pests listed:
(1) Chestnut blight (chestnut and chinquapin);
(2) Phony peach, peach mosaic, and peach rosette;
(3) Fusiform and other gall rusts of pines;
(4) Texas root rot (cotton and other plants);
(5) Oak wilt (oak, chestnut, and other trees and shrubs);
(6) Cedar-apple rust;
(7) Fire blight (pear, apple, and other plants);
(8) Root knot nematode;
(9) Soybean cyst nematode;
(10) 
Foliar nematodes (Aphelenchoides besseyi and others);
(11) Crown gall and other infectious galls;
(12) Hairy root of apple and rose;
(13) Bacterial spot of peach;
(14) Strawberry dwarf;
(15) Red stele of strawberry;
(16) Virus diseases on horticultural crops;
(17) Strawberry yellows (genetic);
(18) Infectious cankers;
(19) Bacterial spot of tomato;
(20) Alternaria and septoria leaf spots of tomato;
(21) Late blight of tomato;
(22) Camellia petal blight;
(23) Azalea petal blight;
(24) Hoja blanca disease of rice;
(25) Internal cork of sweet potato;
(26) Black rot of sweet potato;
(27) Stem rot of sweet potato;
(28) Anthracnose on various host plants;
(29) Pink root of onion;
(30) Sting nematode;
(31) Blights and leaf spots damaging to plants;
(32) Collar rot;
(33) Dutch elm disease;
(34) Phloem necrosis;
(35) Bud rot on strawberries;
(36) Fusarium wilt of tomatoes (all races);
(37) Blueberry nursery stock diseases;
(38) Pinewood nematode;
(39) Blackleg of rape; and
(40) Rose rossette.
(c) Insect pests listed:
(1) Pink bollworm (cotton and okra);
(2) Sweet potato weevil;
(3) Fruit flies (fruit and vegetable), does not apply to Drosophila;
(4) Khapra beetle and other stored grain insects;
(5) Bruchids and other pest of seeds (seeds of crops and other plants);
(6) Japanese Beetle (trees, fruits, vegetables, and other plants);
(7) Gypsy and brown/ail moths and other leaf-feeding insects (trees, shrubs, and other plants);
(8) Fire ant, Argentine ant, carpenter ant, and other injurious ants;
(9) Vegetable weevil;
(10) White-fringed beetle;
(11) European chafer;
(12) Termites;
(13) Powderpost beetles;
(14) San Jose scale and other scale insects;
(15) Wooly aphids;
(16) White flies;
(17) Strawberry crown borer;
(18) Pine tip moth and other insects attacking pine shoots;
(19) Oriental fruit moth;
(20) Borers of all kinds;
(21) European red mite and other spider mites;
(22) Bagworms and other leaf-eating insects;
(23) Thrips;
(24) Aphids;
(25) Harlequin bugs;
(26) Roaches and other household insect pests;
(27) Elm leaf beetle;
(28) Cereal leaf beetle;
(29) Southern pine beetle;
(30) Brown garden snail, or any other plant destroying snail; and
(31) Asian ambrosia beetle.
(d) Noxious weeds listed:
(1) Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis);
(2) Nut grass (Cyperus rotundus);
(3) Wild onion and/or wild garlic (Allium spp.);
(4) Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense);
(5) Dodder (Cuscuta spp.);
(6) Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon);
(7) Cheat or chess (Bromus secalinus) and/or (Bromus commutatus);
(8) Darnel (Lolium temulentum);
(9) Corncockle (Agrostemma githago);
(10) Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense);
(11) Purple nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium);
(12) Buckhorn plantain (Plantago lanceolata);
(13) Bracted plantain (Plantago aristata);
(14) Rumex spp.;
(15) Blueweed (Helianthus ciliaris);
(16) Morning glory (Ipomoea spp.);
(17) Hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium);
(18) Red rice (Oryza sativa var.);
(19) Curly indigo (Aeschynomene indica);
(20) Tall indigo or coffee bean (Sesbania exaltata);
(21) Giant foxtail (Setaria faberi);
(22) Witchweed (Striga spp.);
(23) Crotalaria (Crotalaria spp.);
(24) Cocklebur (Xanthium spp.);
(25) Moonflower (Calonyction muricatum);
(26) Alligatorweed (Alternanthera spp.);
(27) Balloonvine (Cardiospermum halicacabum);
(28) Itchgrass (Rottboellia exaltata);
(29) Thistle (Carduus, Cirsium, Onopordum, Silybum, Scolymus, Salsola, and other genera);
(30) Serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma);
(31) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria);
(32) Barnyard grass (Echinochloa crusgalli);
(33) Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes, E. azurea);
(34) Japanese blood grass (Imperata cylindrica); and
(35) Tropical soda apple (Solanum viarum).
(e) Any foreign insect, plant disease, or weed which may be brought into Arkansas and whose habits and injuriousness under the conditions of agriculture in Arkansas are unknown, is regarded as dangerous and is declared to be a public nuisance.
(f) Prohibited plant list.
(1) Plants contained on the following list present such a danger to the natural ecosystems in the state that they are hereby declared prohibited.
(2) No plant, seed, or any reproductive structure may be sold or utilized in plantings in Arkansas:
(A) Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria);
(B) Giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta);
(C) Water Hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes, E. azurea); and
(D) Japanese Blood Grass (Imperata cylindrica).