General Notice To Control Noxious Weeds

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 4-17-6 of the Utah Noxious Weed Act, to every person who owns or controls land in Cache County, Utah, that noxious weeds standing, being, or growing on such land shall be controlled and the spread of same prevented by effective cutting, tillage, cropping, pasturing,  treating with chemicals or other effective methods, or combination thereof, approved by the County Weed Supervisor, as often as may be required to prevent the weed from blooming and maturing seeds, or spreading by root, root stalks or other means.

Upon failure to comply with this notice, the owner or person in possession of property upon which noxious weeds are present shall be deemed negligent and enforced control measures may be imposed at the discretion of the County authorities.  Expense of control measures employed by the County shall be paid directly by the owner or person in possession of the property and become collectible by taxes.

The following are declared noxious weeds for the State of Utah:

Class 1A-Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR)/Watch List: Plants not known to be in Cache County, but thought to be present in neighboring counties/states. If found, swift eradication is a very high priority.

Common Crupina             African Rue             Mediterranean Sage       Spring Millet         Camelthorn  

Syrian Beancaper              Plumeless Thistle     Malta Starthistle           Garlic Mustard       African Mustard

Purple Starthistle            

Class 1B-Early Detection: Plants that occur in Cache County at very low levels. It is a high priority to eradicate all known populations and prevent new ones.

Giant Reed                    Squarrose Knapweed         Vipers Bugloss          Yellow Toadflax       Small Bugloss         Japanese Knotweed      Dalmation Toadflax          Diffuse Knapweed       Oxeye Daisy          Common St. Johnswort                                           

Eurasian Milfoil (aquatic)                                       Parrot Feather (aquatic)

Class 2-Control: Plants that have a reasonable distribution in Cache County, but do not occur everywhere. These plants are considered a high priority for control.                                                                                                 

Leafy Spurge           Medusahead                Rush Skeletonweed         Spotted Knapweed            Purple Loosestrife

Ventenada                Yellow Starthistle        Black Henbane                Cutleaf Vipergrass             Goatsrue

Russian Knapweed   Elongated Mustard    Perennial Pepperweed      Hoary Cress                                     

Class 3-Contain: Plants widely distributed in Cache County. The current population of these plants should be contained to halt their spread.

Houndstounge         Phragmites                    Tamarisk (Saltcedar)            Canada Thistle            Poison Hemlock      Musk Thistle             Quackgrass                    Jointed Goatgrass               Bermudagrass             Perennial Sorghum  Scotch Thistle           Field Bindweed              Puncturevine(Goathead)     Dyers Woad     

Class 4-Prohibited: Plants that is present in Cache County that has arrived as nursery stock or seed and was sold as ornamentals. These plants are now prohibited for sale or distribution.

Cogongrass            Myrtle spurge            Dames Rocket                Scotch broom                Russian olive                     

In addition, the following are noxious weeds for Cache County only:

Russian Salt Tree                        Crack Willow                 

For any questions or for further information please contact:   Jake Forsgren

                                                                                                  Cache County Noxious Weed Supervisor

                                                                                                   Address:  1020 E. 600 N.

                                                                                                                   Hyrum, Utah 84319 

                                                                                                   Phone:  1-435-755-1562

                                                                                                   Email:  [email protected]

  Cache County Website: https://www.cachecounty.gov/vegetationmanagement/