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Archive Home > 2005 > September > 20 > State seizes noxious weeds from nursery

State seizes noxious weeds from nursery

Orange hawkweed sold for 11 years

By Christine Metz / The Bulletin
September 20, 2005

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has seized more than 100 one-gallon containers of a noxious weed that a local nursery had been selling for more than a decade.

Orange hawkweed is a plant with bright orange-red flowers and a leafless stalk. The weed, which grows aggressively and pushes out....

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