{"data":{"id":"us-va/2vac5-390-50","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"2VAC5-390-50","heading":"Agricultural seeds","body":"A. Agricultural seeds are the seed of the following:\n\nAlfalfa -- Medicago sativa\n\nBarley -- Hordeum vulgare\n\nBeet, Sugar -- Beta vulgaris\n\nBentgrass:\n\nBentgrass, colonial -- Agrostis tenuis\n\nBentgrass, creeping -- Agrostis stolonifera var. palustris\n\nBentgrass, velvet -- Agrostis canina\n\nBermudagrass -- Except as specified in 2VAC5-390-20 of this chapter.\n\nCommon -- Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon\n\nGiant -- Cynodon dactylon var. aridus\n\nBluegrass:\n\nCanada -- Poa compressa\n\nKentucky -- Poa pratensis\n\nRough -- Poa trivialis\n\nWood -- Poa nemoralis\n\nBrome, smooth -- Bromus inermis\n\nBroomcorn -- Sorghum bicolor\n\nBuckwheat -- Fagopyrum esculentum\n\nCanarygrass, reed -- Phalaris arundinacea\n\nCarpetgrass -- Axonopus affinis\n\nClover:\n\nAlsike -- Trifolium hybridum\n\nCrimson -- Trifolium incarnatum\n\nRed -- Trifolium pratense\n\nSweet -- (See Sweet Clover)\n\nWhite -- Trifolium repens including the var. Ladino\n\nCorn:\n\nField -- Zea mays\n\nPop -- Zea mays var. everta\n\nCotton -- Gossypium spp.\n\nCowpea -- Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata\n\nCrambe -- Crambe abyssinica\n\nCrownvetch -- Coronilla varia\n\nDallisgrass -- Paspalum dilatatum\n\nFescue:\n\nChewings -- Festuca rubra var. commutata\n\nHard -- Festuca trachyphylla\n\nMeadow -- Festuca pratensis\n\nRed -- Festuca rubra subsp. rubra\n\nSheep -- Festuca ovina\n\nTall -- Festuca arundinacea\n\nLespedeza:\n\nBicolor -- Lespedeza bicolor\n\nKorean -- Lespedeza stipulacea\n\nSericea -- Lespedeza cuneata\n\nStriate -- Lespedeza striata\n\nMillet, browntop -- Brachiaria ramosa\n\nMillet, Italian -- Setaria italica\n\nMillet, Japanese -- Echinochloa crusgalli var. frumentacea\n\nMillet, pearl -- Pennisetum americanum\n\nMillet, proso -- Panicum miliaceum\n\nOat -- Avena spp.\n\nOatgrass, tall -- Arrhenatherum elatius\n\nOrchardgrass -- Dactylis glomerata\n\nPea, field -- Pisum sativum\n\nPeanut -- Arachis hypogaea\n\nRape, winter -- Brassica napus var. biennis\n\nRedtop -- Agrostis gigantea\n\nRye -- Secale cereale\n\nRyegrass, annual or Italian -- Lolium multiflorum\n\nRyegrass, intermediate -- Lolium X hybridum\n\nRyegrass, perennial -- Lolium perenne\n\nSorghum, grain and sweet -- Sorghum bicolor\n\nSorghum, Sudangrass hybrid -- Sorghum bicolor X Sorghum sudanense\n\nSoybeans -- Glycine max\n\nSudangrass -- Sorghum sudanense\n\nSunflower -- Helianthus annuus\n\nSweet Clover:\n\nWhite -- Melilotus alba\n\nYellow -- Melilotus officinalis\n\nTimothy -- Phleum pratense\n\nTobacco -- Nicotiana tabacum\n\nTrefoil, Birdsfoot -- Lotus corniculatus\n\nTriticale -- Triticosecale\n\nVetch, hairy -- Vicia villosa subsp. villosa\n\nWheat -- Triticum aestivum\n\nB. Kinds not listed under subsection A. Any kind of seed not listed under subsection A of this section or in 2VAC5-390-90 when present incidentally in seed samples of the kinds so listed shall be considered to be a weed seed unless such kind is classified solely as a crop seed by the Association of Official Seed Analysts in its handbook \"Uniform Classification of Weed and Crop Seeds.\"","path":["Title 2. Agriculture","Agency 5. Department of Agriculture And Consumer Services","Chapter 390. Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Seed Law"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title2/agency5/chapter390/section50/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:44:54Z","sha256":"dc593113842140f010acf62e39d991c42e92669e1a17c7659f34ca6085dfd536","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/2vac5-390-40","next":"us-va/2vac5-390-60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}