Plant Industry - Plant Pest Quarantines
Plant Pest Quarantine Information
Regulated Status of: Imported Fire Ant, Witchweed or Other Noxious
Weeds, Gypsy Moth, Emerald Ash Borer, and Guava Root Knot Nematode
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| COUNTY BY COUNTY LISTING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Imported Fire Ant* | Witchweed** | Other Noxious Weeds | Spongy Moth*** | Emerald Ash Borer | Guava Root Knot Nematode | |
| Alamance | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Alexander | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Alleghany | No | No | Oriental Bittersweet Mile-a-Minute | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Anson | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Ashe | No | No | Canada Thistle Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Avery | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| Beaufort | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Bertie | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Bladen | Yes | Yes | Uruguay Waterprimrose | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Brunswick | Yes | No | Uruguay Waterprimrose Beach Vitex | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Buncombe | No | No | Musk Thistle Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Burke | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Cabarrus | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Caldwell | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Camden | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Carteret | Yes | No | Beach Vitex | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Caswell | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Catawba | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Chatham | Yes | No | Musk Thistle | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Cherokee | Yes | No | Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Chowan | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Clay | Yes | No | Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Cleveland | Yes | No | Musk Thistle | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Columbus | Yes | No | Uruguay Waterprimrose | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Craven | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Cumberland | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Currituck | Yes | No | Beach Vitex | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Dare | Yes | No | Beach Vitex | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Davidson | Yes | No | Bushkiller | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Davie | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Duplin | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Durham | Yes | No | Uruguay Waterprimrose | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Edgecombe | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Forsyth | No | No | Lythrum Bushkiller | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Franklin | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Gaston | Yes | No | Musk Thistle | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Gates | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Graham | Yes | No | Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Granville | Yes* | No | Uruguay Waterprimrose | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Greene | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Guilford | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Halifax | Yes | No | Eurasian Watermilfoil | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Harnett | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Haywood | No | No | Oriental Bittersweet Canada Thistle Plumeless Thistle | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Henderson | No | No | Musk Thistle Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Hertford | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Hoke | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Hyde | Yes | No | Uruguay Waterprimrose Beach Vitex | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Iredell | Yes* | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Jackson | Yes | No | Plumeless Thistle Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Johnston | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Jones | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Lee | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Lenoir | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Lincoln | Yes | No | Musk Thistle | No | Yes | Yes | |
| McDowell | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Macon | Yes | No | Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Madison | No | No | Oriental Bittersweet Plumeless Thistle Musk Thistle | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Martin | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Mecklenbereg | Yes | No | Bushkiller | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Mitchell | No | No | Canada Thistle Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Montgomery | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Moore | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Nash | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| New Hanover | Yes | No | Puncturevine Uruguay Waterprimrose Beach Vitex | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Northampton | Yes | No | Canada Thistle Eurasian Watermilfoil | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Onslow | Yes | No | Beach Vitex | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Orange | Yes | No | Uruguay Waterprimrose Yellow Fieldcress | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Pamlico | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Pasquotank | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Pender | Yes | Yes | Beach Vitex | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Perquimans | Yes | No | Eurasian Watermilfoil | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Person | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Pitt | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Polk | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Randolph | Yes | No | Musk Thistle | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Richmond | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Robeson | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Rockingham | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Rowan | Yes | No | Musk Thistle Uruguay Waterprimrose | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Rutherford | Yes | No | Musk Thistle | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Sampson | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Scotland | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Stanly | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Stokes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Surry | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Swain | No | No | Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Transylvania | No | No | Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Tyrrell | Yes | No | Eurasian Watermilfoil | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Union | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vance | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Wake | Yes | No | Uruguay Waterprimrose | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Warren | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| Washington | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Watauga | No | No | Plumeless Thistle Purple Loosestrife Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Wayne | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Wilkes | No | No | Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Wilson | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Yadkin | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Yancey | No | No | Canada Thistle Oriental Bittersweet | No | Yes | Yes | |
| *Counties with Yes* are partially regulated. | |||||||
| ** All counties in the Witchweed quarantine list are partially regulated. | |||||||
| ***Dare county is partially regulated | |||||||
| Note: Entire state is under quarantine for emerald ash borer and guava root knot nematode | |||||||
| See NC Noxious Weeds or call 1.800.206.9333 for a list of noxious weeds in North Carolina | |||||||