8725555 - v1 - 2016 The Minimum List for Seed Identification

8725555 - v1 - 2016 The Minimum List for Seed Identification

Minimum List of Species for Seed Identification by Canadian
Accredited Seed Analysts and Laboratories
Saskatoon Laboratory (Seed Science and Technology Section)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Version 2.0
November 2016
Contact: Section Head
Seed Science and Technology Section (SSTS)
CFIA, Saskatoon Laboratory
301 - 421 Downey Road
Saskatoon, SK
S7N 4L8
Phone: (306) 385-4858
Fax: (306) 385-4944
Email: [email protected]
Distribution:
CFIA Field Crops Division, Seed Section;
Canadian Seed Institute;
Commercial Seed Analyst Association of Canada;
Canadian Accredited Seed Laboratories
Introduction
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) seed analyst accreditation exam, seed testing laboratory
accreditation, and accredited seed laboratory proficiency monitoring program are administered by
CFIA Saskatoon Laboratory, Seed Science and Technology Section (SSTS) with the assistance of the
Canadian Seed Institute (CSI) and Commercial Seed Analyst Association of Canada. The Minimum
list of Species for Seed Identification by Canadian Accredited Seed Analysts and Laboratories (here
after called the Minimum List) is to provide the seed identification minimum requirement that will be
used for guiding the seed analyst accreditation exam, accrediting seed testing laboratories, and
monitoring the proficiency performance of accredited seed testing laboratory in seed identification. It
should also be used for internal proficiency monitoring for seed analyst in accredited seed testing
laboratories.
The Minimum List states the minimum species that accredited seed analysts and seed testing labs are
expected to retrieve and identify in seed samples. Seed testing laboratories, which are seeking CFIA
accreditation or have been accredited by CFIA, shall have the identification resources available (e.g.,
reference specimens and books) in addition to the achievement and maintenance of the identification
proficiency for the listed species.
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The Minimum List includes three parts: Species in Weed Seeds Order, species in Grade Tables I to XX,
Schedule I, Seeds Regulations, and other weeds. The CFIA Analyst Accreditation program is
considered equivalent to the Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) Certified Seed Analyst
(CSA) program and the Society of Commercial Seed Technologists (SCST) Registered Seed
Technologist (RST) programs in the United States of America. As such, the list is accepted as
equivalent to the seed identification scope used for the RST and CSA. This acceptance of equivalence
and clearly identified expectation of proficiency allows seed analysts in Canadian accredited seed
testing labs to participate in other programs (e.g., US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) PPQ 925 certificate issuance, CFIA Authorized Exporter Program, Canadian Seed Institute
monitoring of seed establishments).
The selection criteria for other weeds are based on:
•
If the species are common contaminants of Canadian domestic seed sample (e.g., distributed in
Canada, found in domestic seed samples)
•
Species are weeds that are significant to Canadian environment and export markets (e.g.,
weedy species that has concerns to provincial legislation or other countries)
•
Species that has value to maintain seed analyst identification skill (e.g., common family
exposure, equivalent to SCST Seed Identification List).
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The minimum list of species
Part I: Species listed in current version of Weed Seeds Order
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2016-93/index.html
Part II: Crop Species and visible disease bodies listed in Grade Table I-XX, SCHEDULE I
of the Seeds Regulations
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.%2C_c._1400/page-46.html#docCont
Part III: Other Weed Species (167 Species or Genus)
Common Name
Family
Genus or Species
English
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus spp., except
A. tuberculatus
Allium vineale
Cicuta douglasii
Cicuta maculata
Pigweed
Common milkweed
Starbur
Asteraceae
Asclepias syriaca
Acanthospermum
hispidum
Achillea millefolium
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Ambrosia psilostachya
Anthemis arvensis
Arctium lappa
Arctium minus
Artemisia absinthium
Carthamus lanatus
Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea calcitrapa
Cichorium intybus
Cirsium vulgare
Conyza canadensis
Crepis capillaris
Crepis tectorum
Asteraceae
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia
Perennial ragweed
Corn chamomile
Great burdock
Common burdock
Absinth
Woolly distaff thistle
Cornflower
Purple starthistle
Chicory
Bull thistle
Canada fleabane
Smooth hawk’s-beard
Narrow-leaved hawk’sbeard
False ragweed
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Erigeron spp.
Helianthus spp.
Hieracium aurantiacum
Hieracium spp.
Fleabane
Wild sunflower
Orange hawkweed
Hawkweed
Amaryllidaceae
Apiaceae
Apiaceae
Apocynaceae
Asteraceae
Wild garlic
Western water-hemlock
Spotted water-hemlock
Common yarrow
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French
Amarante
Ail des vignes
Cicutaire pourpre
Carotte à Moreau,
cicutaire maculée
Asclépiade commune
Herbe tricorne
Achillée millefeuille,
herbe à dinde
Herbe à poux vivace
Camomille des champs
Grande bardane
Petite bardane
Armoise absinthe
Carthame laineux
Centaurée bleuet
Centaurée chausse-trape
Chicorée sauvage
Chardon vulgaire
Vergerette du Canada
Crépis capillaire
Crépis des toits
Ive à feuilles de
lampourde
Vergerette
Hélianthe
Épervière orangée
Épervière
Common Name
Family
Genus or Species
English
Spotted cat’s ear
Povertyweed
Prickly lettuce
Blue lettuce
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Hypochaeris radicata
Iva axillaris
Lactuca serriola
Lactuca tatarica
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae
Lapsana communis
Matricaria discoidea
Picris echioides
Rudbeckia hirta
Senecio vulgaris
Silybum marianum
Solidago canadensis
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Symphyotrichum spp.
Tanacetum vulgare
Tragopogon dubius
Xanthium spp.
Amsinckia spp.
Borago officinalis
Buglossoides arvensis
Cynoglossum officinale
Echium vulgare
Lappula squarrosa
Lithospermum officinale
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae
Myosotis arvensis
Plagiobothrys scouleri
Nipplewort
Pineappleweed
Bristly oxtongue
Black-eyed Susan
Common groundsel
Milk thistle
Canada goldenrod
Spiny annual sow-thistle
Annual sow-thistle
Aster
Tansy, Common Tansy
Goat’s beard
Cocklebur
Fiddleneck
Borage
Corn gromwell
Hound’s-tongue
Blueweed
Bluebur
Pearl gromwell, common
gromwell
Field forget-me-not
Scouler's popcorn-flower
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Camelina spp.
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Conringia orientalis
Crambe hispanica
Descurainia sophia
Diplotaxis spp.
Eruca vesicaria
Erysimum cheiranthoides
Lepidium densiflorum
False flax
Shepherd’s-purse
Hare’s-ear mustard
Crambe
Flixweed
Wall rocket
Garden rocket
Wormseed mustard
Common pepper-grass
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae
Neslia paniculata
Rorippa spp.
Sisymbrium altissimum
Ball mustard
Cress
Tumble mustard
Brassicaceae
Turritis glabra
Tower mustard
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French
Porcelle enracinée
Ive à fleurs axillaires
Laitue scariole
Laitue bleue, laitue de
Tartarie
Lapsane commune
Matricaire odorante
Picride fausse-vipérine
Rudbeckie hérissée
Séneçon vulgaire
Chardon Marie
Verge d’or du Canada
Laiteron rude
Laiteron potager
Aster
Tanaisie vulgaire
Salsifis majeur
Lampourde
Amsinckie
Bourrache officinale
Grémil des champs
Cynoglosse officinale
Vipérine commune
Bardanette épineuse
Grémil officinal
Myosotis des champs
Plagiobothryde de
Scouler
Caméline
Bourse-à-pasteur
Vélar d’Orient
Crambe, chou marin
Sagesse-des-chirurgiens
Diplotaxe
Roquette
Vélar fausse-giroflée
Lépidie densiflore,
passerage densiflore
Neslie paniculée
Rorippe, cresson
Sisymbre élevé
Arabette glabre, tourette
glabre
Common Name
Family
Genus or Species
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Agrostemma githago
Silene antirrhina
Silene dichotoma
Spergula arvensis
Atriplex spp.
Axyris amaranthoides
Bassia scoparia
Chenopodium album
English
Purple cockle
Sleepy catchfly
Forked catchfly
Corn spurry
Orach
Russian pigweed
Kochia
Lamb’s-quarters
Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Chenopodium quinoa
Salsola tragus
Carex spp.
Cyperus esculentus
Eleocharis spp.
Acalypha virginica
Euphorbia cyparissias
Euphorbia dentata
Quinoa
Russian thistle
Sedge
Yellow nut sedge
Spikerush
Three-seeded mercury
Cypress spurge
Dentate spurge
Euphorbiaceae
Fabaceae
Fabaceae
Fabaceae
Euphorbia maculata
Astragalus miser
Astragalus bisulcatus
Lotus uliginosus
Fabaceae
Melilotus indicus
Fabaceae
Fabaceae
Lamiaceae
Trifolium vesiculosum
Vicia cracca (subsp.
cracca)
Vicia sativa subsp. nigra
Erodium cicutarium
Geranium spp.
Hypericum perforatum
Sisyrinchium
angustifolium
Juncus spp.
Lamium amplexicaule
Mentha spp.
Nepeta cataria
Dracocephalum
parviflorum
Galeopsis tetrahit
Hairy-fruited spurge
Timber milk-vetch
Two-grooved milk-vetch
Big trefoil, Greater bird’s
foot trefoil
Annual yellow sweetclover, Sour clover
Arrowleaf clover
Tufted vetch
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
Malvaceae
Scutellaria spp.
Stachys palustris
Hibiscus trionum
Fabaceae
Geraniaceae
Geraniaceae
Hypericaceae
Iridaceae
Juncaceae
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
Narrow-leaved vetch
Stork’s bill
Geranium
St. John’s-wort
Blue-eyed-grass
Rush
Henbit
Mint
Catnip
American dragonhead
Hemp-nettle
Skullcap
Marsh hedge-nettle
Flower-of-an-hour
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French
Nielle, nielle des blés
Silène muflier
Silène fourchu
Spargoute des champs
Arroche
Ansérine de Russie
Kochia à balais
Chénopode blanc, chou
gras
Quinoa
Soude roulante
Carex, laîche
Souchet comestible
Éléocharide
Ricinelle rhomboïde
Euphorbe cyprès
Euphorbe à feuilles
dentées
Euphorbe tachetée
Astragale prostré
Astragale à deux sillons
Lotier des marais
Mélilot à petites fleurs,
mélilot d’Inde
Trèfle renflé en vessie
Vesce jargeau
Vesce noire
Érodium cicutaire
Géranium
Millepertuis commun
Bermudienne à feuilles
étroites
Jonc
Lamier amplexicaule
Menthe
Herbe à chat, cataire
Dracocéphale
d’Amérique
Ortie royale, galéopside à
tige carrée
Scutellaire
Épiaire des marais
Ketmie trilobée
Common Name
Family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae
Malvaceae
Melanthiaceae
Genus or Species
English
Round-leaved mallow
Mallow
Small-flowered mallow
Death camas
Onagraceae
Oxalidaceae
Malva pusilla
Malva spp.
Malva parviflora
Toxicoscordion
venenosum
Oenothera biennis
Oxalis stricta
Papaveraceae
Papaver somniferum
Papaveraceae
Papaver rhoeas
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae
Poaceae
Plantago aristata
Plantago major
Plantago rugelii
Plantago virginica
Achnatherum hymenoides
Poaceae
Agrostis scabra
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Alopecurus geniculatus
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Apera spica-venti
Beckmannia syzigachne
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Poaceae
Bouteloua gracilis
Bromus hordeaceus
Bromus diandrus
Cynodon dactylon
Danthonia spicata
Deschampsia cespitosa
Echinochloa crus-galli
Elymus virginicus
Eragrostis spp.
Glyceria spp.
Holcus lanatus
Hordeum jubatum
Koeleria macrantha
Lolium temulentum
Nassella viridula
Poa alpina
Poa bulbosa
Schizachyrium scoparium
Setaria italica subsp.
viridis
French
Mauve à feuilles rondes
Mauve
Mauve parviflore
Zigadène vénéneux
Yellow evening-primrose Onagre bisannuelle
European wood-sorrel
Oxalide d’Europe,
oxalide dressée
Opium poppy
Pavot à opium, pavot
somnifère
Corn poppy
Pavot coquelicot, grand
coquelicot
Bracted plantain
Plantain aristé
Broad-leaved plantain
Plantain majeur
Rugel’s plantain
Plantain de Rugel
Paleseed plantain
Plantain de Virginie
Indian ricegrass
Stipe à glumes
membraneuses
Tickle grass, Rough hair Agrostide scabre
grass
Water foxtail
Vulpin géniculé
Sweet vernalgrass
Flouve odorante
Silky bent grass
Agrostide jouet-du-vent
Sloughgrass
Beckmannie à écailles
unies
Blue grama
Boutelou gracieux
Soft chess
Brome mou
Giant brome
Brome à deux étamines
Bermuda grass
Chiendent pied-de-poule
Poverty oat grass
Danthonie à épi
Tufted hairgrass
Canche cespiteuse
Barnyard grass
Échinochloa pied-de-coq
Virginia wildrye
Élyme de Virginie
Lovegrass
Éragrostide
Manna grass
Glycérie
Velvet grass
Houlque laineuse
Foxtail barley
Orge queue-d’écureuil
Junegrass
Kœlérie grêle
Darnel
Ivraie enivrante
Green needlegrass
Stipe verte
Alpine bluegrass
Pâturin alpin
Bulbous blue grass
Pâturin bulbeux
Little bluestem
Barbon à balais
Green foxtail
Sétaire verte
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Common Name
Family
Poaceae
Genus or Species
English
Yellow foxtail
French
Sétaire glauque
Soft ventgrass
Vulpia
Wild buckwheat
Lady’s-thumb
Pale smartweed
Prostrate knotweed
Sheep sorrel
Golden dock
Venténate douteuse
Vulpie
Renouée liseron
Renouée persicaire
Persicaire pâle
Renouée des oiseaux
Petite oseille
Patience maritime, rumex
maritime
Pourpier potager
Mouron rouge
Renoncule âcre, bouton
d’or
Renoncule rampante
Potentille
Benoîte
Rosier sauvage
Framboisier
Gaillet boréal
Shérardie des champs
Sarcobate vermiculé
Grande molène
Coqueret
Morelle noire de l’Est
Ortie
Verveine
Violette
Poaceae
Poaceae
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae
Setaria pumila subsp.
pumila
Ventenata dubia
Vulpia spp.
Fallopia convolvulus
Persicaria maculosa
Persicaria lapathifolia
Polygonum aviculare
Rumex acetosella
Rumex maritimus
Portulacaceae
Primulaceae
Ranunculaceae
Portulaca oleracea
Anagallis arvensis
Ranunculus acris
Purslane
Scarlet pimpernel
Tall buttercup
Ranunculaceae
Rosaceae
Rosaceae
Rosaceae
Rosaceae
Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
Sarcobataceae
Scrophulariaceae
Solanaceae
Solanaceae
Urticaceae
Verbenaceae
Violaceae
Ranunculus repens
Potentilla spp.
Geum spp.
Rosa spp.
Rubus spp.
Galium boreale
Sherardia arvensis
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Verbascum thapsus
Physalis spp.
Solanum ptychanthum
Urtica spp.
Verbena spp.
Viola spp.
Creeping buttercup
Cinquefoil
Avens
Wild rose
Raspberry
Northern bedstraw
Field madder
Greasewood
Common mullein
Ground-cherry
Eastern black nightshade
Nettle
Vervain
Violet
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