Taylor, MI Invasive Plant Rules: Prohibited Species (2026)

Section 20-147 of the Taylor City Code, in Article IV covering noxious weeds, defines the term by naming ten specific plants: Canada thistle (Circium arvense), dodders (any species of Cuscuta), mustards including charlock, black mustard and Indian mustard (species of Brassica or Sinapis), wild carrot (Daucus carota), bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis), hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana), ragweed (Ambrosia elatior No. 1), poison ivy (Rhus Toxicodendron) and poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix). The definition adds a catch-all: any other plant the city council regards as a common nuisance also qualifies.

This list, adopted by Ordinance No. 91-233 in 1991 and carried from 1987 Code section 32-16, sets the trigger for the mandatory eradication duty in section 20-148, which requires every landowner to destroy these plants before they reach seed-bearing stage. The definitions section separately defines high weeds (grass and weeds over eight inches, weeds at seed-bearing age, or weeds at a nuisance height), which is a distinct and broader standard than the specific noxious weed species list. Michigan's own noxious weeds statute, MCL 247.62, is cross-referenced in the code as the state law basis for local regulation, but the city's own species list and enforcement mechanism in Chapter 20 is what the Taylor building and code enforcement staff actually apply on the ground.