OAR 603-052-1206: Definitions

As used in OAR 603-052-1206 to 603-052-1211 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Giant reed” or “giant cane grass” means the plant species Arundo donax L. For purposes of this rule the term “giant reed” or “giant cane grass” applies to whole plants, plant parts, rhizomes, harvested plant parts, and seeds. For purposes of this rule, “giant reed” or “giant cane grass” does not include variegated varieties of giant reed as defined in subsection (4) of this section. (2) “Feral giant reed” means whole plants of the plant species Arundo donax growing outside of permitted production areas or as otherwise inconsistent with this rule. (3) “Riparian area” means a zone of transition from an aquatic ecosystem to a terrestrial ecosystem, dependent upon surface or subsurface water, that reveals through the zone’s existing or potential soil-vegetation complex the influence of such surface or subsurface water. (4) “Special Flood Hazard Area” means an area inundated during the 1% annual flood (also known as 100-year flood or a base flood) as determined from the January 2011 version of the Flood Insurance Rate Maps of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) available through the Department of Land Conservation and Development at: . (5) “Variegated varieties of giant reed” means horticultural varieties of Arundo donax with striped or spotted leaves. Variegated varieties may include but are not limited to varieties marketed as “Peppermint Stick,” “Variegata,” and “Golden Chain,” or other ornamental varieties that can be visually distinguished from “giant reed” or “giant cane grass.” (6) “Wetland” means areas that are naturally inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.