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Reed canary grass sold for animal feed also has a rule-specific active exception. 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Fifty-nine simple species rows are exact-match candidates; three infraspecific rows and one hybrid remain held. Only unique same-rank scientific or accepted-name matches publish, producing 23 assertions.", "asOf": "2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z", "sourceVersion": "OAC-901:5-30-01-effective-2023-02-13" } ], "notes": "ORC 901.50's cultivated food/livestock-feed exclusion and the rule's narrower reed-canary-grass feed exception are modeled as separate material-scope boundaries; neither is a blanket clearance for landscape use. The rule also authorizes the director to exempt a cultivar when scientific evidence shows it is not invasive. No current official exemption roster was located, so FireApproved does not claim that no exemptions exist and does not project a species result onto cultivar pages. Fallopia japonica remains a synonym-only hold under the automatic publication rule. 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