INDEX OF CROPS, CROP GROUPS AND CROP SUBGROUPS
(including crop grouping revisions per Federal Register [FR] Final Rules beginning Dec. 7, 2007 – April 1, 2008)
The crop group table below includes all crop groups, subgroups, representative (rep) crops and commodities that were established with the crop grouping regulation published in the FR in 1995 (published as regulation in 17 MAY 95 FR: 40 CFR 180.41). In October 2002 the IR-4/USDA International Crop Grouping Symposium was held to propose expansion of crop groups to include many “orphan” minor crops and to propose new crop groups, subgroups and rep crops. The first revisions to the 1995 crop grouping regulation (based on results of the Oct. 2002 Symposium) were published in the FR December 7, 2007, and included crop groups 3-07 (Bulb vegetables), 13-07 (Berry and small fruit) and a new crop group 21, Edible fungi (the “-07” added to groups 3 and 13 designates these groups were revised in the 2007 FR [group revisions published in 2008 will be designated “-08”, etc.]; and no “-07” for Crop group 21 indicates it is the first codification of this group).
As crop group revisions continue to be codified via FR final rules, they will be added to this table, and new petition submissions to EPA will request tolerances for the revised crop groups/subgroups. For existing tolerances and crop group/subgroup registrations based on the 1995 regulation, there will not be automatic revisions to the new groups. Instead, these changes will need to be specifically requested by registrants/IR-4 when other regulatory actions are being requested.
Another new crop group 20 is also inserted in the table below. Although this group has not yet been codified in an FR final rule, in an effort to harmonize crop groups between the U.S. and Canada (which has recognized this oilseed crop group for years), and per approval of EPA’s ChemSAC, requests for oilseed crop tolerances in the U.S. are accepted by EPA (until codified, the tolerance request must include a separate request for each individual commodity in the group or subgroup).
|
Number and Name |
Commodities |
Commodities |
| 1. ROOT AND TUBER
VEGETABLES |
Carrot, potato, radish, and sugar beet. | Arracacha; arrowroot; artichoke, Chinese; artichoke, Jerusalem; beet, garden; beet, sugar; burdock, edible; canna, edible; carrot; cassava, bitter and sweet; celeriac; chayote (root); chervil, turnip-rooted; chicory; chufa; dasheen (taro); ginger; ginseng; horseradish; leren; parsley, turnip-rooted; parsnip; potato; radish; radish, oriental; rutabaga; salsify; salsify, black; salsify, Spanish; skirret; sweet potato; tanier; turmeric; turnip; yam bean; yam, true. |
1A.
Root vegetables subgroup |
Carrot, radish, and sugar beet | Beet, garden; beet, sugar, burdock, edible; carrot; celeriac; chervil, turnip-rooted; chicory; ginseng; horseradish; parsley, turnip-rooted; parsnip; radish; radish, oriental; rutabaga; salsify; salsify, black; salsify, Spanish; skirret; turnip |
1B.
Root vegetables (except sugar beet) subgroup |
Carrot and radish | Beet, garden; burdock, edible; carrot; celeriac; chervil, turnip-rooted; chicory; ginseng; horseradish; parsley, turnip-rooted; parsnip; radish; radish, oriental; rutabaga; salsify; salsify, black; salsify, Spanish; skirret; turnip. |
1C.
Tuberous and corm vegetables subgroup |
Potato | Arracacha; arrowroot; artichoke, Chinese; artichoke, Jerusalem; canna, edible; cassava, bitter and sweet; chayote (root); chufa; dasheen (taro); ginger; leren; potato; sweet potato; tanier; turmeric; yam bean; yam, true |
1D.
Tuberous and corm vegetables (except potato) subgroup |
Sweet potato | Arracacha; arrowroot; artichoke, Chinese; artichoke, Jerusalem; canna, edible; cassava, bitter and sweet; chayote (root); chufa; dasheen (taro); ginger; leren; sweet potato; tanier; turmeric; yam bean; yam, true |
| 2. LEAVES OF ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLES (HUMAN FOOD OR ANIMAL FEED) | Turnip and garden beet or sugar beet | Beet, garden; beet, sugar; burdock, edible; carrot; cassava, bitter and sweet; celeriac; chervil, turnip-rooted; chicory; dasheen (taro); parsnip; radish; radish, oriental (daikon); rutabaga; salsify, black; sweet potato; tanier; turnip; yam, true |
| 3-07. BULB VEGETABLES |
onion, bulb; onion, green | Chive, fresh leaves; chive, Chinese, fresh leaves; daylily, bulb; elegans hosta; fritillaria, bulb; fritillaria, leaves; garlic, bulb; garlic, great-headed, bulb; garlic, serpent, bulb; kurrat; lady’s leek; leek; leek, wild; lily, bulb; onion, Beltsville bunching; onion, bulb; onion, Chinese, bulb; onion, fresh; onion, green; onion, macrostem; onion, pearl; onion, potato, bulb; onion, tree, tops; onion, Welsh, tops; shallot, bulb; shallot, fresh leaves; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
3-07A. |
onion, bulb | Daylily, bulb; fritillaria, bulb; garlic, bulb; garlic, great-headed, bulb; garlic, serpent, bulb; lily, bulb; onion, bulb; onion, Chinese, bulb; onion, pearl; onion, potato, bulb; shallot, bulb; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
3-07 B. |
onion, green | chive, fresh leaves; chive, Chinese, fresh leaves; elegans hosta; fritillaria, leaves; kurrat; lady’s leek; leek; leek, wild; onion, Beltsville bunching; onion, fresh; onion, green; onion, macrostem; onion, tree, tops; onion, Welsh, tops; shallot, fresh leaves; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
| 3. BULB VEGETABLES | Onion, green; and onion, dry bulb | Garlic; garlic, great-headed; leek; onion, dry bulb and green; onion, Welsh; shallot |
| 4. LEAFY VEGETABLES (EXCEPT BRASSICA VEGETABLES) | Celery, head lettuce, leaf lettuce, and spinach | Amaranth (Chinese spinach); arugula (roquette); cardoon; celery; celery, Chinese; celtuce; chervil; chrysanthemum, edible-leaved; chrysanthemum, garland; corn salad; cress, garden; cress, upland; dandelion; dock (sorrel); endive (escarole); fennel, Florence; lettuce, head and leaf; orach; parsley; purslane, garden; purslane, winter; radicchio (red chicory); rhubarb; spinach; spinach, New Zealand; spinach, vine; Swiss chard |
4A.
Leafy greens subgroup |
Head lettuce and leaf lettuce, and spinach | Amaranth; arugula; chervil; chrysanthemum, edible-leaved; chrysanthemum, garland; corn salad; cress, garden; cress, upland; dandelion; dock; endive; lettuce; orach; parsley; purslane, garden; purslane, winter; radicchio; spinach; spinach, New Zealand; spinach, vine |
4B.
Leaf petioles subgroup |
Celery | Cardoon; celery; celery, Chinese; celtuce; fennel, Florence; rhubarb; Swiss chard |
| 5. BRASSICA (COLE) LEAFY VEGETABLES | Broccoli or cauliflower; cabbage; and mustard greens. | Broccoli; broccoli, Chinese (gai lon); broccoli raab (rapini); Brussels sprouts; cabbage; cabbage, Chinese (bok choy); cabbage, Chinese (napa); cabbage, Chinese mustard(gai choy); cauliflower; cavalo broccolo; collards; kale; kohlrabi; mizuna; mustard greens; mustard spinach; rape greens |
5A. Head & Stem Brassica subgroup |
Broccoli or cauliflower and cabbage | Broccoli; broccoli, Chinese; brussels sprouts; cabbage; cabbage, Chinese (napa); cabbage, Chinese mustard; cauliflower; cavalo broccolo; kohlrabi |
5B. Leafy Brassica greens subgroup |
Mustard greens | Broccoli raab; cabbage, Chinese (bok choy); collards; kale; mizuna; mustard greens; mustard spinach; rape greens |
| 6. LEGUME VEGETABLES (SUCCULENT OR DRIED) | Bean ( Phaseolus),(succulent & dried),pea (Pisum) (succulent & dried) and soybean | Bean (Lupinus) (includes grain lupin, sweet lupin, white lupin, and white sweet lupin); bean (Phaseolus) (includes field bean, kidney bean, lima bean, navy bean, pinto bean, runner bean, snap bean, tepary bean, wax bean); bean (Vigna) (includes adzuki bean, asparagus bean, blackeyed pea, catjang, Chinese longbean, cowpea, crowder pea, moth bean, mung bean, rice bean, southern pea, urd bean, yardlong bean); broad bean (fava); chickpea (garbanzo); guar; jackbean; lablab bean; lentil; pea (Pisum) (includes dwarf pea, edible-podded pea, English pea, field pea, garden pea, green pea, snowpea, sugar snap pea); pigeon pea; soybean; soybean (immature seed); sword bean |
6A. Edible-podded legume vegetables subgroup |
Any one succulent cultivar of edible-podded bean (Phaseolus) and any one succulent cultivar of edible-podded pea (Pisum) | Bean (Phaseolus) (includes runner bean, snap bean, wax bean); bean (Vigna) (includes asparagus bean, Chinese longbean, moth bean, yardlong bean); jackbean; pea (Pisum) (includes dwarf pea, edible-podded pea, snow pea, sugar snap pea); pigeon pea; soybean (immature seed); sword bean |
6B. Succulent shelled pea and bean subgroup |
Any succulent shelled cultivar of bean (Phaseolus) and garden pea (Pisum) | Bean (Phaseolus) (includes lima bean, green; broad bean, succulent); bean (Vigna) (includes blackeyed pea, cowpea, southern pea); pea (Pisum) (includes English pea, garden pea, green pea); pigeon pea |
6C. Dried shelled pea and bean (except soybean) subgroup |
Any one dried cultivar of bean (Phaseolus) and any one dried cultivar of pea (Pisum) | Dried cultivars of bean (Lupinus); bean (Phaseolus) (includes field bean, kidney bean, lima bean (dry), navy bean, pinto bean, tepary bean); bean (Vigna) (includes adzuki bean, blackeyed pea, catjang, cowpea, crowder pea, moth bean, mung bean, rice bean, southern pea, urd bean); broad bean (dry); chickpea; guar; lablab bean; lentil; pea (Pisum) (includes field pea); pigeon pea |
| 7. FOLIAGE OF LEGUME VEGETABLES | Any cultivar of bean (Phaseolus), field pea (Pisum) and soybean | Plant parts of any legume vegetable included in the legume vegetables that will be used as animal feed. |
7A. Foliage of legume vegetables (except soybeans) subgroup |
Any cultivar of bean (Phaseolus) and field pea (Pisum) | Plant parts of any legume vegetable (except soybeans) included in the legume vegetables group that will be used as animal feed. |
| 8. FRUITING VEGETABLES (EXCEPT CUCURBITS) | Tomato, bell pepper, and one cultivar of non-bell pepper | Eggplant; groundcherry (Physalis spp); pepino; pepper (includes bell pepper, chili pepper, cooking pepper, pimento, sweet pepper); tomatillo; tomato |
| 9. CUCURBIT VEGETABLES | Cucumber, muskmelon, and summer squash | Chayote (fruit); Chinese waxgourd (Chinese preserving melon); citron melon; cucumber; gherkin; gourd, edible (includes hyotan, cucuzza, hechima, Chinese okra); Momordica spp (includes balsam apple, balsam pear, bittermelon, Chinese cucumber); muskmelon (includes cantaloupe); pumpkin; squash, summer; squash, winter (includes butternut squash, calabaza, hubbard squash, acorn squash, spaghetti squash); watermelon |
9A. Melon subgroup |
Cantaloupe | Citron melon; muskmelon; watermelon |
9B. Squash/Cucumber subgroup |
One cultivar of summer squash and cucumber | Chayote (fruit); Chinese waxgourd; cucumber; gherkin; gourd, edible; Momordica spp; pumpkin; squash, summer;squash, winter |
| 10. CITRUS FRUITS | Sweet orange, lemonand grapefruit | Calamondin; citrus citron; citrus hybrids (includes chironja, tangelo, tangor); grapefruit; kumquat; lemon; lime; mandarin (tangerine); orange, sour; orange, sweet; pummelo; Satsuma mandarin |
| 11. POME FRUITS | Apple and pear | Apple; crabapple; loquat; mayhaw; pear; pear, oriental; quince |
| 12. STONE FRUITS | Sweet or tart cherry, peach, and plum or fresh prune | Apricot; cherry, sweet; cherry, tart; nectarine; peach; plum; plum, Chickasaw; plum, Damson; plum, Japanese; plumcot; prune (fresh) |
13-07. |
Any one blackberry or any one raspberry, highbush blueberry, elderberry or mulberry, grape, fuzzy kiwifruit and strawberry | Amur river grape; aronia berry; bayberry; bearberry; bilberry; blackberry (including Andean blackberry, arctic blackberry, bingleberry, black satin berry, boysenberry, brombeere, California blackberry, Chesterberry, Cherokee blackberry, Cheyenne blackberry, common blackberry, coryberry, darrowberry, dewberry, Dirksen thornless berry, evergreen blackberry, Himalayaberry, hullberry, lavacaberry, loganberry, lowberry, Lucretiaberry, mammoth blackberry, marionberry, mora, mures deronce, nectarberry, Northern dewberry, olallieberry, Orgeon evergreen berry, phenomenalberry, rangeberry, ravenberry, rossberry, Shawnee blackberry, Southern dewberry, tayberry, youngberry, zarzamora, and cultivars, varieties and/or hybrids of these); blueberry, highbush; blueberry, lowbush; buffalo currant; buffaloberry; che; Chilean guava; chokecherry; cloudberry; cranberry; cranberry, highbush; currant, black; currant, red; elderberry; European barberry; gooseberry; grape; honeysuckle, edible; huckleberry; jostaberry; Juneberry (Saskatoon berry); kiwifruit, fuzzy; kiwifruit, hardy; lingonberry; maypop; mountain pepper berries; mulberry; muntries; native currant; partridgeberry; phalsa; pincherry; raspberry, black and red; riberry; salal; schisandra berry; sea buckthorn; serviceberry; strawberry; wild raspberry; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
13-07A. |
Any one blackberry or any one raspberry | Blackberry; loganberry; raspberry, black and red; wild raspberry; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
13-07B. |
Blueberry, highbush | Aronia berry; blueberry, highbush; blueberry, lowbush; buffalo currant; Chilean guava; cranberry, highbush; currant, black; currant, red; elderberry; European barberry; gooseberry; honeysuckle, edible; huckleberry; jostaberry; Juneberry (Saskatoon berry); lingonberry; native currant; salal; sea buckthorn; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
13-07C. |
Elderberry or mulberry | Bayberry; buffaloberry; che; chokecherry; elderberry; Juneberry (Saskatoon berry); mountain pepper berries; mulberry; phalsa; pincherry; riberry; salal; serviceberry; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
13-07D. |
Grape and fuzzy kiwifruit | Amur river grape; gooseberry; grape; kiwifruit, fuzzy; kiwifruit, hardy; maypop; schisandra berry; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
13-07E. |
Fuzzy kiwifruit | Amur river grape; gooseberry; kiwifruit, fuzzy; kiwifruit, hardy; maypop; schisandra berry; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
13-07F. |
Grape | Amur river grape; gooseberry; grape; kiwifruit, hardy; maypop; schisandra berry; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
13-07G. |
Strawberry | Bearberry; bilberry; blueberry, lowbush; cloudberry; cranberry; lingonberry; muntries; partridgeberry; strawberry; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
13-07H. |
Cranberry | Bearberry; bilberry; blueberry, lowbush; cloudberry; cranberry; lingonberry; muntries; partridgeberry; cultivars, varieties, and/or hybrids of these |
| 13. BERRIES | Any one blackberry or any one raspberry; and blueberry | Blackberry (including bingleberry, boysenberry; dewberry; lowberry, marionberry, olallieberry, youngberry); blueberry; currant; elderberry; gooseberry; huckleberry; loganberry; raspberry, black and red |
13A. Caneberry (blackberry and raspberry) subgroup |
Any one blackberry or any one raspberry | Blackberry; loganberry; red and black raspberry; cultivars and/or hybrids of these |
13B. Bushberry subgroup |
Blueberry, highbush | Blueberry, highbush and lowbush; currant; elderberry; gooseberry; huckleberry |
| 14.TREE NUTS | Almond and pecan | Almond; beech nut; Brazil nut; butternut; cashew; chestnut; chinquapin; filbert (hazelnut); hickory nut; macadamia nut; pecan; walnut, black and English |
| 15. CEREAL GRAINS | Corn (sweet and field), rice, sorghum, and wheat | Barley; buckwheat; corn; millet, pearl; millet, proso; oats; popcorn; rice; rye; sorghum (milo); teosinte; triticale; wheat; wild rice |
| 16. FORAGE, FODDER AND STRAW OF CEREAL GRAINS | Corn, wheat, and any other cereal grain crop | Forage, fodder, and straw of all commodities included in the cereal grains group |
| 17. GRASS FORAGE, FODDER, AND HAY GROUP | Bermuda grass; bluegrass; and bromegrass or fescue | Any grass, Gramineae family (either green or cured) except sugarcane and those included in the cereal grains group, that will be fed to or grazed by livestock, all pasture and range grasses and grasses grown for hay or silage |
| 18. NONGRASS ANIMAL FEEDS (FORAGE, FODDER, STRAW AND HAY) | Alfalfa and clover (Trifolium) | Alfalfa; bean, velvet; clover (Trifolium, Melilotus); kudzu; lespedeza; lupin; sainfoin; trefoil; vetch; vetch, crown; vetch, milk |
| 19. HERBS AND SPICES | Basil (fresh & dried); black pepper; chive; and celery seed or dill seed | Allspice; angelica; anise; anise, star; annatto (seed); balm; basil; borage; burnet; camomile; caper buds; caraway; caraway, black; cardamom; cassia bark; cassia buds; catnip; celery seed; chervil (dried); chive; chive, Chinese; cinnamon; clary; clove buds; corainder leaf (cilantro or Chinese parsley); coriander seed (cilantro); costmary; culantro (leaf); culantro (seed); cumin; curry (leaf); dill (dillweed); dill (seed); fennel (common); fennel, Florence (seed); fenugreek; grains of paradise, horehound; hyssop; juniper berry; lavender; lemongrass; lovage (leaf); lovage (seed); mace; marigold, marjoram; mustard (seed); nasturtium; nutmeg; parsley (dried); pennyroyal; pepper, black; pepper, white; poppy (seed); rosemary; rue; saffron; sage; savory, summer and winter; sweet bay; tansy; tarragon; thyme; vanilla; wintergreen; woodruff; wormwood |
| 19A. Herb subgroup |
Basil (fresh & dried) and chive | Angelica; balm; basil; borage; burnet; camomile; catnip; chervil (dried); chive; chive, Chinese; clary; coriander (leaf); costmary; culantro (leaf); curry (leaf); dillweed; horehound; hyssop; lavender; lemongrass; lovage (leaf); marigold; marjoram; nasturtium; parsley (dried); pennyroyal; rosemary; rue; sage; savory, summer and winter; sweet bay; tansy; tarragon; thyme; wintergreen; woodruff; and wormwood |
| 19B. Spice subgroup |
Black pepper; and celery seed or dill seed | Allspice; anise (seed); anise, star; annatto (seed); caper (buds); caraway; caraway, black; cardamom; cassia (bark); cassia (buds);celery (seed); cinnamon; clove (buds); coriander (seed); culantro (seed); cumin; dill (seed); fennel, common; fennel, Florence (seed); fenugreek; grains of paradise; juniper (berry); lovage (seed); mace; mustard (seed); nutmeg; pepper, black; pepper, white; poppy (seed); saffron; and vanilla |
| 21. EDIBLE FUNGI | White button mushroom and any one oyster mushroom or any Shiitake mushroom | Blewitt, bunashimeji, Chinese mushroom, enoki, hime-matsutake, hirmeola, maitake, morel, nameko, net bearing Dictyophora, oyster mushroom, pom pom, reishi mushroom, Rodman’s agaricus, Shiitake mushroom, shimeji, stropharia, truffle, white button mushroom, white jelly fungi |
The oilseeds group in the following table has not yet been codified in the Federal Register, but is accepted by both EPA and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency in Canada:
Subgroups - Number and Name |
Commodities |
Commodities |
20. OILSEEDS |
Rapeseed (canola varieties only); sunflower seed; cottonseed |
Borage, castor oil plant, Chinese tallowtree, cottonseed, crambe, cuphea, echium, euphorbia, evening primrose, flax seed, Gold of Pleasure, hare’s-ear mustard, jojoba, lesquerella, lunaria, meadow foam, milkweed, mustard seed, Niger seed, oil radish, poppy seed, rapeseed, rose hip, safflower, sesame, stokes aster, sunflower, sweet rocket, tallowwood, tea oil plant and vernonia |
|---|---|---|
20A. |
Rapeseed, canola varieties only | Borage, crambe, cuphea, echium, flax seed, Gold of Pleasure, hare’s-ear mustard, lesquerella, lunaria, meadow foam, milkweed, mustard seed, oil radish, poppy seed, rapeseed, sesame and sweet rocket |
20B. |
Sunflower | Castor oil plant, Chinese tallowtree, euphorbia, evening primrose, jojoba, Niger seed, rose hip, safflower, stokes aster, sunflower, tallowwood, tea oil plant and vernonia |
20C. |
Cottonseed | Cottonseed |
TROPICAL FRUIT CROPS
| Representative Crop | Crop Grouping | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Grapefruit | grapefruit, punimelo, and their citrus hybrids (including Uniq (Ugli) fruit) |
Corresponds to Codex Citrus Fruits Definitions |
| Sugar Apple | sugar apple, cherimoya, atemoya, custard apple ilama, soursop, biriba | All crops in the Annonaceae; similar gross morphology; inedible peel |
| Lychee | lychee, longan, Spanish lime, rambutan, pulasan | All crops in the Sapindaceae; inedible peel |
| Papaya | papaya, star apple, black sapote, mango, sapodilla, canistel, mamey sapote | All crops have inedible peel; corresponds to Codex classification |
| Avocado | avocado, papaya, star apple, black sapote, mango, sapodilla, canistel, mamey sapote | All crops have inedible peel; corresponds to Codex classification |
| Guava | guava, feijoa, jaboticaba, wax jambu, starfruit, passionfruit, acerola | Primarily edible peel; note/peel rarely contaminates Passiflora spp. during juicing |
| Citrus Fruits | add White sapote (Casimiroa), and other cultivars and/or hybrids of these | White sapote is in the Rutaceae (citrus) |