Cyclohexenone oxime ethers of the formula I ##STR1## (R.sup.1 =C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl; A=substituted or unsubstituted alkylene or alkenylene;Z=a 5-membered or 6-membered heteroaromatic structure;X=substituted or unsubstituted amino, nitro, cyano, halogen, alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkoxy, carboxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzyloxycarbonyl and phenyl;n=0 to 3, or 1 to 4 where Z is halogen-substituted pyridyl; andR.sup.2 =alkoxyalkyl or alkylthioalkyl; substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl; a substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered saturated heterocyclic structure which contains one or two hetero atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted 6-membered or 7-membered saturated or mono- or diunsaturated heterocyclic structure containing one or two hereto atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered heteroaromatic structure containing one to three hereto atoms; substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or pyridyl)and their agriculturally useful salts and esters of C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -carboxylic acids and inorganic acids.The compounds are suitable as herbicides.