Re: Selling Sarracenias
Marj Boyer (Marj_Boyer@ncdamail.agr.state.nc.us)
Tue, 11 Jun 96 10:09:23 EST
Chris Teichreb mentioned, re selling endangered species legally, that
some states have special legal requirements and that "N. Carolina is
extremely stringent in regards to even owning species such as S.
oreophila." As one of the two people in N.C. responsible for
rare-plant regulation, I'm delighted that we have such a reputation
but a bit worried that people will be scared off from facing our
"extremely stringent" requirements and will go underground with their
S. oreophila or S. rubra ssp jonesii or whatever. So please don't.
N.C.'s only concern, like the federal ESA, is that the plants aren't
collected from the wild. So we've set up a paperwork system to
document that. We require people who own endangered or threatened
plants to have a permit stating the source of the plants. That's it
-- no cost, very little paperwork, and so long as the source is
legitimate (not from a wild population), we don't withhold any permit,
nor swoop down on anyone & confiscate their plants. (We have on
occasion swooped down on outlaw ginseng traders. And VFT poachers.
But that's another story.)
Anyone selling S. oreophila or S. r. ssp jonesii or any other listed
species, or even giving plants away, really should provide some kind
of documentation to the buyer (like, a receipt!). N.C. has a tag
system for sellers of endangered species; when they sell their plants,
the buyer in turn has documentation and, more importantly, is educated
about the rarity of the species and the fact that there is some legal
concern for rare native plants. ("Oh," people say over & over, "I
didn't know PLANTS could be endangered.")
You can check out N.C. rules on the Web, thanks to Barry, at
www.indirect.com/www/bazza/cps/faq/ncreg.html
or e-mail me or give me or my boss Cecil Frost a call at (919)
733-3610 if you have any questions/comments.
Marj Boyer, your friendly N.C. Ginseng Coordinator
Plant Conservation Program
NC Dept. of Agriculture