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Annabel wrote:

Collecting seed from the wild is illegal and is partly what has been
blamed on the reduction and/or local extinction of some species of plant
not least in the huge quantity that you say you took. I'm not sure if
planting seed in ground where you have no permission is illegal but it
is very definitely frowned on and irresponsible, and it has led to the
degradation of local races i.e. the rapid increase in Spanish bluebell
in the u.k.

You are seriously confused. No, it is not illegal in the UK, in
general, but may be for some plants. It has little or no effect
on the reproduction of species like bluebells, which use seed mainly
to propagate themselves to new areas. And, no, it has not helped
with the spread of Spanish bluebells - as the poster assumed, it
would probably reduce that effect.

However, there are SOME plants in SOME places where your statements
would be true. Almost always annuals, for obvious reasons.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.