"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
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.

Wrong. Takeing without consent is theft

It has little or no effect
on the reproduction of species like bluebells, which use seed mainly
to propagate themselves to new areas.

If sufficient harvests from the wild are done then the species will
decline, note spectacular examples such as cod and whales

And, no, it has not helped
with the spread of Spanish bluebells - as the poster assumed, it
would probably reduce that effect.

Absolute rubbish, if genetically impure bluebells (when the impurity! is
dominant as is the case with spanish bluebells) are put itnto an area
with english bluebells the there is only one result and its certainly
not to reduce the effect of spanish bluebells

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


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

To all
Elsewhere in this thread I was asked if I could cite my sources, well I
cant at the moment, however when I asked in this very newsgroup a year
or so ago if I could remove bluebells from a private garden I was given
lots of advice that iirc included legal refs, and that technically you
cannot weed, kill vermin etc, that to remove something from property
you must have the landowners permission.


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