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Endangered Species...
How hard is it for an individual to legally obtain seeds and/or
cuttings of an endangered species? Specifically I'm thinking of Echinacea laevigata (Smooth Purple Coneflower). My purpose would be to try to grow it. It is native to South Carolina (where I live) and there are native populations on DOE's Savannah River Site a few miles away. I would think that "enthusiatic amateurs" would be encouraged to help grow new populations but maybe I missing something. I would document my efforts. Thanks. |
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Endangered Species...
There is a great source for native and endangered plants
in Aiken, S.C. It is called Woodlanders and I believe they finally got their website up and running. -Philip Raphanus wrote: How hard is it for an individual to legally obtain seeds and/or cuttings of an endangered species? Specifically I'm thinking of Echinacea laevigata (Smooth Purple Coneflower). My purpose would be to try to grow it. It is native to South Carolina (where I live) and there are native populations on DOE's Savannah River Site a few miles away. I would think that "enthusiatic amateurs" would be encouraged to help grow new populations but maybe I missing something. I would document my efforts. Thanks. |
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Sorry, I forgot to include the URL. It is
http://www.woodlanders.net. -Philip Philip Wright wrote: There is a great source for native and endangered plants in Aiken, S.C. It is called Woodlanders and I believe they finally got their website up and running. -Philip Raphanus wrote: How hard is it for an individual to legally obtain seeds and/or cuttings of an endangered species? Specifically I'm thinking of Echinacea laevigata (Smooth Purple Coneflower). My purpose would be to try to grow it. It is native to South Carolina (where I live) and there are native populations on DOE's Savannah River Site a few miles away. I would think that "enthusiatic amateurs" would be encouraged to help grow new populations but maybe I missing something. I would document my efforts. Thanks. |
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Thanks. Woodlanders is a wonder. I've visited their gardens and their
web site. You can spend hours walking their gardens. However they have no Smooth Purple Cornflowers. Someone on the web is offering to sell the "rootstock" of a hybrid - whatever that means. After further research on the web. I'm pessimistic about being able to get the "real thing." It seems that the powers that be are worried about genetic integrity if they lose control. And yet the Echinacea sp. hybridize amongst themselves and the three populations of E. laevigata at SRS already show considerable genetic variation ( see "Ecology and Management of a Forested Landscape" edited by Kilgo and Blade) So it seems as regulations are in force to preserve something that doesn't exist. What am I missing? Philip Wright wrote: Sorry, I forgot to include the URL. It is http://www.woodlanders.net. -Philip Philip Wright wrote: There is a great source for native and endangered plants in Aiken, S.C. It is called Woodlanders and I believe they finally got their website up and running. -Philip Raphanus wrote: How hard is it for an individual to legally obtain seeds and/or cuttings of an endangered species? Specifically I'm thinking of Echinacea laevigata (Smooth Purple Coneflower). My purpose would be to try to grow it. It is native to South Carolina (where I live) and there are native populations on DOE's Savannah River Site a few miles away. I would think that "enthusiatic amateurs" would be encouraged to help grow new populations but maybe I missing something. I would document my efforts. Thanks. |
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In message . com,
Raphanus writes How hard is it for an individual to legally obtain seeds and/or cuttings of an endangered species? Specifically I'm thinking of Echinacea laevigata (Smooth Purple Coneflower). My purpose would be to try to grow it. It is native to South Carolina (where I live) and there are native populations on DOE's Savannah River Site a few miles away. I would think that "enthusiatic amateurs" would be encouraged to help grow new populations but maybe I missing something. I would document my efforts. Thanks. It's said to be illegal to collect seeds. http://www.ncdot.org/doh/operations/...ildflowerbook/ wildflower/13b.html But there are commerical sources, e.g. http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/index.pl?seed Conservation bodies may not be too keen on amateurs reintroducing plants of unknown or non-local provenance into the wild. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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I checked them out yesterday. They're out of stock.
Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: In message . com, Raphanus writes How hard is it for an individual to legally obtain seeds and/or cuttings of an endangered species? Specifically I'm thinking of Echinacea laevigata (Smooth Purple Coneflower). My purpose would be to try to grow it. It is native to South Carolina (where I live) and there are native populations on DOE's Savannah River Site a few miles away. I would think that "enthusiatic amateurs" would be encouraged to help grow new populations but maybe I missing something. I would document my efforts. Thanks. It's said to be illegal to collect seeds. http://www.ncdot.org/doh/operations/...ildflowerbook/ wildflower/13b.html But there are commerical sources, e.g. http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/index.pl?seed Conservation bodies may not be too keen on amateurs reintroducing plants of unknown or non-local provenance into the wild. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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"Conservation bodies may not be too keen on amateurs reintroducing
plants of unknown or non-local provenance into the wild." And I can understand that. However I was thinking more of getting the seeds/cuttings from a known research/conservation effort, e.g. the SC (or NC) Botanical Garden. The provenance would then be well established. The only logistical probelm I see with that is if they cater to one member of the public - they have to be able to cater to all and that may be a strain on resources. But maybe a first come, first serve policy would work. Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: In message . com, Raphanus writes How hard is it for an individual to legally obtain seeds and/or cuttings of an endangered species? Specifically I'm thinking of Echinacea laevigata (Smooth Purple Coneflower). My purpose would be to try to grow it. It is native to South Carolina (where I live) and there are native populations on DOE's Savannah River Site a few miles away. I would think that "enthusiatic amateurs" would be encouraged to help grow new populations but maybe I missing something. I would document my efforts. Thanks. It's said to be illegal to collect seeds. http://www.ncdot.org/doh/operations/...ildflowerbook/ wildflower/13b.html But there are commerical sources, e.g. http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/index.pl?seed Conservation bodies may not be too keen on amateurs reintroducing plants of unknown or non-local provenance into the wild. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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