Quote:
Originally Posted by LeftCoastAngler  Should I remove and add to my collection, or no?
I'm a industrial electrician working on yet another water plant in the middle of BFE. (middle of nowhere...) Happens the 125acre property is surrounded by Florida's Natural Cypress Swamps... I was following deer & hog tracks and stumbled upon some wild Broms... Debating if I should break the chain of events in the woods or not? I've done some research on UF's site, and the ones I'm looking at ARE NOT protected, and it doesn't say YOU CAN'T posess them, but there are some that you CAN'T. Should I get the gettin's while the gettin's good?
Your opinion?
I'll snap some piccies today...
~LCA. |
Check out who owns the land. Is the land itself protected? I'm not sure of the land protection laws in the States but in Australia it is illegal to take any plant material from state and federally protected land without a permit, regardless of the conservation status of the plant itself. I'd be surprised if the US doesn't have similar legislation regarding state and national land. If it's private land, contact the owners to see if you can collect some material. Are the plants in question available comercially? If so is there a reason why you'd want to collect the wild material instead of buying the plant (other than the obvious price factor)?