Plant Regulations
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
CHAPTER 48 - PLANT INDUSTRY
SUBCHAPTER 48F - PLANT CONSERVATION
SECTION .0300 - ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES LIST: THREATENED PLANT SPECIES LIST: LIST OF SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN
02 NCAC 48F .0301 PROTECTED PLANT SPECIES LIST
Click here to see the full list and the regulations governing collection and propagation of protected species:
§ 106‑202.13. Declaration of policy.
The General Assembly finds that the recreational needs of the people, the interests of science, and the economy of the State require that threatened and endangered species of plants and species of plants of special concern be protected and conserved, that their numbers should be enhanced and that propagative techniques be developed for them; however, nothing in this Article shall be construed to limit the rights of a property owner, without his consent, in the management of his lands for agriculture, forestry, development or any other lawful purpose. (1979, c. 964, s. 1.)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2011
H 2 HOUSE BILL 476 Committee Substitute Favorable 4/6/11
Short Title: Protect Galax & Venus Flytrap/WRC Rule Fines. (Public) Sponsors: Referred to: March 28, 2011
Click here to read bill, currently sitting in the Committee on Finance:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS TO GALAX AND VENUS FLYTRAP UNDER THE PLANT PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION ACT, TO REQUIRE ANY PERSON WHO ACTS IN THE CAPACITY OF A DEALER OF EITHER OF THESE PLANTS TO OBTAIN A DEALER PERMIT, AND TO INCREASE THE CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF CERTAIN RULES OF THE WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION.