Taking plants or roots form the wild can be illegal UK/USA

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Rareseedman Birmingham, United Kingdom Aug 20, 2009

Wildcrafting, as digging up plants in the wild is called, is illegal in most state(s) I have heard about people digging up tubers and roots of various morning glories, fungal infection could also set in and the entire plant could die.If you are digging them up on private property then you must have permission from the landowner. Digging them up on state owned or federally owned land is definitely a no-no. Be sure the land is not a wildlife preservation area. State and National parks are out of bounds too.
Here in the UK we have the Wildlife and Countryside Act that makes it illegal to remove or disturb any wildflower outside a private property (!)

I have quite a few friends in the USA and they have refused to send propagating material to each other between states as one had been fined even they never knew it was illegal.

Even if you have permission from the landowner you need to make sure you know which plants are endangered, threatened or protected in your state, check the USDA / APHIS site.

Does the local wildlife need that morning glory plant for it's food more than your greed? Is that the plant you think it is; could it in fact be something rare and endangered?.Is this something you could grow from seed but just want to have a quick bloom?

Ask yourself all these questions before you act and dig! Think twice!

Most morning glories will not transplant successfully, therefore the plant dies and has been wasted. Some plants are necessary for the ecology of a region and help bind soil and support wildlife in a certain area

If you can find seeds or plants at a reputable nursery or DG member then you are not disturbing the balance of nature, we really don't know what will tip that balance.

The APHIS website is here, if you become aware of traffic in prohibited or endangered plants you have an obligation to report it to your local officer to 'educate' the person(s) correct me if I am wrong http://www.plants.usda.gov/

On a more ecological friendly level cuttings and tissue culture and subsequent adventive embryo formation and plantlet regeneration whilst specific to ipomoea nil these technique(s) can be carried forward

Take a few seeds or pod(s) not the whole plant(!)

http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/asagao/yoneda_db/e/physiology/menu1.html

TTY....

Ray


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