In the United States, only certain listed, vulnerable plant species are barred from being collected everywhere in the wild; in National Parks and similarly protected areas, no collecting is allowed. If one wants to collect plant material other than seeds in a National Forest, one can request permission at a nearby ranger station. For instance, when someone then at Kew wanted rhizomes of Iris tenuis, a species of restricted distribution near my home, I applied for and readily received permission through the Forest Service botanist. I was told that I could collect seed of it without permission, but unfortunately most populations I know of are growing in deep shade and do not set seed. (It is one of the Crested irises, and not as ornamental as other members of that section.) The large quantity of Fritillaria striata seed I donated to PBS a couple of years ago was collected by the staff of a preserve where it grows in large numbers. They gave it to me in thanks for a big donation. I think it's probably a listed species in California. I hope many people are now growing it. Call it forma largitio (look it up). Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon On 10/3/2022 3:20 PM, Jan Jeddeloh via pbs wrote: > Just to make clear it is the policy of the PBS not to accept or distribute seed that has been illegally collected. So far I haven’t run into any situations where I had cause to question if the seed was collected legally. In fact the seed exchange doesn’t get much wild collected seed at all. So this has been a non-issue so far. > > Jan > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…