2005 Minnesota Statutes - 18H.18 — Conservation of certain wildflowers.

     18H.18 Conservation of certain wildflowers. 


    Subdivision 1.    Restrictions on collecting.  No person 
 shall distribute any species of orchids (Orchidaceae), any 
 gentian (Gentiana), arbutus (Epigaea repens), lilies (Lilium 
 species), coneflowers (Echinacea species), bloodroot 
 (Sanguinaria canadensis), mayapple (Podophyllum peltatutum), any 
 species of trillium (Trillium species), or lotus (Nelumbo 
 lutea), which have been collected in any manner from any public 
 or private property without the written permission of the 
 property owner and written authorization from the commissioner. 


    Subd. 2.    Collection without sale.  Wildflower 
 collection from public or private land for the purpose of 
 transplanting the plants to a person's private property and not 
 offering for immediate sale, requires the written permission 
 from the property owner of the land on which the wildflowers are 
 growing. 


    Subd. 3.    Collection with intent to sell or distribute 
 wildflowers.  (a) The wildflowers listed in this section may 
 be offered for immediate sale only if the plants are to be used 
 for scientific or herbarium purposes. 


    (b) The wildflowers listed in this section must not be 
 collected and sold commercially unless the plants are: 


    (1) growing naturally, collected, and cultivated on the 
 collector's property; or 


    (2) collected through the process described in subdivision 
 2 and transplanted and cultivated on the collector's property. 


    (c) The collector must obtain a written permit from the 
 commissioner before the plants may be offered for commercial 
 sale. 


    HIST: 2003 c 128 art 5 s 17; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 1 s 55