Plant Industry Division - Plant Protection Section
 N.C. Plant Species of Special Concern

CHAPTER 48            PLANT INDUSTRY

SUBCHAPTER 48F - PLANT CONSERVATION

SECTION .0300 - ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES LIST: THREATENED PLANT SPECIES LIST: LIST OF SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN   .0303 LIST OF SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN

History Note: Statutory Authority G.S. 106-202.12 through 106-202.19; Eff. July 1, 1980; Repealed Eff. June 30, 1981.

.0304 PLANT SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN

(a) Special Concern Endangered Plant Species are those species that appear on both the Endangered Species List and on the Special Concern Species List and which can be offered for propagation to qualified propagators under permit.

 

(1) Cystopteris tennesseensis – Shaver                                Tennessee Bladderfern;
(2) Delphinium exaltatum – Aiton                                           Tall Larkspur;
(3) Echinacea laevigata -- (Boynton & Beadle) Blake            Smooth Coneflower;
(4) Gentianopsis crinita -- (Froehlich) Ma                               Fringed Gentian;
(5) Geum radiatum – Michaux                                                Spreading Avens;
(6) Hydrastis canadensis -- L.                                                            Goldenseal, Orangeroot;
(7) Kalmia cuneata – Michaux                                                White Wicky;
(8) Pellaea wrightiana – Hooker                                              Wright's Cliff-brake Fern;
(9) Rhus michauxii – Sargent                                                 Michaux's Sumac;
(10) Sarracenia jonesii – Wherry                                            Mountain Sweet Pitcher Plant;
(11) Sarracenia oreophila -- (Kearney) Wherry                      Green Pitcher Plant;
(12) Shortia galacifolia -- T. & G.                                            Oconee Bells.

 

(b) Special Concern Threatened Plant Species are those species that appear on both the Threatened Species List and on the Special Concern Species List and which can be offered for propagation to qualified propagators under permit.

 

(1) Eupatorium resinosum -- Torr. ex DC.                             Resinous Boneset;
(2) Helonias bullata -- L.                                                         Swamp Pink;
(3) Liatris helleri -- (Porter) Porter                                          Heller's Blazing Star;
(4) Lilium grayi – Watson                                                       Gray's Lily;
(5) Sabatia kennedyana -- Fern.                                            Plymouth Gentian;
(6) Schisandra glabra -- (Brickel) Rehder                              Magnolia Vine.

 

(c) Special Concern Not Endangered or Threatened Plant Species are those species that appear on the Special Concern Species List but do not appear on the Endangered Species List or the Threatened Species List and which it shall be unlawful to distribute, sell or offer for sale except as otherwise provided in the rules.

 

(1) Dionaea muscipula – Ellis                                                 Venus Flytrap;
(2) Panax quinquefolius -- L.                                                  Ginseng.

 

 

 

 

 

History Note: Statutory Authority G.S. 106-202.15; Eff. June 30, 1981; Amended Eff. July 1, 1998; June 1, 1991; August 1, 1990; May 1, 1984.

 

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