Forest Products
Transplants
Native Plant Collection Program
Plant species available for collection
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TREES |
SHRUBS |
GRASSES |
HERBS |
White Fir |
Pinemat Manzanita |
Bluebunch Wheatgrass |
Yarrow |
Grand Fir |
Greenleaf Manzanita |
Idaho Fescue |
Fireweed |
Incense Cedar |
Kinnikinnick |
Western Fescue |
Sulfur Buckwheat |
Western Larch |
Big Sagebrush |
Prairie Junegrass |
Oregon Sunshine |
Wester Juniper |
Snowbrush |
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Western Wallflower |
Western White Pine |
Squaw Carpet |
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Broadpetal Strawberry |
Lodgepole Pine |
Green Rabbitbrush |
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Glaucous Penstemon |
Ponderosa Pine |
Gray Rabbitbrush |
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Lowly Penstemon |
Douglas-fir |
Bitterbrush |
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Scarlet Gilia |
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Wax Currant |
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Horkel's Rose |
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Sticky Currant |
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Blue Flax |
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Lupine(s) |
The increasing popularity of using Central Oregon native plants in home
landscapes, comes with a potential for greater impact to plant communities.
Following the permit conditions will help protect plant populations and
minimize negative ecosystem impacts. When you get your permit be sure
to get a copy of the "Collecting Native Plants" brochure which
has many useful tips on collecting plants.
Permit Conditions
- Permit are required to collect native plants. There are three
types of permits available.
- Free-use permits authorize collection of 16 plants, 4 of
which can be trees... Free! Material collected using a free-use
permit cannot be resold or bartered. The are valid for 3 months.
- Personal-use permits authorize the collection of larger
amounts of plants for a $20.00 minimum charge. Quantities will be
detailed on your Personal Use Permit.
- Commercial-use permits authorize businesses to collect
plants for resale.
- Only the plants listed in the table above are allowed for collection.
(Some species of plants not listed in the table may be available.)
- Only collect plant species that you can positively identify.
- Follow the "1 in 20 rule" -- collect only 1 plant for every
20 plants of that species in the area. If there aren't 20 plants present,
find a new location.
- Tree seedlings need to be under 4 feet in height and shrubs need to
be under 2 feet in height for transplanting.
- Keep your vehicle on established roads.
- Collect out of sight from trails. Fill in holes. Restore your collection
area so it appears undisturbed.
- Plants can not be collected from the following areas:
- campgrounds
- recreation areas
- wilderness areas
- research natural areas
- Newberry National Volcanic Monument
- experimental forests
- tree plantations
- within 300 feet of lakes, streams, springs or other wetlands
- within 100 feet of graveled or paved roads (for safety, scenic
preservation and minimizing noxious weed invasion)
- Protected Species: All species of the following plants are
protected under Oregon State Law and are prohibited from collection:
- lilies including mariposa tulips, fawn lilies, 3 and 6 petal lilies
- orchids including lady slippers
- Douglasia (primroses)
- Lewisia
- native rhododendrons
- azaleas
- Other Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive Species also need to be
protected from collection.
- Noxious Weeds: If you identify any of the following noxious
weeds on National Forest land, please notify your local Ranger Station.
- St. Johnswort
- spotted knapweed
- diffuse knapweed
- dalmation toadflax
- yellow starthistle
For more information regarding native plants visit: http://plants.usda.gov
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