[PCA] QUESTION: Wildflower Seed Postcards

[Steve Erickson]

I don't know of any regulation, but how about common sense.
The NPS should know better than to sell these things.
-Steve Erickson
Frosty Hollow Ecological Restoration
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> I thought I'd just bring this up as an interesting topic for
discussion.
> 
> The Alien Plant Working Group Chair, Jil Swearingen,
recently got an 
> e-mail from a bookstore manager for two National Park
Service National 
> Monuments about wildflower seed postcards.  Although the
product in 
> question instructs the buyer not to open it within National
Parks, it 
> also 
> said that the packets can be sent & planted in most parts of
the world. 
> The species used for the product being discussed were Wild
Iris, Indian 
> Blanketflower, Primrose, Indian Paintbrush, and Blue
Columbine.  
> However, 
> quick Google search shows that all sorts of companies sell
similar 
> postcards with a variety of species and I know I've seen
cards made from 
> plantable paper with seeds embedded in the fibers.  I know
that people 
> already trade seeds for things via postal mail, but postcard
products 
> like 
> these have the potential to become popular with the general
public and 
> increase planting of seeds outside their natural areas.
There's also 
> the 
> invasiveness question as well.
> 
> Anyone have any thoughts about the matter or know of any
regulations 
> that 
> come into play here?  It seems like it would be nearly
impossible to 
> enforce rules for mailed postcards because they might not
be easily 
> detected.
> 
> Olivia
> CPC/PCA
> http://www.nps.gov/plants/
> 
>
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