[PCA] QUESTION: Wildflower Seed Postcards

[Johnny Randall]

In the best of all possible worlds, regionally appropriate wildflower 
seeds would be available.  We, at the North Carolina Botanical Garden 
try to promote this practice by limiting our seed distribution to the 
Southeast.  Please see information on our seed program at 
http://ncbg.unc.edu/pages/46/.   Is there any chance whatsoever of 
creating a more regionally-based set of postcards?  Johnny Randall

Lewis_Gorman at fws.gov wrote:

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> It would seem that US NPs are only a small part of the issue.  Sources 
> are probably much more widespread.  It would seem consumer and 
> retailer education could be the most productive.
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> *Steve Erickson <wean at whidbey.net>*
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> Invasives are a world-wide problem and introductions for
> horticultural pruposes have been main mechanism of spread.
> People come to National Parks from all over the world. Since
> selling things in National Parks requires permission from the
> landowner - that's us, the people of the United States - why
> can't we prohibit this? The mere fact that the sale occurs in
> a National Park gives it an imprimature of environmental
> desirability. Not just "its okay to do," but actually desirable.
> That seems in conflict with the mission of the parks to
> educate people. And then, when a naturalist in another part of
> the world notices a  new species showing up all over their
> neighborhood and tracks it to someone's garden, they get told
> that "It's okay, I got these in a US National Park and they
> have a great reputation as custodians of nature."
> I don't see any circumstances under which selling seeds in
> National Parks is any more desirable than selling animals for
> people to take home.
> -Steve Erickson
> Frosty Hollow Ecological Restoration
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> > The uninformed distribution of these seeds is a scary
> thought.  If the package highlighted an eco-regional map
> where the seeds should only be planted may help.  It seems
> that halting the sale would be impossible, but adding planting
> information to help halt the seeds adding to the invasive
> problem might be a productive tactic.
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Johnny Randall, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
North Carolina Botanical Garden
CB 3375
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill  NC  27599
919-962-0522  jrandall at unc.edu
FAX 919-962-3531 www.ncbg.unc.edu