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Originally Posted by tis
Truly, it really isn't illegal to pick them? I always heard it was! I never would pick one. I have a few in my yard.
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I always thought the same thing. A neighbor told me it wasn't illegal, so I looked it up.
"NH law gives landowners in NH the right to do anything they want with plants on their property, endangered or not. While not on the official "threatened" or "endangered" lists, the pink lady
slipper "Cypripedium acaule" is the victim of uneducated picking of flowers, unsuccessful attempts at transplanting, and habitat loss."
Source: Jean Stefanik, Education & Conservation, NH Orchid Society. (5/26/2004)
We just leave ours alone, and each year they spread a little further around the base of the white pine.