Dudleya is a relatively obscure genus of succulents. Species come in multiple divergent sizes and forms, though most readily hybridise. Ten species are on the California state list of threatened or endangered plants.
Poached plants are often shipped to East Asia, especially South Korea. In Sept 2021, California state law AB 223 was signed, making it illegal to harvest any Dudleya species in CA without a permit or landowner permission, and establishing penalties for individuals convicted of doing so. This was the first CA law specifically drafted to protect plants from poaching.
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I dunno, for decades it’s been illegal to harvest cactii, manzanita, and I don’t recall what else offhand.
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Thanks for this! Yes, the California Endangered Species Act was enacted in 1984 to parallel the federal Endangered Species Act and allows the Fish and Game Commission to designate species, including plants, as threatened or endangered. CESA makes it illegal to import, export, “take”, possess, purchase, sell, or attempt to do any of those actions to species that are thus designated.
This was my source re ‘poaching’:
https://www.cnps.org/news-releases/passage-of-dudleya-bill-24992
AB 223 covers all Dudleya (only 10 of which are on the endangered list), thus the comment that this law was specifically enacted to deal with a poaching problem.
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