It is prohibited to remove and reduce to possession or maliciously damage or destroy endangered plants on Federal lands. For private lands, it is illegal to collect, damage, or destroy endangered plants in violation of a state law including state criminal trespass law.
According to WorldAtlas.com, there are 15 plants in the U.S. that are considered critically endangered. They are:
• Desert Yellowhead
• Hidden-Petaled Abutilon
• Persistent Trillium
• Virginia Round-Leaf Birch
• Clay Reed-Mustard
• Capa Rose
• Miccosukee Gooseberry
• Lydgate’s Brake
• Gentry’s Indigobush
• Stern’s Medlar
• Sulphur Hot Springs Buckwheat
• Franklin Tree
• Klamath Lupine
• Forest Gardenia
• Slender Rushpea
You can identify plants using your cell phone easily with PictureThis–a plant Identifying application. Go to your favorite App Store for details.
