4-2-2003 |
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DISTRIBUTORS OF NURSERY STOCK MUST BE REGISTERED Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass reminds nurserymen, owners of landscaping businesses, and merchants who sell nursery stock that they must be registered with the West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) before they can legally distribute this type of plant material. Nursery stock is defined as hardy, woody-stemmed perennial plants (like trees, shrubs and woody vines) as well as sod and sod-producing plants. Distributors of bedding plants, indoor plants, vegetable plants, bulbs, or herbaceous perennials are not required to register. Most states regulate the distribution of plant material in order to minimize the effects of serious plant pests. The West Virginia Plant Pest Act (Chapter 19, Article 12 of the Code of West Virginia, as amended) protects our state’s forests and agricultural interests from injurious insects and plant diseases by regulating the sale and movement of nursery stock, while providing for its inspection. According to the West Virginia Plant Pest Act, it is unlawful for anyone to sell, offer for sale, or to give away nursery stock without first obtaining a certificate of registration from the WVDA. The certificate issued to each business must be conspicuously displayed at each place where nursery stock is being distributed. For more information concerning the sale of plant material, please contact the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Plant Industries Division at 304/558-2212. |
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