Humboldt County Municipal Code Ch. 2 Protection of Plants

Sections: General Prohibition against Injury to Plants. Prohibition against Injury to Plants along Roads, Highways and Railroads. Penalty. 942-1. General Prohibition against Injury to Plants. It shall be unlawful for any person to mutilate, dig up or destroy the following plants: (Ord. 156, § 1, 11/9/26) (a) Dogwood of the kind known as flowering dogwood, also known as cornus nutallii. (Ord. 156, § 1, 11/9/1926) (b) Rhododendron, also known as Rhododendron californicum, California rosebay and magnolia. (Ord. 156, § 1, 11/9/1926) (c) Azalea, also known as Rhododendron accidentale and honeysuckle. (Ord. 156, § 1, 11/9/1926)

(d) Five-fingered fern, also known as Adiantum pedatum and maidenhair fern. (Ord. 156, § 1, 11/9/1926) (e) Woodwardia fern, also known as Woodwardia radicans and chair fern. (Ord. 156, § 1, 11/9/1926) (f) Any native lily of the genus Lillium; including redwood or chaparral lily, leopard lily, tiger lily, Washington lily or Kellogg lily. (Ord. 156, § 1, 11/9/1926) (g) Calypso, also known as Calypso bulbosa, Cytherea bulbosa and lady’s slipper. (Ord. 156, § 1, 11/9/1926) In addition, it shall be unlawful to pick, break off or cut any buds, blooms or blossoms from any of said plants, whether such plants are growing on public or private lands unless in the case of private lands the owner of the land should give his consent thereto. (Provided that, in the case of any plant known as calypso, the flower may be taken when the leaf, bulb and root are left undisturbed.) (Ord. 156, § 1, 11/9/1926) 942-2. Prohibition against Injury to Plants along Roads, Highways and Railroads. It shall be unlawful for any person within the limits hereinafter described in this section to mutilate, dig up, destroy, pick, break off of cut any buds, blooms or blossoms from any of the plants described in both this section and § 942-1 above, when such plants are growing within three hundred feet (300') of the center line of any public highway or any State highway or County road within Humboldt County, or within three hundred feet (300') of the center line of any passenger railroad in Humboldt County, unless the land is privately owned and the owner consents thereto. The plants protected by this section are as follows: (Ord. 156, § 2, 11/9/26) (a) Any plant known as Vancouveria of one kind known as Vancouveria parviflora, also known as evergreen and small-flowered Vancouveria and sometimes called Mexican ivy. (b) Any plant known as Redwood anemone, also known as anemone deltoidea. (c) Any plant known as Trillium of the kind known as Trillium ovatum, also known as Coast trillium and Redwood trillium. (d) Any plant known as Flowering Current also known as Ribes sanguineum glutinsoum. (e) Any flowering or berry bearing shrub or fern or wildflower. (Ord. 156, § 2, 11/9/1926) 942-3. Penalty. Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 156, § 3, 11/9/1926)

Chapter 1 – § 951-1. § 951-2. § 951-3. § 951-4. § 951-5. § 951-6.