312 IAC 18-4-5 - Nursery stock; plant labeling for imported hardy plants
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-24-3
Affected: IC 14-24
Sec. 5.
(a) This
section governs the labeling of imported nursery stock.
(b) As used in this section, "imported" means
to bring into Indiana from:
(1) a foreign
country; or
(2) a territory of the
United States, Alaska, or Hawaii.
(c) As used in this section, "nursery stock"
means botanically classified hardy perennial or biennial trees, shrubs, vines,
and plants, evergreens, fruit pits, and other plants or plant parts capable of
propagation. The term does not include corms, tubers, field vegetables, or
flower seeds.
(d) Except as
provided in subsection (e), imported nursery stock must bear a label that is of
standard format, approximately four and seventy-five hundredths (4.75) inches
by two and three hundred seventy-five thousandths (2.375) inches, on yellow,
heavy duty card stock, and prepunched for attachment. The label shall list the
following in order of the appearance from top to bottom:
(1) The common name of the nursery
stock.
(2) The botanical name of
the nursery stock.
(3) The
hardiness zone of the nursery stock.
(e) Bulbs and similar plant parts used for
propagation are exempted from subsection (d).
(f) This section does not apply to nursery
stock that is imported into Indiana by a nursery grower and transplanted,
grown, and held by the grower for a period of at least five (5) years after the
date of import.
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