Concerns endangered plant species in NJ.

Summary

The bill changes the definition of “endangered plant species” to include plants listed federally, rare worldwide, or with five or fewer populations in New Jersey, but excludes invasive plants. It directs the Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Parks and Forestry to draft a state endangered plant list within a year and lets the department delete any invasive plant from that list unless it is also federally protected. It also gives the department authority to control or eliminate invasive plants even where endangered plants exist, as long as federal law allows it.

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