In this chapter:
- (1) "Endangered plant" means a species of plant life that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
- (2) "Threatened plant" means a species of plant life that is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
- (3) "Protected plant" means a species of plant life that the director determines is of historical or cultural value to the state or the area in which it is found.
- (4) "Native plant" means any tree, shrub, herb, grass, forb, legume, fern, fern ally, or wildflower that is indigenous to the state and that is growing on public or private land.
- (5) "Public land" means land that is owned by the state or a local governmental entity.
- (6) "Take" means to collect, pick, cut, dig up, or remove.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2461, ch. 637, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.