Sec. 6. (a) This section does not apply to nursery stock that is:

(1) imported into Indiana by a nursery grower; and

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-24-6-6

  • hardiness zone: means a designated geographic area found on the Plant Hardiness Zone Map prepared and amended by the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. See Indiana Code 14-24-6-2
  • 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. See Indiana Code 14-24-6-3
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) transplanted, grown, and held by the grower for at least five (5) years after the date of import.

     (b) If a person imports nursery stock into Indiana from outside the forty-eight (48) contiguous states of the United States, the nursery stock must have a label attached that contains the following information:

(1) The hardiness zone of the nursery stock.

(2) The common name and botanical name of the nursery stock.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 14-7-12-5.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.17.