Special Forest Products

What Does This Include?

These products include, but are not limited to, bark, berries, boughs, bryophytes, bulbs, burls, Christmas trees, cones, ferns, forbs, fungi including mushrooms, grasses, mosses, nuts, pine straw, roots, sedges, seeds, transplants, tree sap, and wildflowers.

Do I Need a Permit?

Collecting minor, personal use quantities, is allowed without a permit. Commercial use collections are prohibited.

Reference: FSH 2409.18 Chapter 80*.

Is There Anything I Can't Collect?

You cannot collect any plants, mushrooms, or seeds (nuts), grasses, etc. that are listed or or proposed for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Please check with your local district biologist if you have questions on specific species.

What Isn't Included?

Special Forest products DO NOT include minerals, animals, insects, worms, rocks, water, and soil.

* Forest Service Handbook 2409.18, Chapter 80, Sec 87.51, Item 1.