New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Agr - Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food
Chapter Agr 3800 - INVASIVE SPECIES
Part Agr 3801 - INVASIVE SPECIES
Section Agr 3801.02 - Definitions

(a) "Alien species " means "alien species" as defined in RSA 430:52 I, namely, "with respect to a particular ecosystem, any species, including its seeds, eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating or reproducing that species, that is not native to that ecosystem."

(b) "Commissioner" means "commissioner" as defined in RSA 430:52 II, namely "the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food."

(c) "Control" means "control" as defined in RSA 430:52 IV, namely, "as appropriate, eradicating, suppressing, reducing, or managing invasive species populations, preventing spread of invasive species from areas where they are present, and taking steps such as restoration of native species and habitats to reduce the effects of invasive species and to prevent further invasions."

(d) "Department" means the department of agriculture, markets, and food.

(e) "Fungi" means "fungi" as defined in RSA 430:52 V, namely, "all non-chlorophyll-bearing thallophytes (that is, all non-chlorophyll-bearing plants of a lower order than mosses and liverworts) as, for example, rusts, smuts, mildews, molds, yeasts, and bacteria, except those on or in living man or other animals."

(f) "Insect" means "insect" as defined in RSA 430:52 VI, namely, "any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class Insecta, comprising 6-legged, usually winged forms, as, for example, beetles, bugs, bees, flies, and to other allied classes of arthropods whose members are wingless and usually have more than 6 legs, as, for example, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes, and wood lice."

(g) "Invasive species" means "invasive species" as defined in RSA 430:52 VII, namely, "an alien species whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health."

(h) "Invasive species committee" means the invasive species committee as established in RSA 430:54 to advise the commissioner on matter relating to invasive plant, insect and fungal species in the state for the commissioner to prepare and publish annually the New Hampshire prohibited invasive species list and the New Hampshire restricted invasive species list.

(i) "Native species" means "native species" as defined in RSA 430:52 VIII, namely, "with respect to a particular ecosystem, a species that, other than as a result of an introduction, historically occurred, or currently occurs in that ecosystem."

(j) "Outreach" means the temporary use of an invasive species for the purpose of conducting a workshop or symposium.

(k) "Person" means "person" as defined in RSA 430:52 IX, namely, "any individual, governmental entity, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, association, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not, and every officer, agent, or employee thereof."

(l) "Propagation" means purposefully increasing the population of a species by means of manipulating its sexual, asexual or both reproduction processes.

(m) "Propagule" means any living part of a plant or fungus such as stem or root segments, seeds, spores, buds, nodes, corms, or bulblets that can become detached and form a new organism.

(n) "Processed products" means any commodity derived from a plant, insect, or fungi species that has undergone treatment(s) that has rendered the commodity non-living and non-viable such as jellies, veneers, and roof thatch.