New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 5C - ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES PROGRAM
Subchapter 2 - DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES LIST
Section 7:5C-2.2 - Criteria for designating plant species as endangered
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:5C-2.2
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The Department will designate a plant species as endangered if it is a native plant species and it satisfies one or more of the following criteria:
1. The Department makes a determination that
its survival in the State or nation is in jeopardy based on the best available
scientific information, including, but not limited to:
i. The number of apparently secure
populations in the State as compared to the number of populations vulnerable to
decimation by natural or man-made factors;
ii. The total number of individuals or number
of individuals per population of the species in the State; or
iii. The inherent ability of the species or
population to perpetuate itself in the State;
2. It is listed, proposed, or under review by
the Federal government as endangered or threatened throughout its range in the
United States pursuant to the "Endangered Species Act of 1973," P.L. 93-205 (
16
U.S.C. section 1533 et seq.), as
amended;
3. It is known or believed
to be rare throughout its worldwide range; and/or
4. It has five or fewer extant populations in
the State.
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