N.J. Admin. Code § 7:5C-1.4
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"APA" means the Administrative Procedure Act, 52:14B-1 et seq.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, or his or her designee.
"Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection.
"Division" means the Division of Parks and Forestry in the Department of Environmental Protection.
"Endangered Plant Species List" means the official State list of native endangered plant species promulgated by the Department pursuant to P.L. 1989, c.56 (13:1B-15.1 51 through 13:1B-15.158) and the rules in this chapter.
"Endangered species" means any native plant species whose survival in the State or the nation is in jeopardy, including, but not limited to: plant species designated as 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; any additional species known or believed to be rare throughout its worldwide range; and any species having five or fewer extant populations within the State.
"Extant populations" means those populations documented in the Natural Heritage Database to exist at a particular location.
"Native" means growing or living naturally in New Jersey without having been brought to or planted in New Jersey by any person.
"Natural Heritage Database" means the manual and computerized file maintained within the Division of Parks and Forestry which includes continually updated information on the location and status of native plant species of the State, as authorized by 13:1B-15.1 46 through 13:1B-15.150.
"Plant" means any member of the Plant Kingdom, including all roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, spores, gametophytes, and other parts thereof.
"Plant Kingdom" means those organisms contained in the phylum Bryophyta and phylum Tracheophyta.
"Population" means a group of individuals of the same species which occupy a specific geographic location.
"Rare" means extremely uncommon making it vulnerable to extinction throughout its range.
"Species" means any species, subspecies, or variety of plant.
"Under review by the Federal government as endangered or threatened" means plant species listed as candidate species in the most recent Notice of Review published in the Federal Register by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
N.J. Admin. Code § 7:5C-1.4
See: 23 New Jersey Register 812(a), 23 New Jersey Register 2507(b).
Added "Extant population" and "Plant Kingdom". Amended "Under review by the Federal government as endangered or threatened".
Amended by R.2000 d.42, effective 1/18/2000.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 3005(a), 32 New Jersey Register 274(a).
In "Under review by the Federal government as endangered or threatened", substituted "as candidate species" for "within status categories 1 and 2" following "listed".