Christmas trees, cacti, and yucca native to Nevada

The removal or possession of Christmas trees, cacti or yucca for commercial purposes means the removal or possession of six or more of such plants in any 1 calendar day or the removal or possession of less than six of such plants each for 7 or more consecutive calendar days, except removal or possession of the plants for scientific or educational purposes with the permission of the owner of the plants (NRS 527.071).

Christmas trees, cacti or yucca which are removed or possessed for commercial purposes in Nevada and which are to be transported . . . must be accompanied by a shipping permit issued by the state forester firewarden, or his duly authorized agent (NRS 527.081). All Christmas trees, cacti or yucca removed or possessed for commercial purposes must have attached thereto a tag issued by the state forester firewarden, by the Bureau of Land Management or by the United States Forest Service (NRS 527.091).

It is unlawful . . . to cut, destroy, mutilate, remove or possess any Christmas tree, cactus, yucca or branches thereof, or knowingly transport or sell any [of same] from any of the lands owned by or under the jurisdiction of the State of Nevada or its counties, or on any reserved or unreserved lands owned by the United States, or from any privately owned lands, without written permission from the legal owner, or his duly authorized agent, specifying locality by legal land description and number of plants to be removed or possessed (NRS 527.101).

NOTICE: our placement of any species on any list is for informational and advisory purposes ONLY, and does not constitute a regulatory action by the Nevada Natural Heritage Program.

Christmas trees ("any evergreen tree or part thereof cut and removed from the place where grown without the foliage being removed", NRS 527.062):

Abies bifolia (=A. lasiocarpa in part)	Rocky Mountain (sub)alpine fir, corkbark fir
Abies concolor	Rocky Mountain white fir
Abies lowiana (=A. concolor var. lowiana)	Sierra white fir, California white fir
Abies magnifica	California red fir, Shasta red fir
Calocedrus decurrens	incense cedar
Cupressus arizonica	Arizona cypress
Juniperus californica	California juniper
**Juniperus occidentalis var. australis**	Sierra western juniper
**Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis**	Oregon western juniper
Juniperus osteosperma	Utah juniper
Juniperus scopulorum	Rocky Mountain juniper
**Picea engelmannii var. engelmannii**	Engelmann spruce
Pinus albicaulis	whitebark pine
**Pinus contorta var. murrayana**	Sierra lodgepole pine
Pinus flexilis	limber pine
Pinus jeffreyi	Jeffrey pine
Pinus lambertiana	sugar pine
*Pinus longaeva* (=P. aristata in part)	ancient bristlecone pine
Pinus monophylla	singleleaf pinyon pine
Pinus monticola	western white pine
**Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa**	ponderosa pine
**Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum**	Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine
Pinus washoensis	Washoe pine
**Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca**	Rocky Mountain douglas fir
**Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii**	coast douglas fir
Tsuga mertensiana	mountain hemlock

*Coryphantha chlorantha* (=Escobaria vivipara var. deserti)	desert pincushion, yellow pincushion
*Coryphantha vivipara* (including vars. arizonica & rosea)	beehive cactus, (Clokey) pincushion cactus, (viviparous or Arizona) foxtail cactus
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. coloradensis	buckhorn cholla
Cylindropuntia bigelovii var. bigelovii	teddy bear cholla
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa	silver cholla, golden cholla
Cylindropuntia *multigeniculata*	Blue Diamond cholla
Cylindropuntia ramosissima	diamond cholla, pencil cactus
*Cylindropuntia whipplei*	Whipple cholla
**Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus**	cottontop cactus
**Echinocactus polycephalus var. xeranthemoides**	Grand Canyon cottontop cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii	saint cactus, strawberry hedgehog cactus, torch cactus
*Echinocereus triglochidiatus* (including var. mojavensis)	(Mojave) mound cactus, claret cup cactus
**Echinomastus johnsonii var. johnsonii**	(rose) beehive cactus, keg cactus
**Echinomastus johnsonii var. lutescens**	yellow beehive cactus
*Ferocactus cylindraceus* (including F. acanthodes var. lecontei)	(Mojave) barrel cactus, miners compass, bisnaga, visnaga
Grusonia parishii (=Opuntia stanlyi var. parishii)	(Parish) club cholla, mat cholla, devil cholla, Parish cholla
Grusonia pulchella	sand cholla, sand club-cholla
Mammillaria tetrancistra	(little or common) fishhook cactus
**Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris**	beavertail cactus, beavertail pricklypear
Opuntia chlorotica	pancake (prickly) pear
Opuntia ×curvispina (including O. martiniana)	plateau pricklypear
**Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii** (including O. charlestonensis)	Engelmann pricklypear, Charleston pricklypear
Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea (including var. ursina)	Mojave pricklypear, old man cactus, grizzly bear cactus
Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina (including var. utahensis)	Porcupine pricklypear, Utah pricklypear
Opuntia phaeacantha	New Mexico pricklypear, disk pricklypear
**Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha** (including var. rufispina)	(southwestern) plains pricklypear
*Pediocactus simpsonii* (including var. robustior)	Simpson hedgehog cactus, mountain cactus, Simpson footcactus, hedgehog thistle
Sclerocactus blainei (= S. spinosior ssp. blainei)	Blaine pincushion, Blaine fishhook cactus
Sclerocactus nyensis	Tonopah fishhook cactus, Nye fishhook cactus
Sclerocactus polyancistrus	Mojave eagleclaw cactus, pineapple cactus, pincushion, hermit cactus
Sclerocactus pubispinus	Great Basin fishhook cactus
*Sclerocactus schlesseri* (= Pediocactus spinosior var. schlesseri)	Schlesser pincushion

Yucca baccata var. baccata (including var. vespertina)	banana yucca, blue yucca, datil
*Yucca brevifolia* (including vars. brevifolia & jaegeriana)	joshua tree, dwarf joshua tree
*Yucca harrimaniae*	Harriman yucca
Yucca schidigera	Mojave yucca, spanish bayonet
Yucca *utahensis*	soaptree yucca