https://nativeyardatlas.com/tags/plant-origin/ Recent content in Plant-Origin on NativeYardAtlas.com Hugo en-US Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://nativeyardatlas.com/native-status-and-provenance/grown-in-vs-collected-from-native-plant-origin/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://nativeyardatlas.com/native-status-and-provenance/grown-in-vs-collected-from-native-plant-origin/ <h1 id="grown-in-versus-collected-from-native-material">Grown in versus collected from native material</h1> <p>“Grown locally” and “collected locally” describe different stages in a plant’s history. A growing location does not, by itself, identify where the original seed, cutting, or parent plant came from.</p> <p><img src="https://nativeyardatlas.com/native-status-and-provenance/grown-in-vs-collected-from-native-plant-origin/plant-material-chain.svg" alt="Four stages to keep distinct on a plant or seed offer: original collection, propagation source, growing location, and shipping location." loading="lazy" decoding="async"></p> <h2 id="four-places-to-keep-separate">Four places to keep separate</h2> <ol> <li><strong>Collection origin:</strong> where the original seed, cutting, or other material was collected.</li> <li><strong>Propagation source:</strong> the parent stock or earlier generation used to produce this lot.</li> <li><strong>Production location:</strong> where the current plants were grown or seed was increased.</li> <li><strong>Shipping location:</strong> where the seller dispatches the order.</li> </ol> <p>A label may identify one stage without documenting the others. A seed lot grown in a nearby field may have come from source material collected somewhere else. A shipping address is not a collection record. Ask which stage a phrase describes and whether the answer is tied to the specific lot.</p>