                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 3.2-1000)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Candidate species&#8221; means those species formally recommended by
the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation or other reliable
data sources in writing to and accepted by the Commissioner for presentation to
the Board for listing under this chapter.
		&#8220;Endangered species&#8221; means any species or variety of plant life or
insect life determined by the Board to be in danger of extinction throughout all
or a significant part of its range other than a species determined by the
Commissioner not to be in the best interest of the welfare of man.
		&#8220;Insect&#8221; or &#8220;insect life&#8221; means any species of the
class Insecta.
		&#8220;Plant&#8221; or &#8220;plant life&#8221; means any member of the plant
kingdom, including spores, leaves, stems, branches, flowers, seeds, roots, and
other parts or products thereof.
		&#8220;Proposed species&#8221; means any candidate species authorized by the
Board for consideration for listing as threatened or endangered under the
provisions of this chapter.
		&#8220;Species&#8221; includes any species or variety of plant life or
insects.
		&#8220;Take&#8221; means, in reference to plants and insects, to collect,
pick, cut, or dig up for the purpose of resale.
		&#8220;Threatened species&#8221; means any species determined by the Board to
be likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future
throughout all or a significant portion of its native range.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 372, § 3.1-1021; 1985, c. 326; 1989, c. 553; 1990, c. 369;
2008, c. 860.