>I guess it depends on what woods are being "stripped". If it's< >private property with the owner's permission or their own< >property, then the removal of plants is perfectly legal in most < >states. <
If these plants are still part of the Paph, Phrag, Selenipedium complex, then they are on CITES Appendix I and wild collecting of them should be a violation of CITES as well as our ESA and the Lacey Act.
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