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Collector means one who collects ginseng in New York State.
Collecting means cutting, gathering, rooting, serving, injuring, destroying, removing, or carrying away any ginseng plants or parts thereof. Commissioner means the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation. Cultivated ginseng means ginseng other than that found growing naturally in the wild. Cultivated ginseng is grown in prepared beds or patches under natural or artificial conditions and is manipulated by standard or other appropriate ginseng horticultural or agricultural practices. Department means the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.