Before wildcrafting, ask yourself the questions on the wildcrafting checklist. After harvesting, look around. Overharvesting is the collection of wild plants to the point where it interrupts the balance of a plant community. Due to expanding popularity and shrinking habitat and range many North American indigenous medicinal plants are at risk. Endangered plants are species in danger of becoming extinct in the foreseeable future.
Threatened plants are likely to become endangered.
Here in the Southwest there are many endangered plant species that are at risk of being overharvested.