Cedar Hill State Park, 1570 W FM 1382, Cedar Hill, TX 75104 (Dallas County; a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public state park, day use entry fee, confirm seed collection permission with park staff before any collecting)
Hand collect wild Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) seed.
The survey above cleared a Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) stand at Cedar Hill State Park for permitted collection; without a capped, provenance-tracked Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $150 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- Proofpark staff permission confirm plus stand size and cap calculation plus labeled bag photo plus GPS
- Open until2026-11-06
- Levelintermediate
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
The survey above cleared a Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) stand at Cedar Hill State Park for permitted collection; without a capped, provenance-tracked hand collection, the only local-ecotype seed for this Blackland Prairie species stays locked in the wild population instead of reaching the restoration plantings that need it.
Offer to pay $150. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.
Safety, read before you claim
Collection from a wild stand, or sourcing material for an increase plot, never begins without permission obtained first, every time: on public land (a state park or state natural area) this means confirming with the managing agency (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) that seed collection is permitted in the specific area and, where required, holding a written collection permit before any seed is touched; on private land it means the landowner's written consent. A park, a wildlife management area, and a road right of way each have different permission rules, and the specific rule for this exact site is confirmed with the managing agency before collecting, every time. If the wild stand is small, or the species is rare, threatened, or of conservation concern, the answer is always document only, never collect, at any skill level. This is an absolute rule with no judgment call left to the person on site: when in doubt, do not collect, and record the stand as document only instead. No more than one in five (20 percent) of the ripe, available seed on any wild stand is ever collected in a season, leaving the plant population's own regeneration fully intact; the estimated total available seed and the fraction actually taken are both recorded in the proof record for every collection. The precise coordinate or description of a specific collected wild stand is never published or recorded in any record from this work; every def sites to the general public park or natural area, never a named individual plant, patch, or grove, for the same reason this library never publishes a nest, den, or rare-plant location. The ecoregion and general site of origin of every collected seed lot is recorded at the moment of collection and travels with that lot, on its label, through cleaning, increase, and storage; collected seed is never moved outside the ecoregion it came from at any stage, because local adaptation only works if the seed stays local. Nothing is ever collected unless it is confidently identified to species in the field, using a plant identification guide or app cross checked against the observed plant; nothing on a state or federal list of rare, threatened, or endangered species is ever collected at any skill level, regardless of how common or healthy the stand appears. Ticks, chiggers, fire ants, venomous snakes (including copperheads and rattlesnakes), and thorny native species (including greenbrier and prairie rose) are present in Texas grassland and woodland edge habitat; wear long pants tucked into boots or socks, closed toe shoes, and eye protection when working close to brush, check for ticks after fieldwork, and give any snake a wide path rather than approaching it. Texas summer field heat is severe, with high humidity on the Blackland Prairie and intense open-grassland sun on the Edwards Plateau; work only in early morning or late afternoon to avoid peak heat, carry more water than you think you need, wear sun protection and light colored breathable clothing, and take frequent shade breaks.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Steps
- 1. Confirm the collection permission from park staff is current and, from the survey record above, that this exact stand was assessed as neither small nor of conservation concern; do not collect from any stand that fails either check. Collection from a wild stand, or sourcing material for an increase plot, never begins without permission obtained first, every time: on public land (a state park or state natural area) this means confirming with the managing agency (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) that seed collection is permitted in the specific area and, where required, holding a written collection permit before any seed is touched; on private land it means the landowner's written consent. A park, a wildlife management area, and a road right of way each have different permission rules, and the specific rule for this exact site is confirmed with the managing agency before collecting, every time. If the wild stand is small, or the species is rare, threatened, or of conservation concern, the answer is always document only, never collect, at any skill level. This is an absolute rule with no judgment call left to the person on site: when in doubt, do not collect, and record the stand as document only instead.
- 2. Re-confirm identification of Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) to species on site before touching any plant.
- 3. Hand collect ripe seed heads using scissors or by hand into a labeled paper bag, taking no more than one in five (20 percent) of the ripe, available seed on the stand and leaving the remaining 80 percent for the population's own regeneration; estimate and record the total available seed and the fraction actually taken. No more than one in five (20 percent) of the ripe, available seed on any wild stand is ever collected in a season, leaving the plant population's own regeneration fully intact; the estimated total available seed and the fraction actually taken are both recorded in the proof record for every collection.
- 4. Label the bag on site with the species, the general ecoregion (Blackland Prairie) and site of origin, and the collection date before leaving the park; never record a precise plant-level coordinate on the label or in any record. The precise coordinate or description of a specific collected wild stand is never published or recorded in any record from this work; every def sites to the general public park or natural area, never a named individual plant, patch, or grove, for the same reason this library never publishes a nest, den, or rare-plant location. The ecoregion and general site of origin of every collected seed lot is recorded at the moment of collection and travels with that lot, on its label, through cleaning, increase, and storage; collected seed is never moved outside the ecoregion it came from at any stage, because local adaptation only works if the seed stays local.
What counts as done
- Park staff permission confirmed and photographed
- Estimated total available seed and the fraction actually taken (target 20 percent or less) recorded
- Confirmation that this job's seed lot was collected only after permission was obtained first from the managing public agency, and never from a stand that was small or of a rare, threatened, or conservation-concern species; that no more than one in five (20 percent) of the available seed was ever taken from the wild stand, with the estimated total and fraction taken recorded; that no precise coordinate of the individual collected stand was ever published; that the ecoregion and general site of origin travel with the seed lot and it was never moved outside that ecoregion; and that nothing was collected unless confidently identified to species and nothing on a rare, threatened, or endangered species list was ever collected.
- Photo of the labeled collection bag (species, ecoregion, collection date)
- GPS waypoint of the general collection vicinity
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
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