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Nursery and Christmas Tree

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Main Office
Nursery & Christmas Tree
635 Capitol St NE
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-986-4644
Fax: 503-986-4786

Call to report a business operating without a license. All inquiries are confidential.

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​Nursery Program

An Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) license is required by anyone operating as a grower or dealer of nursery stock in Oregon.

Exceptions include the following:

  • Businesses whose total sales do not exceed $250 per fiscal year
  • Landscaping businesses or brokers that do not grow or store live plant material for more than one year

Nursery stock

Nursery stock includes all botanically classified plants or any part:

  • Floral stock
  • Herbaceous plants
  • Bulbs
  • Corms
  • Roots
  • Scions
  • Grafts
  • Cuttings
  • Fruit pits
  • Seeds of fruits
  • Forest and ornamental trees and shrubs
  • Berry plants
  • Trees, shrubs, vines, and plants collected in the wild that are grown or kept for propagation or sale

Nursery stock does not include the following:

  • Field and forage crops
  • Seeds of grasses
  • Cereal grains
  • Vegetable crops and flowers
  • Bulbs and tubers of vegetable crops
  • Vegetable or fruit used for food or feed
  • ​Cut flowers (unless stems or other portions thereof are intended for propagation)
  • Importation of plant material​​

Apply for a Nursery License

  • Print the nursery license application
  • Send completed application with appropriate fees to ODA
  • Use the nursery license calculator to determine appropriate nursery license fees​
  • License is not prorated and expires June 30 of each year​

Temporary Nursery License

A temporary nursery license is required for a non-profit (501-C3) organization to hold a seven (7) day sale.

Nursery License Application (2023)

Application for Nursery dealers, florists, landscapers, greenhouse growers, nursery stock growers, and collectors of native plants. Nursery license application

Nursery License Application Spanish Language (2023)

Application for Nursery dealers, florists, landscapers, greenhouse growers, nursery stock growers, and collectors of native plants. Solicitud de Licencia de Vivero 2023

Nursery license fee calculator

Nursery fee calculator

Renew Nursery Application (2023)

Application for nursery license renewal. Renew Nursery Application

Renew Nursery Application Spanish Language (2023)

Application for nursery license renewal. Formulario de Renovación de Licencia de Vivero

Temporary Nursery License Application (2020)

Application for a temporary nursery license. Required for non-profit organization to hold a 7-day consecutive sale. Non-profit temporary nursery license

Christmas Tree Program

An ODA Christmas tree license is required for growers of Christmas trees with acreage of one acre or more. 

Apply for a Christmas Tree License​

  • Print the Christmas tree license application
  • Send completed application with appropriate fees to ODA
  • Use the Christmas tree license calculator to determine appropriate Christmas tree license fees
  • License is not prorated and expires June 30 of each year.

Christmas tree Grower Application (2021)

Apply for a Christmas tree growers license Christmas tree application

Christmas tree license fee calculator

Christmas tree fee calculator

Christmas tree Shipping Guide (2021)

A summary of Christmas tree shipping requirements. Shipping requirements for Christmas trees

Exotic Phytophagous Snail Compliance Agreement (2021)

Required for shipments to Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, and North Carolina Snail Compliance Agreement

Shaking and Treatment Compliance Agreement (2021)

Required for shipments to Mexico, Hawaii, and Guam. Shaking and Treatment Compliance Agreement

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