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REFERENCES
Books
A wealth of books are available which provide extensive information on native
plants, their importance, and how to landscape using them. Some that
WindStar’s naturalists have recommended include:
• Easy Care Native Plants
,
Patricia Taylor
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast and
Gardening with Native Wild Flowers, Leonard Foote & Samuel Jones, Jr.
• Taylor’s Guide to Natural Gardening
• A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold
• Noah’s Garden and Planting Noah’s Garden, Sara Stein
Internet Sites
If you use a search engine and plug in “native plants," you will be directed to
many nurseries which carry native plants, either exclusively or in addition to
exotic species.
Often there are nice descriptions of the plants and tips on what growing
conditions they prefer. You will also find a number of state or regional sites
which discuss the flora in that locality.
For more general information on native plants, you might want to try the
following web sites, many of which will also give you additional links:
• http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/greenacres (landscaping with native plants
and weed laws)
• http://www.nps.gov/plants (Plant Conservation Alliance)
• http://www.wild-flowers.com (GardenWeb – various links)
• http://www.wildflowers.org (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research
Center)
• http://www.inpaws.org/links.html (more links)
• http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/factmain.htm (fact sheets on
invasive plants)
• http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/ccs/backyard.html (backyard
conservation)
• http://www.mobat.org/cpc (Center for Plant Conservation)
• http://www.for-wild.org (Wild Ones)
• http://plants.usda.gov (USDA plants database)
Other Resources
National Garden Bureau
Suite 310, 1311 Butterfield Road
Downers Grove, IL 60515
The Plant Conservation Alliance is a collaboration between Bureau of Land
Management, Department of Defense, U.S. Geological Survey (Biological
Resources Division), Federal Highway Administration, National Park Service,
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA
Agriculture Research Service, USDA Forest Service, and more than 150
non-federal cooperators (including WindStar Wildlife Institute).
Plant Conservation Alliance
Bureau of Land Management
1849 C Street NW, LSB-204
Washington, DC 20240
This article was written by
Maryland Master Wildlife
Habitat Naturalist
Cathy Gilleland.
For more information or for the
name of a Master Wildlife
Habitat Naturalist in your area,
please contact:
WindStar Wildlife Institute
10072 Vista Court
Myersville, Maryland 21773
Phone: 301-293-3351
E-mail: wildlife@windstar.org
http://www.windstar.org
WindStar Wildlife Institute is a
national, non-profit
conservation organization
whose mission is to help
individuals and families
establish or improve the wildlife
habitat on their properties.
