Native Resources
Kick start your native knowledge with these available resources:
Bring Home the Natives Species Charts by conditions
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Places and organizations in Pennsylvania
Audubon Pennsylvania, 100 Wildwood Way,
Harrisburg, PA 17110, Tel (717) 213-6880, Fax (717) 213-6883,
Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, Washington Crossing Historic
Park, PO Box 685, New Hope, PA 18938-0685, Tel (215) 862-2924, Fax
(215) 862-1846, Native plant preserve, plant sales, native seed, educational
programs, www.bhwp.org
Brandywine Conservancy, Brandywine River Museum, PO Box 141,
Chadds Ford, PA 19317, Tel (610) 388-2700, Fax (610) 388-3814, Native
seeds, plants, garden, and bookstore; Environmental Management
Center offers planning and conservation services,
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; Bureau of
Forestry; PO Box 8552, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552, Tel (717) 787-3444,
Fax (717) 783-5109, Invasive plant brochure; list of native plant &
seed suppliers in PA; list of rare, endangered, threatened species,
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, 9414
Meadowbrook Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118, Tel (215) 247-5777,
www.upenn.edu/morris, PA Flora Project Website: Arboretum and
gardens (some natives), educational programs, PA Flora Project,
“Native Plants in the Landscape” Conference (each June at
Millersville, Lancaster County, PA); Millersville University Dept. of
Continuing Education, Tel (717) 872-3030, Fax (717) 871-2022 www.millersvillenativeplants.org
Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association, 1707 S. Cameron
Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17104, Tel (717) 238-1673, Fax (717) 238-1675,
Pennsylvania Native Plants Society, 1001 East College Avenue, State
College, PA 16801www.pawildflower.org
Penn State Cooperative Extension, Department of Horticulture, 102
Tyson Building, University Park, PA, 16802, Tel (814) 865-2571, Fax
(814) 863- 6139. For local information, contact the extension office in
your county listed in the blue section of your phone book or by locating
their office on the Web at www.extension.psu.edu. Penn State University also offers a Master Gardeners Program, horticulture.psu.edu/extension/mg.
Pittsburgh Garden Center Place; 1059 Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
15232, Tel (412) 441-4442, Fax (412) 665-2368, Green Line (412) 665-
2364, Education programs, dir.gardenweb.com/directory/pcgc/
Rodale Institute, 611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown, PA 19530, Tel (610)
683-1400, Fax (610) 683-8548, Gardens, landscaping brochures, organic gardening and farming events and products,
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 209 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
15222, Tel (412) 288-2777, Fax (412) 281-1792, www.paconserve.org
Other Internet Sites
Look for many other listings under “native plants” on the Internet.
Center for Plant Conservation, Missouri Botanical Garden, www.mobot.org/cpc
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, www.wildflower.org
The Nature Conservancy, www.tnc.org
The New England Wildflower Society, www.newfs.org/index.html
Plant Conservation Alliance, www.nps.gov/plants/alien
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Green Landscaping with Native Plants www.epa.gov/greenacres/
Books
Bir, Richard. Growing and Propagating Showy, Native Woody
Plants. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN# 0-8078-4366-0
Dirr, M.A. 1990. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, 4 ed. Stipes
Publishing Co; 10-12 Chester St; Champaign, IL 61820.
ISBN# 0-87563-347-1
Ferreneia, Viki. 1993. Wildflowers in Your Garden. New York:
Regina Ryan, Random House. ISBN# 0-679-41453-3
Hightshoe, G.L. 1988. Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Urban
and Rural America. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
ISBN# 0-442-23274-8
Mickel, John. 1994. Ferns for American Gardens. New York:
Macmillan. ISBN# 0-02-584491-1
Ottesen, Carole. 1995. The Native Plant Primer. New York:
Harmony Books. ISBN# 0-517-59215-0
Phillips, H.R. 1985. Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
ISBN# 0-8078-4131-5
Rhoads, A.F. and Klein, W.M. 1993. The Vascular Flora of
Pennsylvania, Annotated Checklist and Atlas. American
Philosophical Soc.; 104 S. Fifth St.; Philadelphia, PA 19106.
ISBN#0-87169-207-4
Roberts, E.A. and Rehmann, Elsa. 1996. American Plants for
American Gardens. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
ISBN# 0-8203-1851-5
Stein, Sara. 1993. Noah’s Garden, Restoring the Ecology of Our
Own Back Yards. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN# 0-395-65373-8
Tallamy, Doug. Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens. Portland: Timber Press. ISBN# 0-88192-854-2
Westbrooks, R.G. 1998. Invasive Plants: Changing the Landscape of America, Factbook. Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (FICMNEW); Washington, CD.C. 109 pp., U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 www.fws.gov/ficmnew
For more information on invasive species
Contacts
www.agriculture.state.pa.us/agriculture/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=127347&agricultureNav=|
Penn State University Cooperative Extension Office Directory
www.extension.psu.edu/extmap.html
www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/seagindex.htm
Control
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay -Citizens Guide to the Control of Invasive Plants in Wetland and Riparian Areas
http://www.acb-online.org/pubs/projects/deliverables-251-1-2005.pdf
PA DCNR -Invasive Exotic Plant Tutorial for Natural Land Managers
www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/invasivetutorial/index.htm
Maryland Native Plant Society Control of Invasive Non-Native Plants: A Guide for Gardeners and Homeowners in the Mid-Atlantic Region
http://mdflora.org/publications/invasives.htm
Identification of Invasive and Native Plants
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Common Invasive Plants in Riparian Areas
http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/watershedmgmt/site/default.asp
Borman, S., R. Korth and J. Temte. 1997. Through the Looking Glass: A Field Guide to Aquatic Plants. Wisconsin Lakes Partnership. 248 pp.
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve Fact Sheets
www.bhwp.org/native/invasive_plants.htm
Brown, Lauren. 1979. Grasses, An Identification Guide. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN# 0-395-27624-1.
National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2002. Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas
www.nps.gov/plants/alien/pubs/midatlantic
National Wildlife Federation Native Gardening and Invasive Plants Guide
http://enature.com/native_invasive/invasives.asp
Newcomb, Lawrence. 1977. Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co. ISBN# 0-316-60441-0
PA DCNR -Invasive Exotic Plant Tutorial for Natural Land Managers
www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/invasivetutorial/index.htm
Petrides, G.A. 1972. A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin. Peterson Field Guide Series.
ISBN# 0-395-17579-8
Rhoads, A.F. and Block, T.A. 2nd ed. 2007. The Plants of Pennsylvania, An
Illustrated Manual. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania.
ISBN# 0-8122-3535-5
Strasbaugh, P.D. and Core, E.L. Flora of West Virginia. Grantsville,
WV: Seneca Books, INC. ISBN# 0-89092-010-9
Rhoads, A.F. and T.A. Block. 2004. Trees of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference Guide. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia.
USDA Forest Service Invasive Plants Field and Reference Guide: An Ecological Perspective of Plant Invaders of Forests and Woodlands
www.fs.fed.us/r9/wildlife/nnis/invasive-species-field-guide.pdf
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