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Here are some good links to help find information about birds, pollinators, and native plants:
Finding Bird Information
Finding Bird Information
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology allows you to search North American birds and find information about identification, eating habits, migration and attracting them to your yard!
The Audubon Bird guide offers another good search engine for native bird information.
Ebird is a resource that allows you to see where specific birds have been sighted in the area, as well as allowing the user to submit their own sightings.
Finding Butterfly Information
Finding Butterfly Information
https://ohiodnr.gov/static/documents/wildlife/backyard-wildlife/Backyards%20for%20Butterflies%20pub089.pdf ODNR Ohio butterfly guide.
Find information on butterflies common to our zip code, their host plants, favored nectar plants, and other descriptors.
https://extension.psu.edu/programs/master-gardener/counties/york/native-plants/fact-sheets/butterfly-larval-host-plant-list Find host plants for our native butterflies.
Finding Plant Information
Finding Plant Information
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources lists of native plant species and their habitats.
Online nursery in Wisconsin that specializes in plants native to North America (most in the catalog are also native to the midwest). Seeds, plant plugs and containers are available.
PDF catalog link
Another online nursery specializing in natives, this catalog offers primarily seeds and bare root (some plugs).
PDF catalog link
The Xerces Society is dedicated to protecting and preserving invertebrates. Here is a list of plants native to our region that can further that goal.
Here is the Ohio Division of Wildlife's list of alternatives to commonly planted invasive species.
Here is a list of native plants that have some tolerance to salt.
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