Resources

Definition: Keystone Plants: A keystone species is an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem. Without its keystone species, the ecosystem would be dramatically different or cease to exist altogether.

https://www.nwf.org/Garden-for-Wildlife/About/Native-Plants/keystone-plants-by-ecoregion

Native plants are core to the wildlife garden. Intentional use of native plants, which have formed symbiotic relationships with native wildlife over millions of years, creates the most productive and sustainable wildlife habitat. While some plants play a singular role for one or limited types of wildlife, others are essential to the life cycle of many species.

Plant selections:

https://plantfinder.nativeplanttrust.org/Plant-Search

Winter sowing:

Milk Carton Tutorials:

https://www.cleanwateraction.org/2021/02/07/sustainable-seed-starting-sowing-snow

https://www.homefortheharvest.com/winter-sowing/

Open plastic container (yogurt container) tutorial:

Wild Seed Project (Wonderful group with good information on Native Plants):

https://wildseedproject.net/2016/11/ideal-time-for-sowing-native-seeds/

https://wildseedproject.net/walk-talk-workshop/seed-sowing-101-free-virtual-tutorial-2/

Dr. Gegears - Beecology Project:

https://gegearlab.weebly.com/plant-list.html