Native Plants

Additional Resources

Textbooks/ Publications

• Brown, M.L. & R.G. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous Plants of Maryland. Port City Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD. 1127pp.

• Brown, M.L. & R.G. Brown. 1972. Woody Plants of Maryland. Port City Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD. 347pp.

• Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council. 2013. The Eight Essential Elements of Conservation Landscaping.

• Cullina, William. Excellent series of books on native plant horticulture:

1.  Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.

2.  Native Ferns, Moss & Grasses: From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave: Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden.

3.  Native Trees, Shrubs, & Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants.

• Dove, Tony, and G. Woolridge. 2018. Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States: The Guide to Creating a Sustainable Landscape. Charlesbridge. Watertown, MA. 336pp.

• Harrison, Jason. 2016. The Natural Communities of Maryland: 2019 Natural Community Classification Framework. Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

• Rainer, Thomas & Claudia West. 2015. Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes. Timber Press, Portland, OR. 272pp.

• Rhoads, Ann Fowler & T. Block. 2007. The Plants of Pennsylvania, An Illustrated Manual, 2nd Ed. Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. 1042pp.

• Slattery, Britt E., K. Reshetiloff, and S.M. Zwicker. 2003, 2005. Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay Watershed. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Annapolis, MD. 82pp.

• Tallamy, Doug. 2009. Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants. Timber Press, Portland, OR. 360pp.

Websites 

• Audubon, Plants for Birds, https://www.audubon.org/plantsforbirds

• Biota of North America Program (plant distribution maps by county), http://www.bonap.org/

• Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, https://www.chesapeakelandscape.org/

• Chesapeake Natives, http://chesapeakenatives.org/

• Maryland Biodiversity Project, https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/

• Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Plants, https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/plants_wildlife/rte/rteplants.aspx

• Maryland Native Plant Society, https://mdflora.org/

• Mt. Cuba Center (research reports on native plants and cultivars), https://mtcubacenter.org/

• National Wildlife Federation Native Plants Finder, https://www.nwf.org/nativeplantfinder/

• PLANTS National Database, U.S. Department of Agriculture, https://plants.usda.gov/home

• Virginia Native Plant Society, https://vnps.org/

• West Virginia Native Plant Society, http://www.wvnps.org/

Journal Articles

• Baisden, Emily C., Douglas W. Tallamy, Desirée L. Narango, and Eileen Boyle. 2018. Do cultivars of native plants support insect herbivores? HortTechnology 28(5) 596-606.

• Narango, Desirée L., Douglas W. Tallamy, and Peter P. Marra. Desirée. 2018. Nonnative plants reduce population growth of an insectivorous bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

• Nevison, K. 2016. Considering a role for native plant cultivars in ecological landscaping: an experiment evaluating insect preferences and nectar forage values of Phlox species vs. its cultivars. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Delaware. 

• Ricker, Jacob, J.D. Lubell & M.H. Brand. 2019. Comparing insect pollinator visitation for six native shrub species and their cultivars. HortScience 54(11):2086-2090.

• White, A. 2016. From nursery to nature: evaluating native herbaceous flowering plants versus native cultivars for pollinator habitat restoration. Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Vermont.

Educational Tools

• Nature Forward, plant identification and natural history classes, https://natureforward.org/

• Chesapeake Bay Native Plant Center, searchable database of native plants, http://www.nativeplantcenter.net

• iNaturalist, plant identification app, https://www.inaturalist.org/

• Maryland Native Plant Society Online Discussion Group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/marylandnativeplantsocietydiscussiongroup/

• Natural History Society of Maryland, plant identification classes and plant ID help, https://www.marylandnature.org/

• Pocket-size field guides:

1. Tree Finder (Watts), Winter Tree Finder (Watts), Fern Finder (Hallowell), Peterson Field Guides

2. Newcomb, Lawrence. Wildflower Guide. 1989. Little Brown & Co.; 490pp.

• The Flora of Virginia app, https://floraofvirginia.org

• Wildflower Search, https://wildflowersearch.org/