These resources can assist with selecting plants for home and or commercial landscaping.
Plant Information and Landscaping
Pa Flora DatabasePa Flora is an excellent resource for identifying Pennsylvania native plants. For landscaping assistance, the database can be used to find plants based on growing conditions and plant type by clicking on the Advanced Search button.
DCNR (Pa Department of Conservation and Natural Resources)
The DCNR website has a lot of information on landscaping with native plants, including a listing of recommended plants based on your growing conditions. Click here.
Native Plant Database
Compiled by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at Univ. Texas, Austin. Can be searched by state, growing conditions, and type of plant.
USDA Plant Database
Helpful for obtaining cultural information on all species endemic to North America
Grow Native
Helpful for obtaining suggestions for plants for particular uses
National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder
Native plants in your geographic location, ranked by the number of butterfly and moth species that use them as host plants for their caterpillars.
Snetsinger Butterfly Garden, State College, PA
Provides information on pollinator gardens, recommended plantings and garden designs.
Bee-Safe Plants for Nurseries
From the Xerces Society
Audubon At Home
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Invasive Plant InformationInvasive Plants of Eastern USA
PaDCNR Invasive Plants
The Dirty Dozen - a list of twelve invasive species to avoid planting. These are frequently available at nurseries and landscape retailers. Alien Plant Working Group
Plant Invaders of the MidAtlanticInvasive Plants Atlas of US
Bugwood Apps - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health Mobile Applications - Apps for identifying invasive species.
RateTea.com : a guide on invasive herbs usable for herbal tea
The guide covers specific herbs invasive in North America, many in PA, and also gives some warnings about health, legal, and ecological considerations when harvesting wild herbs. Get rid of invasives and enjoy your results. Note: While we scrutinize accuracy of websites we link to, we are not responsible for accuracy, safety of advice/information contained on these websites. PNPS Webmaster Additional Resources
Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™) - Sabrena Schweyer, FAPLD - spoke about The Sustainable Sites Initiative ™ (SITES™) program which is an interdisciplinary effort by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and the United States Botanic Garden to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction and maintenance practices. Visit their website to read more: sustainablesites.org/
Benjamin Vogt - milktheweed.blogspot.com/ and monarchgard.com Great article on Boneset: http://www.houzz.com/boneset Wild Edibles app available on itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wild-edibles-full/id431504588?mt=8 For more on mushrooms, check out: MushroomsforHealth.com Mycopolitan.com ChickenMushroom.com Central PA Mushroom Club NJ Mycological Association - Marcus de la fleur presents a case study for a sustainable landscape: http://www.delafleur.com/ Great Picks for your summer reading list: Pollinators Native Plants by H. Holme: pollinatorsnativeplants.com/ "Native Plant Wildlife Garden" by D. Tallamy and R. Darke: nativeplantwildlifegarden.com/tallamy-and-darke-team-up/ "Paradise Lots" by Eric Toensmeier: paradiselotblog.wordpress.com "Mycelium Running" by Paul Stamets: Fungi.com/product-detail/product/mycelium-running.html Granma Lisa's Humming, Buzzing, Chirping Garden by Lisa Doseff - [published by Heather Holm] Educational Resources
The Native Plant Channel - educational videos created to help gardeners select natives for their gardens, including deer-resistant natives. Please note that whenever possible, it is best to plant native species, not cultivars as some cultivars negate the benefits of straight species.
The Native Link
Helpful handout listing many easy to grow plants for home landscaping.
Container Gardening with Native Plants
A webinar by Guy Godfrey, courtesy of the North American Native Plant Society on growing native plants on your balcony.
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