Native Plants & Wildflowers
See also: Natural Landscaping, Botany and Gardens for Wildlife.
Selected Books
Armitage, Allan M.
Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens
SB439.26.N7A76 2006
Descriptions (many with photos) of more than 600 species of native North American plants (annuals, perennials, and biennials) with directions on how to cultivate them successfully.
Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens
SB439.26.N7A76 2006
Descriptions (many with photos) of more than 600 species of native North American plants (annuals, perennials, and biennials) with directions on how to cultivate them successfully.
Cullina, William
Native Ferns, Moss & Grasses
q SB429.C85 2008
William Cullina of the New England Wildflower Society has published a welcome book for gardeners interested in foliage plants but reticent to plant exotics from other continents. Each section is introduced with information on how to garden with these plants and what they need.
Native Ferns, Moss & Grasses
q SB429.C85 2008
William Cullina of the New England Wildflower Society has published a welcome book for gardeners interested in foliage plants but reticent to plant exotics from other continents. Each section is introduced with information on how to garden with these plants and what they need.
Cullina, William
Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants
q SB435.5.C86 2002
This is the second book in the series by William Cullina for the New England Wildflower Society, a companion to the one below on herbaceous plants.
Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants
q SB435.5.C86 2002
This is the second book in the series by William Cullina for the New England Wildflower Society, a companion to the one below on herbaceous plants.
Cullina, William
The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada
q SB439.B85 2000
This most complete and authoritative guide to North American wildflowers offers clear and detailed information on growing and propagating 200 genera and 1,000 species of these precious plants.
The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada
q SB439.B85 2000
This most complete and authoritative guide to North American wildflowers offers clear and detailed information on growing and propagating 200 genera and 1,000 species of these precious plants.
Druse, Kenneth
The Natural Habitat Garden
q SB439 .D66 1994
This classic by an expert gardener and photographer shows how to create a beautiful garden using native plants.
The Natural Habitat Garden
q SB439 .D66 1994
This classic by an expert gardener and photographer shows how to create a beautiful garden using native plants.
Johnson, Lorraine
Grow Wild!: Low-Maintenance, Sure-Success, Distinctive Gardening with Native Plants
SB439.26.N7 J64 1998
An overview of native plant gardening with information covering the entire U.S.
Grow Wild!: Low-Maintenance, Sure-Success, Distinctive Gardening with Native Plants
SB439.26.N7 J64 1998
An overview of native plant gardening with information covering the entire U.S.
Leopold, Donald J.
Native Plants of the Northeast: a Guide for Gardening & Conservation
q SB439.24.N67 L46 2005
Natural plant communities of eastern North America are described, providing a foundation for the choice of plants for different areas and climates---or a variety of sites in the garden---as well as for restoration of native plant habitats. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, the encyclopedic portion of the book includes practical advice on cultivation and propagation in addition to descriptions, ranges, and information on hardiness.
Native Plants of the Northeast: a Guide for Gardening & Conservation
q SB439.24.N67 L46 2005
Natural plant communities of eastern North America are described, providing a foundation for the choice of plants for different areas and climates---or a variety of sites in the garden---as well as for restoration of native plant habitats. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, the encyclopedic portion of the book includes practical advice on cultivation and propagation in addition to descriptions, ranges, and information on hardiness.
Sternberg, Guy
Native Trees for North American Landscapes: From the Atlantic to the Rockies
rq SB435.5.S74 2004 (noncirculating)
Native Trees for North American Landscapes: From the Atlantic to the Rockies
rq SB435.5.S74 2004 (noncirculating)
Tallamy, Douglas W.
Bringing Nature Home: how native plants sustain wildlife in our gardens
SB439.T275 2007
Tallamy is suggesting a radical change in mindset for the gardener: instead of searching for pest-free ornamentals, we need to look for native plants that will provide food for native wildlife, particularly for insects that provide the bulk of food for many other animals.
Bringing Nature Home: how native plants sustain wildlife in our gardens
SB439.T275 2007
Tallamy is suggesting a radical change in mindset for the gardener: instead of searching for pest-free ornamentals, we need to look for native plants that will provide food for native wildlife, particularly for insects that provide the bulk of food for many other animals.
Towe, L. Clarence
American Azaleas
SB413.A9 T68 2004
Towe, from South Carolina, groups these natives by region so that you'll know which can survive in the north.
American Azaleas
SB413.A9 T68 2004
Towe, from South Carolina, groups these natives by region so that you'll know which can survive in the north.
Browse the Catalog
- Native plant gardening
- Native plants for cultivation
- Wild Flower Gardening
- Wild Flower Gardening United States
- Wild Flowers
- Wild Flowers North America
- Wild Flowers Northeastern States
- Wild Flowers United States
Web Sites
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American Beauties: Native Plants
National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has teamed up with Pride's Corner Farms and North Creek Nurseries, two wholesale nurseries, to create a collection of native perennials, grasses, vines, trees and shrubs which attract wildlife and look great in the garden, called American Beauties™. Currently the plants are selected for the Northeast. -
Center for Plant Conservation
A Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden that is dedicated to conserving rare plants native to the United States. -
Connecticut Botanical Society: Gardening with Native Plants
Includes color photos of recommended native plants for the garden -
eNature: Native Gardening and Invasive Plants Guide
Check out these field guides online from the National Wildlife Federation! Includes trees & wildflowers and information on creating a backyard wildlife habitat. -
Grow Native!
Grow Native! is a Missouri initiative that encourages use of landscape worthy native plants to create beautiful landscapes. It includes information on native plants, many of which will grow well in Pennsylvania. -
Kentucky State University PawPaw Information Website
The KYSU Land Grant Program has the only full-time pawpaw research program in the world. The pawpaw is a fruit, related to the Cherimoya, that is indigenous to this country and was eaten by native Americans and early settlers. Pawpaw ( Asimina triloba ) is the only temperate climate member of the tropical family Annonaceae. -
Native American Ethnobotany Database
Materials provided by Dan Moerman, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan. A searchable database including foods, drugs, dyes, fibers and other uses of plants (a total of over 47,000 items). This represents uses by 291 Native American groups of 3,895 species from 243 different plant families. -
Native Plant Database
This database from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center offers a searchable directory of native plant species, seed suppliers, landscapers and native plant organizations for Texas and the nation. In the National Directory, if you go to "Recommended Native Plant Species", you can search a database with more than 1,000 native plant species. You can "View by State" with PA as the term and pull up 376 species with photos. - Native Plant Societies in Surrounding States
The Maryland Native Plant Society has a list of North American native plant societies. -
North American Native Plant Society
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Plant Conservation Alliance
The PCA is a consortium of ten federal government Member agencies and over 220 non-federal Cooperators representing various disciplines within the conservation field. On their website you can find lists of native plants that you can plant in your geographic region and a section on "Celebrating Wildflowers". -
Plant Native
PlantNative is dedicated to moving native plants and naturescaping into mainstream landscaping practices. Located in Portland, Oregon but with information about native plants throughout the U.S. -
USDA Plants Database
The PLANTS database contains native and naturalized vascular plants of the U.S. including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and native and naturalized mosses, lichens, and hepatics (liverworts and hornworts) of North America. PLANTS also has about 2200 vascular plants that do not grow naturally in the U.S. but are of general economic or botanic interest. PLANTS does not contain common garden plants or plants that occur only outside the U.S. - Wildflowers
Many of these can also be found in Pennsylvania- Connecticut Wildflowers - Connecticut Botanical Society
- Delaware Wildflowers
- Missouri Wildflower Guide
- Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Kentucky Wildflowers
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Wild Ones: Landscaping with Native Plants
2004 Edition of the Wild Ones Handbook available online in .pdf format
Pittsburgh Region
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Audubon Center for Native Plants
This is a site from the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania at Beechwood Farms (Dorseyville Road in the North Hills) whose mission it is to promote the use of native plants in landscaping. They have a Native Plant sale twice a year, in spring and in fall.-
Local native plant species Allegheny County area
A list of species native to Allegheny County and/or its contiguous counties compiled from the 1993 edition of The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania, Annotated Checklist and Atlas, by Ann Fowler Rhoads and William McKinley Klein, Jr. - Culture and Use Guide For Western Pennsylvania Native Plants
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Local native plant species Allegheny County area
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Food Under Foot
This local blog's mission is to help people identify and learn to use the safe wild edible plants that grow all around us. Not all of them will be native plants but they are wild. -
My Wildflowrs
Wildflowers from the trails of western Pennsylvania
MyWildflowers has an extensive database of wildflower species, with great pictures of all of them, and offers great options for finding information. Their unique “Identify” feature, allows you to identify an unknown flower by selecting the information that you know – such as color, bloom shape, height, and month. This is a Western Pennsylvania site with information on the flowers along popular bicycle trails. Scroll down the page to the database information. -
Sylvania Natives
Flowering Perennials, Shrubs and Small Trees Native to Western Pennsylvania
"SYLVANIA NATIVES is Western Pennsylvania’s only privately owned nursery exclusively growing and selling quality, local genotype plants native to the region. We propagate and grow more than 80 species of plants from local seed we collect in the wild. All our plants are container grown outside with the seasons." Located off an alley in Squirrel Hill.
Pennsylvania
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Audubon At Home Guide to Gardening for Life in Southeastern Pennsylvania
The Guide to Gardening for Life offers 84 colorful pages with informative essays and companion profiles of noteworthy residents who have successfully tackled problems and created habitat spaces that are toxic-free and wildlife-friendly. It is available online in .pdf format. -
Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry: Common Trees of Pennsylvania
Includes 57 native trees. -
Pennsylvania Flora Project
a major focus of the Botany Department of the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, the majority of the 400,000 specimens on which the entries are based reside in the herbaria of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, The Pennsylvania State University, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, and the the Morris Arboretum. Unfortunately, no photos or illustrations are included. -
Pennsylvania Native Plant Society
The Pennsylvania Native Plant Society (PNPS) is a not-for-profit organization that helps people learn about and enjoy native plants found in Pennsylvania. It sponsors numerous field trips throughout the state and publishes a quarterly newsletter for members.
Nearby States
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Cornell University: Beach Plum
Beach plum (Prunus maritima) is a fruiting shrub native to coastal dunes of the Northeastern United States. Since colonial times, people have collected wild fruit to make preserves and jelly. Today, native stands still support a cottage beach plum product industry in the Northeast. -
Ohio Prairie Association
Unlike Southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio is mainly flat. -
Ohio State University Extension: Native Plant Bibliography
The primary focus of the bibliography is on resources specific to Ohio and Ohio native plants. - West Virginia Native Plant Society

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