The following sources provided invaluable information in the preparation of the MGNV Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic fact sheets:
Plant Distribution, Habitat or Status
- McAvoy, W.A. 2013. The Flora of Delaware Online Database. Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, Smyrna, Delaware. http://www.wra.udel.edu/de-flora/Introduction/
- The Pennsylvania Flora Project of Morris Arboretum, University of Pennsylvania. http://www.paflora.org
- USDA, NRCS. 2014. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 10 October 2014). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
- Virginia Botanical Associates. (2014 and 2015). Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (http://www.vaplantatlas.org). c/o Virginia Botanical Associates, Blacksburg.
Plant Identification and Information
- Auburn University Plant Identification Resource, Horticulture Department. http://www.southeasternflora.com/
- Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). https://www.feis-crs.org/feis/
- Illinois Wildflowers, © 2002-2012 by John Hilty. http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/index.htm
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database, The University of Texas at Austin. http://www.wildflower.org/plants/
- Minnesota Wildflowers. https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/
- Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder.
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfinder/plantfindersearch.aspx - Missouri Plants.com. http://www.missouriplants.com/index.html
- Plants. North Carolina Cooperative Extension. http://plants.ces.ncsu.edu
- Radford AE, Ahles HE, Bell CR. 1983. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. The University of North Carolina Press.
- Slattery, Britt E., Kathryn Reshetiloff, and Susan M. Zwicker. 2003. Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay Watershed. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, Annapolis, MD. 82 pp. https://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/resources/native-plants.html
- Tilton, George Henry. release 2004. The Fern Lover’s Companion: A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11365?msg=welcome_stranger
- UConn Plant Database of Trees, Shrubs and Vines, University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources © Copyright Mark Brand, 1997-2014. https://plantdatabase.uconn.edu
- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Plant Hardiness Zone Map. https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov
- USDA, NRCS. 2014. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov/home, 10 October 2014). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
- Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets. Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation. http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/factsheets.cfm
- Weakley AS, Ludwig JC, Townsend JF. 2012. Flora of Virginia. Botanical Research Institute of Texas.
Plant Special Uses and Concerns
Deer
- Glen, Charlotte. Deer Resistant Plants Recommended for Southeastern NC Landscapes, Urban Horticulture Fact Sheet 15. North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Pender County. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s1I3r16cXANEwjRxxgSmtcLCC9Bv9K72/view
- Kays, Jonathan S., Lisa Curtis, and Michael V. Bartlett. Resistance of Ornamentals to Deer Damage, Fact Sheet 655. Maryland Cooperative Extension. https://extension.umd.edu/resource/resistance-ornamentals-deer-damage-fs-655
- Landscape Plants Rated by Deer Resistance. Rutgers, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. http://njaes.rutgers.edu/deerresistance/
- Planting Resources, Deer-Resistant or Not. Blandy Experimental Farm. State Arboretum of Virginia. https://blandy.virginia.edu/planting-resources
- Rawinski, Thomas J. 2008. Impacts of White-Tailed Deer Overabundance in Forest Ecosystems: An Overview. Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, Forest Service, USDA. http://www.northforkdeer.org/files/80704231.pdf
Pollinators
- Free, Mary. 2013. For the Birds, Butterflies & Hummingbirds: Creating Inviting Habitats, HORT-59NP (HORT-74NP). Virginia Cooperative Extension. https://books.apple.com/us/book/creating-inviting-habitats/id773686163
- Opler, Paul A., Kelly Lotts, and Thomas Naberhaus, coordinators. 2012. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Data set accessed 2014 and 2015 at http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/.
- Jessie Keith, Gardening for Native Bees, The American Gardener, Nov/Dec 2014, American Horticultural Society, https://ahsgardening.org/wp-content/pdfs/Native_Bees_TAG_ND14.pdf
Soil
- Soil Texture – Physical Properties. The Missouri Cooperative Soil Survey. (Note: This publication is not currently available electronically. As a substitute refer to: Soil Science, Lesson 4: Soil Texture. Missouri Career Education. http://www.missouricareereducation.org/doc/soilsci/SRLesson4.pdf )
Toxicity and Ethnobotanic and Medicinal Uses
- Baskauf, Steve. Bioimages: Some poisonous plants of Tennessee. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/pages/poisonous-plants.htm
- Filmer, Ann King. 2012. Safe and Poisonous Garden Plants. University of California, Davis. http://ucanr.edu/sites/poisonous_safe_plants/
- Sam W. Hitt. Medicinal Plant Gardens. UNC Health Sciences Library. http://hsl.lib.unc.edu/medicinalgarden
- USDA, NRCS. 2014. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 10 October 2014). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
Other
- Andruczyk, Mike, Lynnette Swanson, Laurie Fox, Susan French, and Traci Gilland. Rain Garden Plants, Publication 426-043. Virginia Cooperative Extension. https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/88107
- Meyer, Mery, Deb Brown, and Mike Zins. ed. 2007. The Best Plants for 30 Tough Sites. University of Minnesota. https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/51549
- Swearingen, J., B. Slattery, K. Reshetiloff, and S. Zwicker. 2010. Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas, 4th ed. National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, DC. 168pp. https://www.invasive.org/alien/pubs/midatlantic/midatlantic.pdf