Subject: Re: native plants
From: "Mark Stephens" <markws@one.net>
Organization: The Internet Access Company, Inc.
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 20:17:22 -0400
Message-ID: <MOD$970904.5297@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
susanna@gendreau.tiac.net wrote in article ...
>
>I'm trying to convert our yard to a native plant garden, in hopes of
>attracting local butterflies and birds and such.
[snip]
Hi Susanna,
Check out your local library for books. Here in Ohio we have a book
written by Lucy Braun called _Woody Plants of Ohio_. It narrows down
the native woody vegetation to the county. You might also want to
check
out these books for general overviews of planting for
wildlife:
Noah's Garden : Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards by Sara
Stein 0-395-70940-7
American Wildlife & Plants, A Guide to Wildlife Food Habits by Martin,
Zim, Nelson 0-486-20793-5
A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs(Peterson) by George A. Petrides
0-395-17579-8,
A Field Guide to Wildflowers by Roger Tory Peterson / Margaret McKenny
0-395-18325-1
Grasses, an Identification Guide by Lauren Brown 0-395-62881-4
Landscaping with Native Trees by Guy Sternberg & Jim Wilson
1-881527-66-2
Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America by Gary L.
Hightshoe 0-442-23274-8 (BIG, Expensive, definatly a library book!)
Hope this helps!
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Mark W Stephens (markws@one.net) - Cincinnati, OH Zone 5
http://w3.one.net/~markws - Our Backyard Forest