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Plant Bibliography

The National Native Plant Bibliography was compiled to make it easier to find floras, field guides, and other native plant publications appropriate for your area. Select from the random sample or use the search bar below to locate a specific reference.

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Container Gardening for Dummies
by: Marken, Bill and Editors of the National Gardening Association
Notes: Written by leading gardening journalist Bill Marken and the experts of the National Gardening Association, Container Gardening For Dummies is the ultimate guide to cultivating charming gardens in ever...
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Ferns: Illustrated Flora of Illinois
by: Mohlenbrock, R. H.
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Trees, Shrubs, & Cacti of South Texas
by: Everitt, J.H. & D. L. Drawe
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Building Inside Nature's Envelope: How New Construction and Land Preservation Can Work Together
by: Wasowski, Andy
Notes: Self-styled "botanical missionaries," the Wasowskis explain how to build a house without disturbing the indigenous landscape. Nationally recognized for their books, articles, and slide presentations, ...
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Rain Forests of Home: Profile of a North American Bioregion
by: P. K. Schoonmaker; B. Von Hagen; E. C. Wolf
Notes: From Amazon.com Stretching from the redwoods of California to the vast stands of spruce and hemlock in southeast Alaska, coastal temperate rain forests have been for thousands of years home to one of...
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Edible wild plants of the prairie : an ethnobotanical guide
by: Kindscher, K.
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