Native Plants
National Organizations Directory
As a service to the public, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center collects information on native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations throughout North America. Click here to add your organization to the directory. Affiliates are organizations that partner with the Wildflower Center to encourage the preservation and use of native plants in different regions of the country.
Maryland Native Plant Society
Address: P.O. Box 4877
Silver Spring, MD 20914
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Phone: (410) 775-7737
Web: www.mdflora.org
Organization Scope: State/Regional
Organization Type: Native Plant Society
Services this organization provides
- Inventory and/or monitor endangered/rare species
- Work on restoration projects
- Natural habitat management
- Membership program
- Offer public programs, trips, seminars, etc.
Native Plant Focus: restoration to increase the opportunity for survival of native plants. FOCUS: MNPS encourages the conservation of existing natural areas both public and private and control and removal of exotics in those natural areas.
Publications: Native News (newsletter, 3 x year); Marilandica (journal, quarterly)
Description: MNPS is nonprofit organziation which is trying to increase awareness and knowledge of native plants and their habitats through meetings, workshops, field trips, seminars, conferences and our newsletter. We advocate propagation, conservation and
Last Update: 2003-12-02
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