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2023 List of Native Plant Sales: Link to PNN. Check back for a 2023 list to download, print, and distribute. Contact Us if you don't see a sale that should be on the list. 

Online Resources

• Plant NoVA Natives. Find the PNN Plant Guide, updated lists of native plants sales and sellers, a bloom timetable, a plant finder (for the plants included in the Guide). A handy site Index to help you find the gem you are looking for. And PNN’s Master Spreadsheet of Native Plants for Professionals - it’s so useful.

• Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora - The Word in what’s native.

• National Wildlife Federation’s Native Plant Finder - By Zip code lists plants and the Lepidoptera species that use them.

• National Audubon Society Plants for Birds - by location using BONAPP

• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

• Homegrown National Park: Doug Tallamy’s Website

• Douglas Tallamy YouTube Videos

• USDA Plants Database, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

• VNPS Chapters: Potowmack and Prince William Wildflower Society

Studies and Articles

• Max Ferlauto’s My Year of Playing with Litter: Exploring the Effects of Leaf Litter Removal on Insect Communities from VNPS

• Corridor Study - Coming Soon

• Biodiversity for the Birds article on the Narango-Tallamy Chickadee Study

• The Insect Apocalypse is more nuanced than it first appears - from Anthropocene

Pdf Guides and Books for Download

• Native Plants for Northern Virginia - Guide for NoVA Natives. See Virginia Regional Native Plant Campaigns to view and download guides for all regions of the commonwealth.

• Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay Watershed; U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (PDF Book)

• The Nature of Change: Preserving the Natural Heritage of A Dynamic Region (Audubon At Home In Northern Virginia full 80 page booklet)

• Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas 5th Edition - Revised & Updated – with More Species and Expanded Control Guidance, National Park Service and the US Fish & Wildlife Service. The AAH office has some of these books. Contact Us to get some or you may order more from the Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council.

Social Media and Blogs

• Capital Naturalist Blog by Alonso Abugattas

• Plant NoVA Natives Twitter and Facebook

• VNPS Blog, Virginia Native Plant Society

• iNaturalist - a citizen science project and online social network of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists built on the concept of mapping and sharing observations of biodiversity.

More Resources

Habitat Feature Tips:

• Providing Water for Birds - Tips on setting up Birdbaths from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Bird Notes
  

Fliers and Brochures for Download

• Wildlife Sanctuary Program Trifold Brochure (Updated February 2021)

• Wildlife Sanctuary Single-Page Brochure (Feb 2021) Color or Black&White

• How to Create a Native Plant Garden Info Sheet (This is a single-sided sheet that may be copied with a number of other content on the reverse side.)

• Gardening and Landscaping for Nature (Audubon At Home in Northern Virginia)

• 5 Easy Flowers for Sun (Plant NoVA Natives)

• 5 Easy Plants for Part Shade (Plant NoVA Natives)

• “Super Nine” Nectar and Host Plants for a Pollinator Garden - Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy

• Plant This To Attract That