Information on Native Plants

 

• Washington Native Plant Society: Resources
• Exploring Native Plants - Plant lists organized by County
• WNPS-Seattle Public Library Bibliographies
  • Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest
• Washington Park Arboretum - Seattle Public Library bibliography
  • Ethnobotany: The Use of Plants by People
•  Native Plant Guide, Interactive Guide
• Going Native Brochure [Acrobat, 2.56MB]
• Green Belt Consulting, Environmental Education, Assessment and Management

 

• External Web sites

  • biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php - UW Burke Museum Herbarium. Fantastic site with 1000's of plants and images specific to the northwest. Excellent help for plant identification.
  • www.wnps.org/ Washington Native Plant Society - A non profit organization for native plants.
  • www.plantnative.com/ - Includes a nice step by step plan for naturescaping.
  • www.rainyside.com/ Maritime Pacific Northwest Gardening has a nice native plant section with photos.
  • www.wa.gov/dnr/htdocs/fr/nhp/index.html - Washington Natural Heritage Program lists rare and endangered native plants.
  • gardening.wsu.edu/text/nwnative.htm - Washington State University Native Plants Identifying, Propagating, and Landscaping. Nice photos!
  • www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%20Chalker-Scott/ - WSU - Puyallup site full of horticulture myths. Very informative!
  • http://plants.usda.gov/ - USDA National plant database. Lots of information and images on plants beyond the northwest.