Selected Links

General Information

• Celebrating Wildflowers - USFWS
• Center for Plant Conservation
• Flora of North America
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - good entry for many types of
  information including links to state and regional native plant societies.
• Plant Conservation Alliance
• Tree of Life

Native Plant Societies

• Botanical Club of Wisconsin
• Great Plains Native Plant Society
• Illinois Native Plant Society
• Iowa Native Plant Society
• Kansas Native Plant Society
• Michigan Botanical Club
• Minnesota Native Plant Society
• Missouri Native Plant Society
• Native Plant Societies and Organizations in the US

Herbaria

• Ada Hayden Herbarium - Iowa State University
• Consortia of Pacific Northwest Herbaria
• Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria
• The Herbarium of Louisiana State University
• Herbarium - University of Michigan
• Herbarium - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
• Rocky Mountain Herbarium
• Wisconsin State Herbarium

Prairie Focused

• Grassland Heritage Foundation
• Iowa Loess Hills Prairie Seminar
• Iowa Prairie Network
• Iowa Prairie Plants by County and Iowa State Preserves Map
• Iowa Prairie Resource Center
• Missouri Prairie Foundation
• Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
• Plants - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
• The Prairie Enthusiasts
• A Prairie Haven
• Prairie in Illinois
• The Prairie Map
• Prairie Restoration
• Tallgrass Prairie Center

Trees

• Iowa Tree Identification
• Native Iowa Trees
• Trees Forever
• v-Tree - Factsheets from Virginia Tech
• Why Plant Iowa Grown Trees?

Specialized Groups

• American Penstemon Society
• Carnivorous Plants - Botanical Society of America
• Grasses of Iowa
• Iowa’s Threatened and Endangered Species
• Lichens of North America
• Midwestern Wetland Flora
• Moonworts (Ada Hayden Herbarium)
• Mosses of North Carolina
• Myko Web - The Fungi of California
• Ontario Ferns
• Ontario Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
• Peatnet - Peatland Moss Species
• Tom Volk's Fungi
• Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin

Invasives/Weeds

• Common Iowa Roadside Invasives
• Invasive Plant Atlas
• Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin
• Invasive Species: The Nation's Invasive Species Information System
• National Invasive Species Information Center
• Noxious Weeds in the US and Canada
• Ohio Perennial & Biennial Weed Guide

Iowa Locations for Seeing Native Plants

• Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation Projects
• Iowa’s County Conservation Board Parks and Areas
• Iowa State Forests
• Iowa State Parks and Recreation Areas
• Iowa State Preserves
• National Wildlife Refuges in Iowa
• The Nature Conservancy’s Iowa Preserves

Botanical Gardens

• American Public Gardens Association
• The Brenton Arboretum
• Chicago Botanic Garden – Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank
• Denver Botanic Gardens
• Des Moines Botanical and Environmental Center
• Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical
• Dyck Arboretum of the Plains
• Iowa Arboretum
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• Monona County Conservation Center and Arboretum
• Reiman Gardens

Image Collections

• Botanical Society of American Online Image Collections
• BugGuide (to identify invertebrates)
• Colin's Virtual Herbarium
• Desert Wildflower Field Guide
• Flora of the Upper Mississippi
• Illinois Wildflowers
• Iowa Plants
• Kansas Wildflowers & Grasses
• Minnesota Wildflowers
• Missouri Plants
• Montana Plant Life
• Native Plant Database
• NatureSearch - images from the Fontenelle Forest &
  Neale Woods Nature Centers
• Plant Guides - New York Natural Heritage Program
• Plant Image Gallery - Noble Foundation
• Plants of the Northeastern United States
• Wildflowers, Ferns, & Trees of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona & Utah

Gardening with Native Plants

• Backyard Conservation - NRCS - Raingardens and more in Iowa
• Gardening with Native Plants
• Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management of Iowa
• Native Plant Facts - Michigan State University
• Plant Iowa Natives
• Pollinator Planting Guides
• Recommended Plant Lists - Prairie Landscapes of Iowa
• Roadside Use of Native Plants
• Wild Ones

Land Management

• Iowa NRCS 395 Stream Habitat Management and Improvement Standard
• Iowa NRCS 643 Restoration and Management of Rare and Declining Habitats Standard
• Iowa NRCS 643 Restoration and Management of Rare and Declining Habitats Standard Specification
• Iowa NRCS 644 Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management Standard
• Iowa NRCS 645 Upland Wildlife Habitat Management Standard
• Iowa NRCS Pollinator Habitat Job Sheet
• Native Plant Community Restoration Tools (Site appropriate plant community query database, plant community descriptions, diverse example plant community seed mixes, and a list of native plant material vendors)
• Plant ID information and Tools

Iowa Natural History, Habitat Advocate, and Environmental Groups

• Ducks Unlimited
• Herpetology of Iowa
• Iowa Audubon Chapters
• Iowa Birds and Birding
• Iowa Chapter - Sierra Club
• Iowa Department of Natural Resources
• Iowa Division of Izaak Walton Leagues of America
• Iowa Living Roadway
• Iowa Environmental Council
• Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
• Iowa Nature Mapping Project
• Iowa Prairie Network
• Johnson County Heritage Trust
• Loess Hills Alliance
• The Nature Conservancy - Iowa
• Pheasants Forever–Iowa Chapter
• The Powershiek Skipper Project
• Trees Forever
  

Publications and References

• Curtis's Botanical Magazine – 1787-1807
• Ecosystem Valuation
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America
• Grass Manual on the Web
• Native Plants Journal and Native Plants Network
• North American Native Orchid Journal
• The Seed Biology Place
• What is Photosynthesis?
• Woodlands & Prairies Magazine

Native Plant and Seed Sources in and near Iowa

• Allendan Seed
• Broadview Wildflower Seed
• Diversity Farms:
  • 25494 320th St. Dedham, IA
  • 712-683-5555
  • diversityfarms@iowatelecom.net
• Ion Exchange
• Iowa State Forest Nursery
• The Prairie Flower
• Prairie Moon Nursery

Blogs

• Carl Kurtz' Wild Places
• Field Guide - Linda and Robert Scarth
• Old Man's Timber
• The Prairie Ecologist
• The Roused Bear (insects and nature observations)
• Timberhill Oak Savana

 

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