Other Resources

Field guides 

• Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, Lawrence Newcomb and Gordon Morrison 
• Weeds of the Northeast, Richard Uva, Joseph Neal, Joseph
• Wildflowers of New England, Ted Elliman 

 Botanical Keys 

• Flora Novae-Angliae, Arthur Haines 
• Gray’s Manual of Botany, Merritt Fernald and Asa Gray 
  
• Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, Henry Gleason and Arthur Cronquist 
• Plant Identification Terminology, Harris and Harris (not actually a botanical key but essential for anyone learning botanical terminology) 

 Foraging and Eating Wild Plants 

• Fedco: https://www.fedcoseeds.com 
  
• Foragers Harvest, Samuel Thayer 
• Natures Garden, Samuel Thayer 
• Plants for a Future: https://pfaf.org/user/edibleuses.aspx
• Wild Plants I Have Known and Eaten, Russ Cohen 

 Additional Literature 

• Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy 
• Garden Revolution, Larry Weaner 
• Growing and Propagating Wildflowers, William Cullina 
• Native Ferns, Mosses, and Grasses, William Cullina 
  
• Native Plants for New England Gardens, Dan Jaffe and Mark Richardson 
• Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, William Cullina 
• Planting in a Post Wild World, West and Rainier 
• The Living Landscape, Tallamy and Darke 

Websites and Apps

• Dr. Robert Gegear Planting List for At-Risk Pollinators: https://gegearlab.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/7/0/127008126/gegearlist_2021.pdf 
  
• Ecological Landscape Alliance: https://www.ecolandscaping.org/  
  
• Environmental Education Virtual Field Trips for Nature Lovers: https://www.avasflowers.net/environmental-education-virtual-field-trips-for-nature-lovers  
• Go Botany: https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/ 
• iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/ 
• National Wildlife Federation Keystone Plants: https://www.nwf.org/Garden-for-Wildlife/About/Native-Plants/keystone-plants-by-ecoregion 
• National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder: https://www.nwf.org/NativePlantFinder/About 
• Native Plant Finder (NPT): https://plantfinder.nativeplanttrust.org/Plant-Search  
• Natural Community Fact Sheets  
   Maine: https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mnap/features/commsheets.htm 
   Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/natural-community-fact-sheets 
   New York: https://www.nynhp.org/documents/39/ecocomm2014.pdf  
• Natural History Museum Hostplant Database: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/index.dsml  
  
• New England Botanical Club/Society: https://www.rhodora.org/  
• Northern Forest Atlas Image Database: https://northernforestatlas.org/images/ 
• Rhode Island Coastal Plant Guide: http://cels.uri.edu/testsite/coastalPlants/CoastalPlantGuide.htm?fbclid=IwAR2AzLs2sF15a-qVzvpdq5Gruu-vQAha6imzYBoVlXLdx70v7_bS9le23vI 
• Native Plant Network Propagation Protocol Database: https://npn.rngr.net/propagation 
• Native Plants Journal (paid subscription required): http://npj.uwpress.org/ 
• Rhode Island Coastal Plant Guide: http://cels.uri.edu/testsite/coastalPlants/CoastalPlantGuide.htm?fbclid=IwAR2AzLs2sF15a-qVzvpdq5Gruu-vQAha6imzYBoVlXLdx70v7_bS9le23vI 

Nurseries 

• Bluestem Natives, Norwell, MA 
• Helia Native Nursery, West Stockbridge, MA 
• Izel Plants, Various locations, East Coast 
• Native Plant Trust (and Nasami Farm), Framingham and South Deerfield, MA 
• New England Wetland Plants, South Hadley, MA 
• North Creek Nurseries, Landenburg, PA 
• Pinelands Nursery, Columbus, NJ 
• Planters Choice. Watertown, CT 
• Prairie Moon Nursery, Winona, MN 
• Sudbury Nurseries West, Gill, MA 
• Van Berkum Nurseries, Deerfield, NH 
• Wild Ridge Plants, Alpha, NJ  

Edible Plants Nurseries 

• Burnt Ridge Nursery, Onalaska, WA  
• Cold Stream Nursery, Free Soil, MI  
• Fedco, Clinton, ME 
• Great Plains Nursery, NE 
• Oikos Tree Crops (Nursery closed in 2021, seeds still available) 
• Peaceful Heritage Nursery, Stanford, KY
• Stark Brothers, Louisiana, MO 

Seed Suppliers 

• Bluestem Natives 
• Ernst Conservation Seeds 
• F.W. Schumacher 
• Prairie Moon Nursery 
• Prairie Nursery 
• Roundstone Native Seed Company
• Vermont Wildflower Farm 
• Wild Seed Project 

Greenhouse Supplies and Tools 

• Griffin Greenhouse Supply: https://www.griffins.com/ 
• A.M. Leonard: https://www.amleo.com/
• Growers Supply: https://www.growerssupply.com/farm/supplies/home 
• Greenhouse Megastore: https://www.greenhousemegastore.com/ 
• Farmers Friend: https://www.farmersfriend.com/