A native plants reader /
This volume presents a collection of narratives extolling the virtues of native plantings, outlining their fundamental contributions to our natural ecosystems, detailing our connections with them, describing the perils they currently face, and advocating for their preservation in the garden and larg...
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| Language: | English |
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Brooklyn, NY :
Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
[2012]
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| Series: | Brooklyn Botanic Garden guides for a greener planet ;
handbook #197. |
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Table of Contents:
- Defining "native plant" / Niall Dunne
- Early botanical exploration and discovery in the Northeast / James L. Reveal
- The metropolitan flora / Susan K. Pell and Steven Glenn
- New York City's vanished natives / Mariellé Anzelone and Wendy Hollender
- Seasons of a seed collector / Heather Liljengren
- Nibbling on natives / Russ Cohen
- Restoring native communities / Myla Aronson
- The future of my forest / Bernd Heinrich
- Conservation in the age of climate change / Janet Marinelli
- Designing a restoration garden / Judith Larner Lowdry
- Welcoming wildlife into the garden / Douglas W. Tallamy
- Adventures in native plant propagation / William Cullina
- Stopping garden plant invasions / Sarah Reichard
- Native alternatives for notorious invaders / C. Colston Burrell
- Creating connections with native plants / Mariellé Anzelone
- The native flora garden / Uli Lorimer.