Great Resources

Useful tools to help you improve the health of your landscape

Kim Eierman

Kim Eierman

Founder of EcoBeneficial!

Available for virtual and in-person landscape consulting, talks and classes.

Buy a copy of
The Pollinator Victory Garden!

Something went wrong. Please check your entries and try again.
Spotted_Joe-pye_Weed

Useful Native Plant Databases

You have heard how important native plants are to our environment, but how do you find out which plants are native to your area and support your local ecosystem?  One important resource is your state or local native plant society or native plant group, such as The Native Plant Center in New York.  Another way to to explore regional native plants is to do some research online.  Here are a number of great resources to help you along the way:

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/
Native plant database

USDA PLANTS Database
www.plants.usda.gov/java/
Plant database, including natives

Biota of North America Program
www.bonap.org
Native plants by state and county level

Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder.aspx
General plant database

Plant Native
www.plantnative.org
Native plant and nursery lists by state

Posted in

More Great Resources

Useful Terminology for Native Gardening

Confused about the terminology associated with native gardening?  If you are, it’s not surprising, since there are numerous definitions just for the simple word “native.”  Native, non-native, exotic, alien, naturalized – these terms, and others, are often misused. Hopefully the following explanations will clear up some confusion! Terminology for “Native”…

Read More

Shopper’s Protest Cards from Maryland Native Plant Society

  Have you ever been to a garden center or nursery looking for a native plant, only to be told they don’t carry it.  Then you search another nursery,  another garden center, and another, and another  –  in an endless, futile search for a plant that is supposed to be…

Read More

The Bee Informed Partnership

Honey bees (Apis millifera) have become an important part of our agricultural system in the United States – the economic value of honey bee pollination is estimated to be between $10 billion and $15 billion annually. A non-native species, honey bees were first brought to North America in 1622 by…

Read More