RESOURCES
These are just few resources.
There are large number of other books, magazines and internet resources that are
very informative.
Please send email/call if you'd like additional recommendations or if you have
any recommendations.
Natural History and Native,
Ecological Landscaping:
US
Environmental Protection Agency- Green Landscaping with Native Plants
Wild Ones - Native Plants,
Natural Landscapes
 The Conservation Foundation's
Conservation@Home Program
Chicago
Wilderness
Illinois
Natural History Survey
Dupage
County's Description of Prescribed
Fires
How to Manage Small Prairie Fires Book
Water &
Air Conservation/Protection:
Landscape Impact on Air Quality
Landscape Impact on Water Quality
Impact
of Development on our Waterways
The
Ecology and Culture of Water
Chicago
Wilderness' Special Report Water: Demand and Supply
Illinois'
Rain Garden Initiative
Rain
Gardens Infiltrate Wisconsin
Native
& Invasive Plant information, Identification, Photos:
Importance
of Genetic
Diversity and
Local Ecotype for Native Plants
USDA
Plant Database
EIU/INHS
Prairie
Plant Seeds, Seedling, and Fruits I.D.
NRCS-USDA
Prairie Plant Seedling I.D. Guide
Illinois
Wildflowers Info
Illinois
Native Plant Society's Invasive Plant List
Exotic
Species Photo Gallery
Dave's
Garden Plant Files (includes non-natives but many photos of natives too)
Grow
Native
Ladybird
Johnson Wildflower Center
Children In Nature:
Leave
No Child Inside
Children
and Nature Network
National
Wildlife Federation's Green Hour
Recommended
Weed/Invasive Plant Books:
Powers, Randy. Weed Control
in New Native Meadows and Gardens Prairie Future
Seed Company, LLC. Please call: 262-820-0221 to order book.
Czarapata,
Elizabeth. Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest. University of
Wisconsin Press, 2005.
Let us a little permit Nature
to take her own way;
she better understands her own affairs than we.
- Michel De Montaigne
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