Identification
North Carolina Natives
Our Plant Gallery with pictures of many of our native plants
- Flowering Plants of Western NC
https://main.nc.us/naturenotebook/plantindex.html - Wildflowers of the Southern Appalachian Mountains
http://www.pbase.com/waterfallrich/southern_appalachian_wildflowers&page=all - Common Wetland Plants of Piedmont and Coastal Plain, NC
https://harvest.cals.ncsu.edu/applications/plant_biology/wetland/library/PrefaceNEW.cfm - Coastal NC Plants, Plants for Backyard Wetlands
https://www.nhcgov.com/Arboretum/Documents/Plants%20for%20Wetlands.pdf (PDF*) - Poisonous Plants of NC
https://gardening.ces.ncsu.edu/gardening-plants/poisonous/ - Wild Flowers and Plants of NC
http://ncnatural.com/wildflwr/flowrpg.html - NC Wildflowers
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/extension-gardener-handbook/12-native-plants - NCDOT Wildflower Program – find out what is planted in those highway beautification beds!
https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/environmental/wildflower/Pages/default.aspx - The University of North Carolina Herbarium
http://herbarium.unc.edu/ - The Virtual Herbarium, at the Plant Information Center
View specimen images for NC trees and SE gymnosperms
https://www.ibiblio.org/pic/herbarium.htm
Identify Natives of Other States
- Delaware Wildflower page
https://www.delawarewildflowers.org/ - Native Plants of Georgia
http://www.caes.uga.edu/Publications/pubDetail.cfm?pk_id=7984 - Kansas Native Plant Society
https://www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org/ - Kentucky Native Plants
https://knps.org/links.html - Virginia Native Plants
https://vnps.org/ - Wildflowers of Texas
http://www.wildflowersoftexas.com - The Missouri Flora Website – more than 700 plants to date.
http://www.missouriplants.com/index.html - Online Rare Plant Guide for Utah
https://www.utahrareplants.org
Comprehensive Identification Resources
- Native Plant Database, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/ (cookies) - Flora of North America online
Presented for the first time, in one published reference source, information on the names, taxonomic relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological characteristics of all plants native and naturalized found in North America north of Mexico.
http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 - Plants Database
https://plants.usda.gov/ - HortiPlex, at GardenWeb
https://www.gardenweb.com/ - NatureServe Explorer
https://www.natureserve.org/explorer/ (needs javascript) - A National List of plants that occur in Wetlands from US Fish and Wildlife
https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/ - The FTD Florists’ Guide to Orchids (Also approved and shared by the Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens on their resources page.)
https://www.ftd.com/blog/share/types-of-orchids
Conservation
May 27, 2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rachel Carson (PDF*), one of the world’s foremost leaders in conservation.
Find out what it means to be a conservation garden (NC Botanical Gardens, University of NC at Chapel Hill).
NC Conservation Programs
- Friends of Plant Conservation
https://www.ncplantfriends.org - NC Natural Heritage Program – NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
https://www.ncnhp.org/ - The North Carolina Coastal Federation
promotes and educates homeowners on planting Native Plants in their landscape
https://www.nccoast.org/ - North Carolina Conservation Network
http://www.ncconnet.org (cookies)(javascript) - The Nature Conservancy (North Carolina)
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/north-carolina/
NC Land Conservancies
- Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy: preserving the world’s oldest mountains
https://www.appalachian.org/ - Catawba Lands Conservancy
https://www.catawbalands.org/ - Piedmont Land Conservancy
https://www.piedmontland.org/ - Triangle Lands Conservancy
http://www.tlc-nc.org/ - The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
https://www.coastallandtrust.org
Other Conservation Resources
- Center for Plant Conservation
http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/ - One of our affiliates, the Native Plant Conservation Campaign
https://plantsocieties.cnps.org/ - The Plant Conservation Alliance
https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy/pca/ - The Garden Conservancy: saving America’s garden masterpieces
https://www.gardenconservancy.org/ (wants javascript but functions without) - National Audubon Society
https://www.audubon.org/ - Chestnut Trees
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5418829
Growing Natives
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center has a nice listing of NC Native Plant Recommendations.
Gardening for Butterflies
- A guide to some great plants for attracting butterflies in Central NC
https://www.carolinanature.com/plants4leps.html - Butterflies in Your Backyard, NC State Univ
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/butterflies-in-your-backyard - Florida Butterfly Gardening with native plants includes information on butterfly habitat necessities.
http://www.nsis.org/butterfly/butterfly.html - Smithsonian Institute’s excellent website on pollinator gardening.
https://gardens.si.edu/our-gardens/pollinator-garden.html
Gardening for Wildlife
- Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants, NC State Univ
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/landscaping-for-wildlife-with-native-plants (Extensive article also available as a PDF* from link at bottom of box at right side of the page.) - Managing Backyards and Other Urban Habitats for Birds, NC State Univ
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/pdf/ag/ag636_01.pdf (PDF*) - Hummingbird Habitats, at Operation Rubythroat: The Hummingbird Project
http://www.rubythroat.org/GardensHummerMain.html - Make your backyard a haven! Audubon At Home can help:
https://www.audubon.org/conservation/bird-friendly-communities - Pollinators in trouble! Fewer birds and bees mean trouble for crops. Killer parasite, destruction of bat caves affecting nature’s pollinators.
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/pollinators/pollinators-in-trouble.htm - Selecting Plants for Pollinators: A Regional Guide for Farmers, Land Managers, and Gardeners In the Southeastern Mixed Forest Province Including the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and parts of Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma
https://pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/SoutheastMixedForestrx5FINAL_171017_090748.pdf - Return your lawn to Nature
Turf to Trees
Miscellaneous Native Resources
- Persimmon Pudding – dedicated to growing, education, and use of Diospyros virginiana L., the common, or American persimmon – http://persimmonpudding.com/
- Join the free Native Orchid Conference list (It’s not just about the conferences!) https://groups.yahoo.com/group/nativeorchidconference/
- Celebrating Wildflowers, USDA Forest Service https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/
- Wildflower links offered by GardenWeb http://www.wild-flowers.com/