Native Plants

Updated 2021-05-07

Reference: NYC-Native Plants, a Google Docs Spreadsheet of the New York Flora Atlas list of plants native to New York City, as of 2021-03-18

Meta-Reference: An Annotated Bibliography of Identification and Natural History of New York Native Plants. Compiled by Steve Young, New York Natural Heritage Program. Last Updated: October 2020

Contents

• Plant Finders and Databases
• Sources for Native Plants
• Related: FAQ: Where do you get your plants?
• Native Plant Profiles
• My Native Plant Garden
• Other Gardens
• Other Blog Posts
• Resources by Region

Native Plant Profiles

• Adlumia fungosa, climbing fumitory
• Amelanchier x grandiflora  
• Aquilegia canadensis, Eastern Red Columbine
• Asimina triloba, PawPaw
• Dicentra eximia, Eastern Bleeding-heart
• Liatris spicata, Dense Blazing Star
• Sassafras albidum, Sassafras : Propagation
• Viburnum dentatum, Arrowwood

My Native Plant Garden

• Home of the Wild, 2020-05-14
• Native Plant Acquisitions: LINPI 2015 Plant Sale, 2015-06-14
  
• Native New Yorkers: My Garden's NYC-Native Plant Checklist, 2015-05-14
  
• Place, Purpose, Plants: Urban Gardening with Native Plants, 2015-05-13
  
• Garden Deeper, 2015-05-09
• Native Plants Planting Plan, 2015-04-18
• FAQ: Where do you get your plants?, 2015-01-03
• Shruberries, 2014-11-08
• Megachile, Leaf-Cutter Bees, 2014-08-10
• Event: Saturday 6/21 NYCWW Pollinator Safari of my Gardens, 2014-06-14
• What's Blooming, 2014-05-10
• Rainbow Garden, 2013-07-02
• My Plant Giveaway, 2013-04-29
• Rainbow Garden, 2013-07-02
• Native plants blooming in my garden today, 2012-04-28
• Rest for Winter's Dead, 2012-03-31
• Emergence, 2012-03-25
• Gardening with the Hymenoptera (and yet not), 2011-07-31
• Gardening with the Lepidoptera, 2011-06-11
• The Years Have Been Kind, 2011-06-07
• Dividing Panicum, 2011-04-03
• Planting Amelanchier, 2010-05-08
• Wildflowers in a Flatbush Backyard, 2009-05-11
• Transplanting Viburnum, 2009-04-20
• Woodland Garden Design Plant List, 2009-02-18
• Garden Blogging Bloom Day, May 2008, 2008-05-15
• Growing a Native Plant Garden in a Flatbush Backyard, 2007-08-06
• The Fourth Gardens: Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, 2006-06-09
• Garden Diary: Four Gardens Revisited, and the Backyard Garden, 2006-04-30
• Garden Notes: Envisioning the Backyard Garden, Four Gardens, 2005-06-22
• Garden Notes: Plants for the Native Garden, 2005-06-15

Other Gardens

• Greenbelt Native Plant Center, Staten Island, 2010-05-03
• Brine Garden, Pawling, NY, 2009-08-29
• Native Plant Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, 2009-06-09

Other Blog Posts

NYC Wildflower Week

• Greenbelt Native Plant Center, Staten Island, 2010-05-03
• Wildflower Week in NYC, 5/1 through 5/9, 2010-04-29
• Wildflower Week in NYC, 5/1 through 5/9, 2009-04-29
• Local ecotypes available from Oak Grove Farms at Union Square Greenmarket, 2008-05-11
• May 3-10: NYC Wildflower Week, 2008-04-28

Other Native Plant Topics

• More Green Roofs for Parks Recreation Centers, 2010-05-06
• The Plight of NYC's Native Flora, 2010-04-08
• Steven Earl Clemants, 1954-2008, 2008-11-14

New York City and Region

Drosera
An Ecological Manual of New York City Plants in Natural Areas, Margaret B. Gargiullo, Ph.D
Greenbelt Native Plant Center, Natural Resources Group, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
NYC Wildflower Week
New York Metropolitan Flora Project (NYMF), Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Stuyvesant Cove Park
Torrey Botanical Society
The Union Square Park NYC-Native Plant Garden

Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
Westchester Community College Native Plant Center

New Jersey

Native Plant Society of New Jersey

Connecticut

Connecticut Botanical Society

New York State and Region

Adirondack Botanical Society
New York Flora Association (NYFA): Blog * Web Site * Plant Atlas
New York Mycological Society
New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP): Plant Guides * Community Guides
Natural Heritage Program (NY DEC)

New Jersey Natural Heritage ProgramPlants of New Jersey, Flora of New Jersey Project
 
Eastern Native Tree Society

New England

Asters and Goldenrods of New England, online identification guide
Go Botany, online identification guide from NEWFS
New England Wildflower Society
Rhode Island Wild Plant Society

Mid-Atlantic

Maryland Native Plant Society
Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping in Maryland, USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program

Virginia

Northern Virginia Ecology, Island Creek Elementary School, Fairfax County Public Schools
Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
Virginia Native Plant Society

North America

Bryophyte Flora of North America
Flora of North America
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Native Plant Network
Natural Heritage Network
North American Native Plant Society (NANPS)
North American Orchid Conservation Center
Plant Conservation Alliance, U.S. National Parks Service

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