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​Check back soon for more
"native" plants for your yard
​or your garden.
Coming Soon: 
Native Aquatic Plants
and Native Wetland Plants
Note:  Some of the publications listed below were created in "booklet" format.  When viewed as a PDF, the page numbers will be off because of that format.  If the booklet is printed, and folded in half, pages will be in the right order.  If you are viewing the pdf, follow the page numbers to keep your place.  Thank you.
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​Native trees, shrubs provide more food for birds.

PictureCarolina Chickadee
Planting native trees and shrubs in your yard can really help songbirds. In a study of the Carolina chickadee in the metropolitan DC area, researchers found that native trees and shrubs support much more 'bird food', such as caterpillars, than non-natives do.
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Wild Grape
Click on the wild grape photo
for a list of Native Ground Covers.
Click on the chokecherry photo
for a listing ​of Native Shrubs.
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Chokecherry
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Red Maple
Click on the Red Maple picture
​for more Native Trees.