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INFORMATIVE LINKS

Native Plant Videos
Watch these two videos by Jo Alwood and you'll become a native plant advocate. Part I: We need bugs, bugs need native plants. Part II: An overview of native plant gardening.
Nature's Best Hope
Doug Tallamy, entomologist and author of Bringing Nature Home, co-author of The Living Landscape and now Nature's Best Hope, discusses the importance of insects and native plants to the survival of the human species in these video webinars.
The Native Plant Herald
A great blog with terrific suggestions for restoring native plants.
Eco Beneficial
Beautiful videos and podcasts that describe native plants in the NY area.
Wild Ones
Great site for resources and guides to native plants and natural landscaping for healing the Earth, one yard at a time.
Woods in Your Backyard
Turn your lawn into native grassland and woodlands.
The Tangled Wood
This engaging Long Island blogger writes beautiful prose about her native garden through the seasons.
Native Plant Gardening
Wonderful success stories of native gardens.
The Plants of Hempstead Plains
Click "Guide to Using the Native Plants Found on the Hempstead Plains" for indigenous Long Island plants.
NY Flora Association Blog
Great stories and accounts of events regarding native plants statewide.
NY Flora Atlas
Excellent close-up photos to help identify NYS and Long Island native and non-native plants.
Plant Native
A thorough list of plants native to Long Island.
University of Connecticut Plant Database
This native plant database describes the characteristics of straight (natural/wild) plants and their cultivars.
Go Botany
A simple key to name New England plants. LI plants resemble those of Connecticut.
Long Island Natives
Eastport, LI wholesale nursery grows and sells native plants; open to the public under limited conditions.
KMS Native Plants LLC
Located in Lake Grove, NY, KMS Native Plants LLC carries over 150 species of perennials, grasses, ferns, sedges, shrubs and trees from local growers. Accepts special orders. Open from late March through October.
Decker's Nursery
This Long Island native plant garden center in Greenlawn/East Northport carries native trees, shrubs, and flowering perennials; it also offers native plant landscape design and architecture services. Open during the COVID-19 emergency.
LI Native Plant Initiative
To volunteer with growing and/or to purchase native plants.
Be Green Yards NY
Lists "Be Green" landscaping businesses using organic practices.

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Mistaken Identity Plants
Pictorial guide to invasive plants and their native look-a-likes.
Invasive Plant Atlas
Want to identify a plant from seedling to seeding? Best ID photos for any stage during the season.
Invasive.org
Numerous photos of invasive plants in North America plus links, including an informative video, "Plants Out of Place."
Do Not Sell Plant List
Plants on Nassau and Suffolk Counties' "Do Not Sell" and "Management" lists should be monitored or removed.
Long Island Invasive Species Management Area
LIISMA is an organization of plant experts and others dedicated to advancing native plants on Long Island. Meets quarterly.
NYS Invasive Plants
NYS Prohibited and Regulated Plants: Names and pictures of plants on NYS's Do Not Sell List.
Least Wanted Plants
Facts on invasive plants with photos, descriptions, ecological threats, reproduction, control, and alternative native plants.
Eat the Invaders
Timeline and stories about the arrival of invasive species.

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