By Jim Sirch
Sources
Wild Seed Project (Maine)
wildseedproject.net (germination codes, propagating info, etc)
wildseedproject.net/how-to-grow-natives-from-seed
wildseedproject.net/maine-native-plants-for-roadside-restoration
Seeds: Resources to Help You Locate, Purchase & Collect by Anne Rowlands
Seeds: Resources to Help You Locate, Purchase & Collect | Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group
Prairie Moon Nursery
prairiemoon.com (native seeds/plants – not local genotype; germination codes)
Ecotype 59 seeds (local CT ecotype seeds):
Northeast Seed Collective: northeastseedcollective.com (previously eco59.com)
The Ecotype Seed Project: A Closer Look – highstead.net/insights/the-ecotype-seed-project-a-closer-look
Bill Cullina’s Germination Codes
Propagation, Germination Requirements of Seeds: Germination Requirements of Seeds, by Bill Cullina
New England Wild Flower Society
gnps.org/conservation/propagation-germination-requirements-of-seeds
Hamden Public Library – Seed Library
hamdenlibrary.org/plant-for-the-pollinators-this-winter
Pollinator Resources
Organizations with Useful Websites and Databases
UConn IPM Pollinator Resources
ipm.cahnr.uconn.edu
Xerces Society, xerces.org
Loads of great publications! Recommended: a pdf called Collecting Your Own Wildflower Seed
Conserving Bumble Bees:
xerces.org/publications/guidelines/conserving-bumble-bees
CT Agricultural Experiment Station’s Pollinator Information:
portal.ct.gov/CAES/Publications/Publications/Pollinator-Information
Pollinator Partnership EcoRegional Planting Guides:
pollinator.org/guides
USDA Forest Service: Bee Basics: An Introduction to Native Bees
usda.gov/about-usda/news/blog/usda-forest-service-booklet-touts-value-native-bees
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s Native Plant Database
wildflower.org/plants/index.php
Native Plant Trust’s (New England) Go Botany Simple Key
gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/simple
They also have a garden plant finder (native): plantfinder.nativeplanttrust.org/Plant-Search
National Wildlife Federation’s Native Plant Finder
nwf.org/nativeplantfinder
National Audubon Society’s Plants for Birds
audubon.org/PLANTSFORBIRDS
State Native Plant/Pollinator Groups
Wild Ones – Mountain Laurel Chapter meets at Conn College
mountainlaurel.wildones.org
Native Grow Native Massachusetts: good resource on Massachusetts natural plant communities
grownativemass.org
Long Island Native Plant Initiative
linpi.org
Maine – Wild Seed Project
wildseedproject.net
CT Botanical Society
ct-botanical-society.org/gardening-with-natives
CT Butterfly Association
ctbutterfly.org
Under publications, great resources is Life Histories of Connecticut Butterflies
Also offers free butterfly walks
Pollinator Pathways in CT and NY:
pollinator-pathway.org
Citizen Science Projects
Bumble Bee Watch
bumblebeewatch.org
Beecology Project
beecology.wpi.edu
Great Sunflower Project
greatsunflower.org
Nativars Research Project
Budburst
Books
Wildflowers: A Guide to Growing and Propagating Native Flowers from North America (out of print) by William Cullina
Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines: A Guide to Growing, Propagating North American Woody Plants by William Cullina
Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide by Heather Holm Pollinators of Native Plants by Heather Holm
Attracting Native Pollinators, Xerces Society
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants by Doug Tallamy Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy
Garden Revolution by Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher How to Eradicate Invasive Plants by Terri Dunn Chace
Native Plants for New England Gardens by Dan Jaffe and Mark Richardson Weeds of the Northeast by Uva, Neal, and DiTomaso
Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be A Source of Environmental Change by Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher
The Living Landscape by Doug Tallamy and Rick Darke
Planting in a Post Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West Noah’s Garden by Sara Stein (out of print)
Planting Noah’s Garden by Sara Stein (out of print)
Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America by Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman
Butterflies through Binoculars: The East – A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Eastern North America by Jeffrey Glassberg
Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History by David L. Wagner
Seed Germination Theory and Practice by Norman Deno