Planting for Biodiversity
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Additional Resources
(Updated April 2025)
APPS
PlantNet, a free plant identification tool and a citizen science project, drawing on a large scale database of images and information.
iNaturalist App – share your observations with the wider community.
A joint project of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society
Look for look projects. https://www.inaturalist.org/
Articles & Reports
Invasive Species Management of Lower Hudson. See invasive Species List, updated annually.
https://www.lhprism.org/invasive-species/
Lady Bird Johnson Wildfower Center. Recommended Native Species for New York State. See List and Images. https://www.wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=NY
NY iMapInvasives. The official invasive species database for New York State. https://www.nyimapinvasives.org/ https://www.nyimapinvasives.org/
Sundberg, Maureen. Add Mystery with Ferns. April 15, 2020 in Designing Ecological Landscapes, Landscape Design, Native Plants. Article on Website of Ecological Landscape Alliance.
https://www.ecolandscaping.org/04/designing-ecological-landscapes/add-mystery-with-ferns/
Why is Biodiversity Important? By Shaw, Julie. Conservation International Blog. Updated October 2024.
https://www.conservation.org/blog/why-is-biodiversity-important.
Books
Colston, C. Native Perennials. North American Beauties. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Handbook No. 146.1996
Cullina, William. Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada. The New England Wild Flower Society, A Francis Tenenbaum Book. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2000.
Eierman, Kim. The Pollinator Victory Garden. Quarto Publishing. 2020.
Gracie, Carol. Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History. Princeton University Press. 2020.
Lederman, Larry, Bernstein, Jennifer, Forrest, Tod. Gardening with Nature at the New York Botanical Garden. Monicelli Press, 2025
Leopold, Donald J. Native Plants of the Northeast: A Guide for Gardening and Conservation. Timber Press, Ltd. 2005.
Martinelli, Janet. The Wildlife Gardener’s Guide. Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guides. Handbook No. 189. 2008
Stein, Sara. Noah’s Garden. Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1993.
Summers, Carolyn. Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East.
Rutgers University Press. 2nd Edition. 2022
Tallamy, Douglas W. Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard. Timber Press. 2020.
Tallamy, Douglas W. Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants Timber Press, Inc. 2009, updated and expanded 2020.
Educational Resources
Adding Biodiversity to Your Garden.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Biocubes: Exploring biodiversity.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Creating a Pollinator Garden
Pollinator Partnership
Habitat Protection.
NYC Audubon
https://www.nycaudubon.org/our-work/conservation/habitat-protection/
How to Help Biodiversity?
American Museum of Natural History
https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/biodiversity/how-to-help-biodiversity2
Keystone Plant Guide 5.3 Atlantic Highlands. Homegrown National Park. Recommended Native Plants for New England and Mid-Atlantic States. https://homegrownnationalpark.org/keystone-plant-guides/
Spruce Up the Garden and Attract and Protect Birds With Native Plants.
New York Audubon. 4/2/19
https://ny.audubon.org/news/spruce-garden—and-attract-and-protect-birds-native-plants/
What is Biodiversity?
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/what-biodiversity
Films & Videos
‘Beneficial and Beautiful Native Trees and Shrubs’ with Tim Kennelty.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County. 2/19/21. 1:15:43
‘Gifts of the Land: A Guided Nature Tour with Robin Wall Kimmerer’
The Commons of the University of Kansas. 3/25/21. 20:48
‘Introducing Live from Carl Schurz Park’ with Diantha Schull
Carl Schurz Park Conservancy. 3/22/21. 5:11
‘What’s the Rush? The Solution to the Biodiversity Crisis’ with Douglas Tallamy. Homegrown National Park. 2022.
https://homegrownnationalpark.org/videos/
Organizations & Websites
Ecological Landscape Alliance
https://www.ecolandscaping.org/about/
Homegrown National Park.
https://homegrownnationalpark.org/
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Monarch Watch
https. www.monarchwatch.org
Native Plant Trust (formerly New England Wild Flower Society)
http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/
Project Budburst, from the Chicago Botanic Garden
The Native Plant Center, Westchester Community College
https://www.sunywcc.edu/about/npc/
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service