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Maryland Native Plant Society - Bibliography. This bibliography contains books that will be useful to people who are interested in native plants. It is divided by topic and the entries are generally annotated to help you in finding the books that answer your own personal needs. Most sections contain a few books that are recommended because they are either generally respected or very widely used.
An attempt has been made to cast the net widely so some of the books listed are out of print. These can usually be found in your local library. This list, and the annotations, are the result of suggestions made by MNPS members. Just Published: Flora of Virginia. Herbaceous Newcomb's Wildflower Guide ; Lawrence Newcomb; 1989; Little Brown & Co.; ISBN: 0-316-60442-9. Highly Recommended - Probably the best book for carrying around on a day hike when the larger books will weigh you down.
Herbaceous Plants of Maryland ; Melvin Brown, and Russell Brown; 1964; Port City Press: Baltimore, MD. A good book for the beginning student. Woody Plants Grasses. How to Get Rid of Grass the Easy Way | In the Garden Online. I am no novice to the noble act of sodbusting. I’ve broken shovels, pulled muscles, gained blisters. I can wield a shovel and make sod quake in its roots at the mere thought of what will happen when I rain my vengeance down upon it… Wait. That last part morphed into a kinda scary yet cool Pulp Fiction/Victory Garden mashup.
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Every year when I plan my flower garden, I vow to add native plants. And every year, I wind up with a shopping cart stacked full of the cheapest, gaudiest plants that the home improvement store has to offer. This year, I decided, things would be different. I spoke with Denise Gibbs, park naturalist at Black Hill Regional Park in Boyds, and asked her about the benefits of going native. "Native plants are adapted to our soils and our climate so they often perform better than cultivated varieties," said Gibbs. She added that native plants are better for the environment because they provide habitat and food for local wildlife.
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