Category: Native Plant News

March 2025 Native Plant News

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March Native Plant News explores the power of local action and global trends in native plant conservation. Discover Missouri’s inventive tree buyback program targeting invasive Bradford pears, and read the remarkable tale of Hawaii’s Ka Palupalu o Kanaloa—once thought extinct, now slowly rebounding. Texas celebrates a landmark native plant partnership with H-E-B stores, while Oregon pedals toward pollinator paradise with Portland Beecycle. Learn how global efforts combat desertification through native plant restoration, and meet California’s newly discovered, yet endangered manzanita. Finally, examine a sobering national study revealing a 22% drop in butterfly populations—and how planting native species can help. Continue reading "March 2025 Native Plant News"

February 2025 Native Plant News

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February Native Plant News covers legislative action, conservation efforts, and scientific discoveries supporting native ecosystems. Learn about a bipartisan bill promoting native plants in federal landscaping, Oklahoma’s grant program reimbursing residents for planting native species, and New York volunteers tackling invasive vines. Explore how native vegetation boosts crop yields, Alaska’s indigenous medicinal plant workshops, and the impact of federal funding pauses on invasive species removal in Virginia. Continue reading "February 2025 Native Plant News"

January 2025 Native Plant News

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January Native Plant News highlights the ongoing challenges facing native plants, from herbicide drift impacting species like green needlegrass to invasive grasses fueling California wildfires. Learn about Ohio's new native seed sharing bill, efforts to restore Texas’ Ann & Roy Butler Trail, and the dangers of heavenly bamboo to birds in North Carolina. Continue reading "January 2025 Native Plant News"

December 2024 Native Plant News

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December Native Plant News highlights how Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) from North Carolina continues its legacy as the White House Christmas tree, while monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) face new protections under the Endangered Species Act. Discover the rush to preserve California’s sky islands, safeguarding rare plants like Orocopia sage (Salvia greatae) and Munz’s cholla (Cylindropuntia munzii), and learn how Madison, WI, is combatting flash floods with native rain gardens. From living shorelines in Mississippi to invasive threats like yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata) in Idaho, this month’s stories reveal how native plants are at the forefront of conservation and ecological restoration. Continue reading "December 2024 Native Plant News"

November 2024 Native Plant News

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November Native Plant News highlights honeybee competition with native bees in California, groundbreaking research in New England linking invasive plant management to tick reduction, and Michigan’s innovative pollinator rest stop project along I-69. Explore how Canadian scientists are researching native plants as natural antibiotics, and discover North Carolina’s transformative school native garden projects. Learn how these initiatives are fostering biodiversity and creating healthier ecosystems nationwide. Continue reading "November 2024 Native Plant News"

October 2024 Native Plant News

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Wild Ones’ blog explores noteworthy native plant news, featuring Tennessee’s Tree ReLeaf program aimed at improving stormwater management, a groundbreaking study highlighting how invasive plants pave the way for non-native insect invasions, and the Yurok Tribe’s post-dam restoration efforts that are rejuvenating fish habitats and native plant ecosystems in California. Continue reading "October 2024 Native Plant News"

September 2024 Native Plant News

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This Native Plant News covers critical efforts like climate change impacts on bumble bees in California, Minnesota’s Blue Thumb native planting program, and New York’s Wild Woods Restoration Project. Discover innovative methods in Missouri for managing invasive honeysuckle and Illinois’ new law empowering residents to plant native gardens. Learn how these efforts are restoring ecosystems and supporting biodiversity. Continue reading "September 2024 Native Plant News"

July 2024 Native Plant News

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July's Native Plant News highlights efforts including orchid conservation in New Hampshire and Maine, Georgia's Plant Rescue program, an Iowan college's prairie restoration, and California's ancient oak tree preservation. Read more about Hawaii's feral pigs promoting non-native plants, Washington's battle against Eurasian watermilfoil, and Colorado's Space Force Base aiding Monarch butterfly migration. Continue reading "July 2024 Native Plant News"

June 2024 Native Plant News

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Wild Ones’ blog highlights native plant efforts, including a Quarry's reclamation in Colorado Springs, Utah Lake’s native planting, SDSU's Native Plant Initiative, and Pennsylvania's post office pollinator garden. It also covers the rapid spread of non-native species and Vermont's rediscovery of false mermaid-weed. Continue reading "June 2024 Native Plant News"