The National Wildflower Research Center, 4801 La Cross Blvd, Austin, TX 78739; http://www.wildflower.org [Publishes recommended species lists by state.]
Native Plants for Woodland Gardens, New England Wild Flower Society, 1986.
Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Urban & Rural America, G. Hightshoe. VanNostrand Reinhold, 1988.
Nature's Heartland, Native Plant Communities of the Great Plains. Bill Boon and Harlen Groe. Iowa State University Press, 1990.
Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers, Doug Ladd and Frank Oberle, Falcon Press Publishing Co, Inc., 1995.
The Wildflower Meadow Book: A Gardener's Guide, Laura C. Martin. Globe Pequot Press, 1983.
Gardening with Wildflowers and Native Plants. Brooklyn Botanical Garden, 1990. [Brooklyn Botanic Garden 100 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11225.]
The Landscape Restoration Handbook, Donald Harker, et al. Lewis Publishers, 1993.
Landscaping with Nature, Jeff Cox. Rodale Press, 1991.
Landscaping with Wildflowers, Jim Wilson. Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
Landscaping with Wildflowers and Native Plants, William Wilson. Ortho Books, 1985.
The Native Plant Primer, Carole Ottesen. Harmony Books, 1995.
The Natural Habitat Garden, Kenneth Druse. Clarkson Potter, 1994.
The Prairie Garden, 70 Native Plants You Can Grow in Town or Country, J. Robert Smith and Beatrice S. Smith. University of Wisconsin Press, 1987.
Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie, Shirley Smith. University of Iowa Press, 1994.
Wildflowers, J. A. Hubbard. Burpee American Gardening Series, 1995.
The Wildflower Gardener's Guide: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes and Eastern Canada Edition, Henry W. Art. Storey Communications, 1991.
The Wildflower Gardener's Guide: Great Plains and Canadian Prairies Edition, Henry W. Art. Storey Communications, 1991.
A Field Guide to the Ferns, Boughton Cobb. Houghton Mifflin, 1963.
Field Guide to Wildflowers, R.T. Peterson and M. McKenny. Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees (Eastern Region), Elbert Little. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1995.
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers (Eastern Region), William Niering and Nancy Olmstead. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1995.
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, L. Newcomb. Little, Brown, 1977.
The Vascular Plants of Ohio, Clara Weishaupt. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1968.
The Woody Plants of Ohio, E. Lucy Braun. The Ohio State University Press, 1961.
The Monocotyledoneae: Cat-tails to Orchids, E. Lucy Braun. The Ohio State University Press, 1967.
The Dicotyledoneae of Ohio Part 2: Linaceae through Campanulaceae, Tom S. Cooperrider. The Ohio State University Press, 1995.
The Dicotyledoneae of Ohio Part 3: Asteraceae, Richard Fisher. The Ohio State University Press, 1988.
The National Wildflower Research Center, 4801 La Cross Blvd, Austin, TX 78739; http://www.wildflower.org [List of potential regional suppliers and a bimonthly member newsletter.]
New England Wild Flower Society, Garden in the Woods, Book Shop, 180 Henway Rd., Framingham, Mass. 01701-2699 [Regularly updated list: Nursery Sources, Native Plants and Wildflowers]
Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association, 72 Dorchester Square, Westerville, Ohio 43081-3350; 614-899-1195; http://www.onla.org [Annually publishes: Ohio Nursery Stock Survey.]
American Seed Trade Association, Wildflower Group, 601 13th St. N.W. Suite 570 South, Washington D.C. 20005-1593 [Updated list of native seed suppliers.]
Directory to Resources on Wildflower Propagation, G. A. Sullivan and R. H. Daley. Council of State Garden Clubs, 1981.
A Garden of Wildflowers: 101 Native Species and How to Grow Them, Henry Art. Storey Communications, 1986.
Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants, Richard E. Bir. The University of North Carolina Press, 1992.
Handbook of Wildflower Cultivation, Kathryn Taylor and Stephen Hamblin. Collier/Macmillan, 1963.
Native Plants for Woodland Gardens: Selection, Design & Culture, New England Wild Flower Society, 1986.
Propagation of Wildflowers, Will C. Curtis. New England Wild Flower Society, 1986.
The Wildflower Meadow Book: A Gardener's Guide, Laura C. Martin. Globe Pequot Press, 1983.
Attracting Backyard Wildlife, William J. Merilees. Voyageur Press, 1989.
The Audubon Society Guide to Attracting Birds, Stephen W. Kress. Scribner's, 1985.
Backyard Wildlife Habitat Information Packet, National Wildlife Federation. 8925 Leesburg Pike; Vienna, Va 22184; 703-790-4100; http://www.nwf.org/nwf/habitats
The Butterfly Garden, Jerry Sedenko. New York: Villard Books, 1991.
Landscaping for Wildlife, Carrol L. Henderson. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota's Bookstore, 1995.
Ohio State University Extension factsheets on line at http://ohioline.ag.ohio-state.edu
Ohio Department of Natural Resources; http://www.dnr.ohio.gov/odnr/publications/publications.html
Division of Forestry: 1855 Fountain Square Court Columbus, Ohio 43224; 614-265-6694; http://hortwww-2.ag.ohio-state.edu/ODNR/Forestry.html [Seedling sales.]
Division of Natural Areas and Preservation: Fountain Square, Building F; Columbus, Ohio 43224; 614-265-6453 [Slide sets, posters, pamphlets and books available.]
United States EPA, Great Lakes National Program Office's Green Landscaping with Native Plants; 77 West Jackson Boulevard; Chicago, Illinois 60604; (312) 886-4040; http://www.epa.gov/grtlakes/greenacres
Purdue University Consumer Horticulture Department http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/prairie_wildflowers.html
Ohio State University Horticulture and Crop Science in Virtual Perspective; "Plant Dictionary" and "A Sense of Place;" http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/hcs.html
Landscaping for Wildlife, Carrol L. Henderson. 1995.
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees (Eastern Region), Elbert Little. 1995.
An Encyclopaedia of Ferns, David L. Jones. London: British Museum of Natural History. 1987.
The Landscape Restoration Handbook, Donald Harker, et al. 1993.
Manual of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants, Steven Still. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing Co. 1994.
Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, Michael A. Dirr. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing. 1990.
Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Urban & Rural America, G. Hightshoe. 1988.
Ohio Nursery Stock Survey 1996. Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association. 1996.
The Woody Plants of Ohio. E. Lucy Braun. 1961.
The Vascular Plants of Ohio. Clara Weishaupt. 1968
KEY: = RED denotes plant is toxic to humans. Features: *(x) = a food or cover benefit for...*(bf) = butterflies, *(bf-l) = butterfly larvae, *(w) = wildlife; *(bd) = songbirds; *(be) honeybees; *(hb) = hummingbirds. "Do not disturb in the wild." = plant is endangered (!!), threatened (!), or potentially threatened (.)