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Urban and Native Landscaping
Updated
07/11/2008
Urban communities are expanding
due to growing populations nationwide. More homes, schools,
shopping centers and roads are connecting people to desired
services. Urban landscapes have different resource concerns than
rural landscapes. Urban communities experience significantly
more impervious surfaces. Rooftops, roads, parking lots, and
compacted areas increase surface runoff and deliver more
sediment, nutrients, hydrocarbons and other pollutants to
receiving bodies of water. Urban landscapes often experience
greater populations of invasive species and weeds that increase
the potential of damaging wildfire.
Many of the Plant Materials Programs 600+ conservation plant
releases can and are used to create colorful low water-use,
drought tolerant, sustainable landscapes. Native plants released
by the Program are often more fire resistant and remain green
longer than invasive species. |
Publications
Features
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Camp Creek Restoration: Homeowners, Weeds and Wildflowers - Tucson
Plant Materials Center, Arizona - Sep 25, 2007
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"Living Landscapes in North Dakota"- NBC - KFYR TV, Bismarck,
North Dakota, March 20, 2007
Video interview - Dwight Tober, PM Specialist and Craig Stange, Forester, North
Dakota NRCS
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Leading by Example - NRCS This Week - June 26, 2006
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Xeriscaping Living Laboratories in the Dakotas and Montana -
Bismarck Plant Materials Center - Sep 27, 2005
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Montana Native Plants for Pollinator-Friendly Plantings - Bridger
Plant Materials Center - May 31, 2005
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Community Garden Guides - Rose Lake Plant Materials Center, Michigan
- Mar 14, 2005
Some documents may require
Acrobat Reader.
Improving
Urban Landscapes (PDF; 434 KB) National Plant Materials Program Fact Sheet
August 2007
Technical
Note 72 Publications Used to Create Native Landscapes in California. (PDF; 33 KB) Ilona Smith. 2005. Lockeford CA, Lockeford, Ca. TN-72, Feb 2005. 3p. (ID# 5882)
Living
Landscapes in North Dakota: A Guide to Native Plantscaping. (PDF; 7.8 MB) North
Dakota NRCS. 2006. USDA, NRCS, Plant Materials Center., Bismarck, North Dakota.
June 2006. 38p. (ID# 6598)
Rain
Gardens, Capturing and Using the Rains of the Great Plains. (PDF; 725 KB) Stange,
Craig and Nancy Jensen. 2007. Bismarck, ND. (ID# 7278)
Creating Native Landscapes in the Northern Great
Plains and Rocky Mountains. (PDF; 5.2 MB) Majerus, M.E., C. Reynolds, J. Scianna, S. Winslow, L.
Holzworth, and B. Woodson. 2001. USDA-NRCS, Bozeman, MT. October 2001. 16p. (ID# 1734)
Technical
Note 57: Landscaping With Fire Resistant Plants. (PDF; 973 KB) Dyer, D. 2000.
USDA-NRCS Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Lockeford, CA. CA-TN57, Jan. 2000.
19p. (ID# 600)
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