Eastern Region

Native Plant Program

From the boreal forests in the Lake States, to southern hardwood forests and the high alpine ridges of New England, the Eastern Region hosts diverse plant communities. Botanists and Plant Ecologists on each of the national forests in the Eastern Region provide input for land management decisions aimed to conserve biodiversity on national forests. Key resources that support Eastern Region Native Plant Programs are found below.

Celebrating Wildflowers

• Project BudBurst
• R9 Botanist recommended Field Guides and Keys
• Celebrating Wildflowers Webpage Component Template
• Celebrating Wildflower Events

Pollination

• Pollinator and Native Plant Gardens
• Pollinators - CW Website
• The Xerces Society

Forest Service Native Plant Materials Policy

Gathering/Special Forest Products

Native Species/Restoration

• Forest Service Native Species Policy
• R9 Native Plant Framework
• Native Plant Journal Propagation Index
• R9 2007 Native Plant Material Earmark Projects
  • Allegheny - Banking on the future
  • Chequamegon-Nicolet - Demonstration Program
  • Chippewa - Native Woody Plant Fruit & Cone Gathering
  • Chippewa - Native Woody Seed Collection
  • Finger Lakes - Native Plant Materials to Restore Garlic Mustard Infestation
  • Hiawatha - Pine Plains Restoration
  • Hiawatha - Native Plant Restoration and Bank Stabilization
    along the Indian Wild and Scenic River
  • Hoosier - Native Plant Production Nursery and Restoration
  • Huron-Manistee - Development of Native Grass Seed Source in Michigan’s Northern Lower Peninsula
  • Huron-Manistee - Local Native Genotype Project For Cool Season Grasses
  • Huron-Manistee - Native Lupine Seedbed Establishment for Federally Listed Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat
  • Huron-Manistee - Native Seed Sources from Local Genotypes
  • Midewin - Enhanced Native Grass Production
  • Midewin - Enhancing Pollinator Populations in Restored Prairie Habitats
  • Ottawa - Local Native Seed Collection and Production
  • Ottawa - Production of Dwarf Bilberry for Outplanting
  • Superior - Development of Native Grass and Forb Seed for Shallow Soil Sites
  • Superior - Establishing a Poverty Oats (Danthonia spicata) Production Site on the Superior National Forest
• R9 2006 Native Plant Material Earmark Projects
  • Allegheny - Native Plant Program
  • Chippewa - Native Grass Planting (1 of 2)
  • Chippewa - Native Grass Planting (2 of 2)
  • Chippewa - 2006 Native Grass Seed Earmark Details
  • Huron-Manistee - Northeastern Lower Michigan Native Seed Source Development Project
  • Huron-Manistee - Development of Native Grass Seed Source In Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula
  • Huron-Manistee - Native Lupine Seedbed Establishment for Federally Listed Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat
  • Midewin - Enhanced Native Grass Production
  • Ottawa - Local Native Seed Collection and Production
  • Ottawa - Growing Northern Native Grasses Commercially: A Workshop For Interested Gardeners and Farmers
  • Superior - Development of Native Grass and Forb Seed for Shallow Soil Sites
• R9 2005 Native Plant Material Earmark Projects
  • Chequamegon-Nicolet - Growing a Native Plant Program
  • Hiawatha - Native Plant Materials
    Training and Curriculum Development
  • Hiawatha - Native Plants in Restoration
    Workshop
  • Huron-Manistee - Development of Native Grass Seed Source in Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula
  • Midewin - Development of Native Prarie and Wetland Seed Sources for Restoration
  • Ottawa - Production of Dwarf Bilberry for Outplanting
  • Ottawa - Local Native Seed Collection and Production
    Project made possible through the Native Plant Materials Earmark
  • Shawnee - Native Plant Restoration
  • Superior - Development of Native Grass and Forb Seed for Shallow Soil Sites
• An Introduction to Using Native Plants for Restoration Projects (Dorner)
• Return of the Natives - Restoration Cirriculum (Detka)
• Genetically Appropriate Choices... (Rogers and Montalvo)
• Eastern Resource Directory for Native Plants (NA SPF)
• Eastern Native Plant Societies
• Chicago Botanic Garden
• Center for Plant Conservation

Non-native Invasive Species

Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive Species

• Recovery Plans for R9 Threatened and Endangered Plants
• Conservation Assessments for R9 Regional Forester Sensitive Plants

R9 National Forest Botany Links

• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center/Landscape Restoration
• PCA Restoration Working Group Action Agenda
• Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
• Society for Ecological Restoration Online
• Society for Ecological Restoration Online
• Soil Ecology and Restoration Group
• VegSpec
• Fire Effects Information System
• Grass Varieties in the United States
• National Plant Germplasm System
• Native Plants Journal
• Native Seed Network
• North American Native Plant Society
• NRCS Plants Database
• Seed Germination References
• Seed Quest, Yellow Pages
• Wildland Shrubs of the U.S.
• WildOnes
• Woody Plant Seed Manual
• FS National Botany Page

Plant Photos

• BLM Digital Photo Library
• Hortiplex
• Internet Plant Photo Gallery
• Photo Album of Western Plants and Wildflowers
• Plants database

Taxonomy Databases

• Biota of North America
• BONAP
• Calflora
• Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
• Families of flowering plants
• Flora of North America
• Florabase
• Flowering Plant Gateway
• Grass Genera of the World
• Grass Genera of the World
• Hortiplex
• Intergrated Taxonomic Information System
• International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
• International Plant Name Index Query
• National Plant Germplasm System
• New York Botanical Garden Specimen Catalog
• NRCS Plants Database
• Sedgebase
• Smithsonian Institution
• Taxonomic Resources and Expertise Directory
• Tropicos - Catalogue of New World Grasses
• W3tropicos
• World Biodiversity Database

Plant Anatomy and Morphology

• BOTNET

General Botanical Internet References

• Internet Directory for Botany
• NatureServe
• Center of Plant Conservation

National Forest Service Botany Sites

• Washington Office Botany
• Celebrating Wildflowers

Eastern State Natural Heritage Programs

• Illinois
• Indiana
• Michigan
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia

Eastern Herbariums

• Wisconsin
• Minnesota
• http://www.uvm.edu

Eastern Native Plant Societies

• Illinois
• Missouri
• New Hampshire
• Vermont
• West Virginia

Contacts

• R9 Botanists/Plant Ecologists
• R9 Non-native Invasive Species Coordinators