Ypsilanti Native Plant Nursery
Native Plant Resources
CHOOSING PLANTS:
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Use this YNPN Bloomtime List to plan all-season splendor in your garden:
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Find the ecoregional planting guide for your zip code from Pollinator.org.
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Look up a specific native plant: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
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Michigan native plant range and habitat information from the U-M Herbarium (Michigan Flora).
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Soil testing resources from the MSU Extension of Washtenaw County.
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Midwestern wildflower guide from the University of Illinois Extension.
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Illinois Wildflowers contains much information pertinent to Michigan natives.
PRE-EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT:
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Four types of ecosystems dominated Ypsilanti Township: black oak barrens, mixed oak forest, oak-history forest, and hardwood swamp.
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"A Land Managers Guide to Prairies and Savannas in Michigan: History, Classification, and Management": 2006 guide by Ryan O'Connor for the Michigan State University Extension.
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"Prairie and Savanna in Southern Lower Michigan: History, Classification, Ecology": 2008 research paper by Kim Alan Chapman and Richard Brewer for Western Michigan University.
RAIN GARDEN:
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Plant list from the Washtenaw County Rain Garden webpage.
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More Michigan rain garden plants from the West Michigan Environmental Action Council.
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Rain garden manual from the Geauga (PA) Soil and Water Conservation District.
ECOLOGY:
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Michigan Natural Features Inventory Map of Vegetation circa 1800.
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Information about invertebrates vital to biodiversity: Xerces Society.