[PCA] NEWS: NatiVeg Plant Selection Tool

Tue Nov 29 11:24:45 CST 2016

I just found out about a new resource, set up and maintained by the National Audubon Society.  It’s a Native Plants Database at http://www.audubon.org/native-plants, and anyone can just type in a zip code to get an illustrated list of bird-friendly plants that are native to that zip code.  Ostensibly, many of the plants that pop up on the list (i.e., the flowering plants) would have value for pollinators too. 

When I did this for my zip code (02476), I got a list of 93 species.  I was happy to see many of my favorite edible native species on that list.

Anyone familiar with this tool, and, if so, what do you think of it? 

-- Russ Cohen <http://users.rcn.com/eatwild/bio.htm>  

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From: native-plants [mailto:native-plants-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of Marcum, Paul Brent
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 11:38 AM
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Subject: [PCA] FW: NEWS: NatiVeg Plant Selection Tool

I agree, Johnny.  This could be such a great resource but they just do not get it.

I tested NatiVeg on an area in east-central Illinois.  All cultivars, many from well outside of our area.  Sure these nativars are interesting because they have atypical colors or flower forms but they do not belong in our restorations.

Paul Marcum

Paul B. Marcum

Assistant Project Leader for Botany

Wetland Science Program

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Email: marcum at illinois.edu

From: native-plants [mailto:native-plants-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of Randall, John L
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 10:05 AM
To: Haidet, Margaret (Megan) <mahaidet at blm.gov>; native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org
Subject: Re: [PCA] NEWS: NatiVeg Plant Selection Tool

Interesting – I tested the NatiVeg link for a forb in my Piedmont NC area and it gave me a Helianthus species CULTIVAR introduced from the Western US. I am not impressed. 

Johnny Randall

Johnny Randall, Ph.D.

Director of Conservation Programs

North Carolina Botanical Garden

CB 3375

UNC-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill NC 27599

Office – 919-962-2380

Cell – 919-923-0100

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From: native-plants [mailto:native-plants-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of Haidet, Margaret (Megan)
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 4:17 PM
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Subject: [PCA] NEWS: NatiVeg Plant Selection Tool

National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative Releases Online Tool to Aid Native Plant Selection

NatiVeg ( <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.quailcount.org_NatiVeg&d=DQMGaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=3tLWYezw2zDniF8rKNlm-9lMokj5SDP4jXYqzekV924&m=Vvh8NrIx3knlX-NhvzZ39bUvYjZOStjFoJtjYXvY6BA&s=3DfkSS_8SKaMWFhEOEd6F1SeNZiZ1KDunib0aPzV12U&e=> www.quailcount.org/NatiVeg) is a remote, Internet-based tool that works on desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones. Developed by NBCI and University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Information Technology Service and beta-tested by a variety of outside reviewers, NatiVeg is a database that, within the 25-state  initiative’s range (mid-west and southeast), delivers the proper native plant choices for a specific location and the user’s specific purposes, whether wildlife, forage, biomass, pollinators, critical area planting, restoration or soil conservation.

Megan Haidet

Seeds of Success

National Collection Curator

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PLANTS ARE NATURE

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