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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This article mentions Plant Conservation Alliance Cooperator, Mt. Cuba Center for the Study of Piedmont Flora!</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">By Margaret Roach</span><br>
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<div>May 15, 2020<br>
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<div>In recent years, the demand for pollinator plants has surged. But most of us don’t have room for a meadow.<br>
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<span>So where do these native plants fit in your garden, which may not be that big and is probably not very wild-looking? And how do you find plants that are native to your particular location, with the highest value to beneficial insects and, in turn, birds
and other native wildlife?</span><br>
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<span>...Although a nursery tag may say “native,” the species could hail from a completely different sort of area. That’s because plants don’t observe state boundaries, but rather habitats within regional zones, like coastal plains or forests with particular
soils, light and moisture conditions...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">More about PCA Cooperators and how to become one at: </span><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/cooperators</a><br>
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