Helpful Links

500-Year Forest Foundation
American Bird Conservancy (ABC)
American Chestnut Cooperators’ Foundation
American Chestnut Foundation (TACF)
Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden Using Native Plants
Nature Forward
Northern Virginia Bird Alliance

Blue Ridge PRISM VNPS Partner
Botanical Society of Washington
Bull Run Mountains Conservancy
North American Butterfly Association (NABA)

Center for Plant Conservation
Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Maryland

National Museum of Natural History: Department of Botany

Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora

East Coast Native Azaleas

Flora of Virginia Project VNPS Partner
Flora of Virginia Educational Videos
Flora of the Washington-Baltimore Area

Green Spring Gardens

HerbMed

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy

Maryland Natural Heritage Program
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Mount Cuba Center, Hockessin, Delaware

U. S. National Arboretum
Native Plant Trust
Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping (USFWS)
Nature Camp
Norfolk Botanical Garden
North Carolina Botanical Garden
North American Orchid Conservation Center

Orion Magazine

Piedmont Environmental Council
Plant Virginia Natives
Pollinator Partnership

RappFLOW
Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Plants of Maryland

Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Trees Virginia: Virginia’s Urban Forest Council
Tree and Forest Health Guide – Virginia Department of Forestry (PDF)

UT Herbarium – TENN
USDA PLANTS Database
Celebrating Wildflowers – U.S. Forest Service

Shenandoah Valley Conservancy
Virginia Association of Wetland Professionals
Virginia Conservation Network VNPS Partner
Virginia Natural Heritage Program VNPS Partner
Native Plants for Conservation, Restoration & Landscaping 
Virginia State Arboretum at Blandy Experimental Farm VNPS Partner
Virginia Tech Hahn Horticulture Garden
Virginia Working Landscapes

Washington Area Butterfly Club
The Xerces Society

Invasive Plant Sites

Invasive and Exotic Species of North America 
Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council

Native Plant Societies

Alaska Native Plant Society
Arkansas Native Plant Society
Arizona Native Plant Society
California Native Plant Society
Delaware Native Plant Society
Delaware Nature Society
Florida Native Plant Society
Georgia Native Plant Society
Native Hawaiian Plant Society
Idaho Native Plant Society
Illinois Native Plant and Wildflower Society
Indiana Native Plant Society
Kentucky Native Plant Society
Louisiana Native Plant Society
Maryland Native Plant Society
Michigan Botanical Society
Minnesota Native Plant Society
Missouri Native Plant Society
Montana Native Plant Society
The Native Plant Society of New Jersey
Native Plant Society of New Mexico
Nevada Native Plant Society
North American Native Plant Society
North Carolina Wild Flower Preservation Society
Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society
The Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio
Midwest Native Plant Society
Cincinnati Wild Flower Preservation Society
The Oklahoma Native Plant Society
Native Plant Society of Oregon
Pennsylvania Native Plant Society
Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
South Carolina Native Plant Society
Native Plant Society of Texas
Utah Native Plant Society
Washington Native Plant Society
West Virginia Native Plant Society
Wyoming Native Plant Society

Email Discussion Groups and Listservs

VNPS Email Discussion Group (Groups.io)
VNPS Potowmack Chapter Email Discussion Group (Groups.io)
Native Plants East Email Discussion Group (Groups.io)

Links above reviewed and edited: 30 August 2025