Native Plants of North America

Fourth Corner Nurseries History and Products

Casting a Wider Net | Richard Haard
Excellent Crop Wetland Plants | Julie Whitacre
General Information about Ordering/Handling Bare Root Plants | Julie Whitacre
New Product Announcement: Willow/Cotton from Seed | Richard Haard
What We Do | Richard Haard

Native Plant Definitions

Brief History of Native Plants | Todd Jones
Just What is a Native Plant? | Richard Haard

Plant Profiles

Allium cernuum | Veronica Wisniewski
Balsamorhiza deltoidea | Veronica Wisniewski
Cornus sericea | Veronica Wisniewski
Disporum hookeri | Veronica Wisniewski
Dodecatheon hendersonii | Veronica Wisniewski
Lonicera involucrata | Veronica Wisniewski

Research on Special Topics for Restoration Success

Biochar
Biochar – A Carbon-Negative Future | Richard Haard
Charcoal, Agriculture and Climate Change | Richard Haard

Biodiversity
Bringing Nature Home | Julie Whitacre
Gardening for Life | Douglas Tallamy

Climate Change
Global Climate Change and Native Plants | Todd Jones
Seed Collecting and Climate Change | Richard Haard

Erosion Control
“Bio-Structural” Erosion Control: Incorporating Vegetation in Engineering Designs to Protect Puget Sound Shorelines | Elliott Menashe

Ethnobotany
Pioneer Uses of Native Plants | Richard Haard
Prairie Fires & Earth Mounds: The Ethnoecology of Upper Chehalis Prairies | Linda Storm

Genetics
Common Ground and Controversy in Native Plant Restoration: The SOMS Debate, Source Distance, Plant Selections, and a Restoration-Oriented Definition of Native | Thomas N. Kaye

Green Roofs
Investigating Green Roof Performance in the Puget Sound | Georgia Basin: Stormwater, Plant Communities, and Beyond | Danielle L. Pierce & Ken Yocom

Native Plant Selection
Selecting Native Plants for Wetland Riparian | Richard Haard
Selecting Native Plants for Home ls & Buffers | Richard Haard
Site Evaluation for Habitat Restoration Plant Selection | Julie Whitacre

Pollinators
Enhancing Nest Sites for Native Bee Crop Pollinators | Mace Vaughan & Scott Hoffman Black
Native Pollinators | Matthew Shepherd & Mace Vaughan

Rain Gardens
Rain Gardens: A Low Tech Approach to Stormwater Management | Angela Nelson

Root Competition
Root Competition | Richard Haard

Socio-Ecological Ideas
Collecting, Time for Stewardship | Richard Haard
Sense of Community | Richard Haard
Sustainable Economic Development with Native Plants | Richard Haard

Wetland Plants and Restoration
Biofiltration Systems for Stormwater| Julie Whitacre
Recommendations for Using Bare Root Wetland Plants | Julie Whitacre
Reveg Estuaries & Nearshore | Julie Whitacre
The Use of Aquatic Plants to Treat Waste Water | Cristian Frers
Wetland Restoration, Creation & Enhancement in the Northwest | Sarah Spear Cooke

Willows
Native Willows | Richard Haard
Sex and the Single Salix | Tom Landis
Willow Propagation Research | Richard Haard
Willows - Again! | Richard Haard
Willows for Use in Coastal, Low Elevation Habitats | Richard Haard