Bibliograph

Bringing nature home, how you can sustain wildlife with native plants, Douglas W. Tallamy ; foreword by Rick Darke

Type

Label

Bringing nature home, how you can sustain wildlife with native plants, Douglas W. Tallamy ; foreword by Rick Darke

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-340) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bringing nature home

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1244068726

Responsibility statement

Douglas W. Tallamy ; foreword by Rick Darke

Sub title

how you can sustain wildlife with native plants

Summary

In Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy encourages the use of native plants in gardening. This book asks and answers questions for modern gardeners inclined to good stewardship. How can we adjust our planting palette to be both beautiful and environmentally useful? How much more does a local oak species contribute to habitat richness than an out-of-ecological-context exotic tree? What do violets and fritillary butterflies, or pawpaws and zebra swallowtails have in common? Where might tomorrow's species come from?

Table Of Contents

Restoring natives to suburbia: a call to action -- The vital new role of the suburban garden -- No place to hide -- Who cares about biodiversity? -- Why can't insects eat alien plants? -- What is native and what is not? -- The costs of using alien ornamentals -- Creating balanced communities -- Gardening for insect diversity -- Blending in with the neighbors -- Making it happen -- What should I plant? -- What does bird food look like? -- Answers to tough questions

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