RESOURCES

Get Involved Locally 

• Plant Northern Piedmont Natives - https://www.facebook.com/NorthernPiedmontNatives/

• Virginia Native Plant Society: Piedmont and Jefferson Chapters - http://vnps.org/chapters/

• Virginia Master Gardeners Volunteers: Central VA, Fauquier, Fluvanna, Nelson, Piedmont, Rapidan Chapters - https://ext.vt.edu/lawn-garden/master-gardener.html

• Virginia Master Naturalist Volunteers: Central Blue Ridge, Old Rag, Rivanna Chapters - http://www.virginiamasternaturalist.org/chapters-a-map-and-contacts.html

• Piedmont Landscape Association - http://www.piedmontlandscape.org

• Piedmont Prairie Partnership - https://www.segrasslands.org/piedmont

Pollinators and Wildlife 

• Habitat for Wildlife- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources - https://dwr.virginia.gov/wildlife/habitat/

• Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative - a partnership between Piedmont Environmental Council, Virginia Working Landscapes, American Farmland Trust and Quail Forever - https://www.pecva.org/virginia-grassland-bird-initiative/

• The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation - http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation

• Doug Tallamy: Homegrown National Park - https://homegrownnationalpark.org/

• Audubon Native Plants for Wildlife - https://www.audubonva.org/native-plants-for-wildlife

• Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) - http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org

• Virginia Department of Wildlife Resource - Forest Land Quail Habitat Management - https://dwr.virginia.gov/quail/managing-your-land/forest-land-management/forest-land-quail-habitat-management/

Plant Communities

• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Natural Heritage Division

• Community Ecology - https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/nchome

• Piedmont Oak - Hickory Woodlands, Savannas, and Grasslands - https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/natural-communities/nctd9

• Piedmont Prairies - https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/natural-communities/nctd10

Stormwater Resources for Plants 

• Virginia Department of Forestry - Raingardens - https://dof.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/Rain-Gardens_pub.pdf

• Virginia Conservation Assistance Program - https://vaswcd.org/vcap/

Additional Plant Databases and Lists 

• Virginia Department of Conservation Resources - Natural Heritage Division- Virginia Native Plant Finders - https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/native-plants-finder

• Plant Virginia Natives - https://www.plantvirginianatives.org/virginia-regional-native-plant-campaigns-guides

Finding Native Plants and Landscape Professionals

• Virginia Native Plant Nurseries and Plant Sales - https://vnps.org/native-plant-nursery-list/

• Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals to find a contractor - https://certified.cblpro.org/

Native nursery technical advisors for the Second Edition

• Hill House Nursery - http://www.hillhousenativeplants.com/

• The Wintergreen Nature Foundation - https://www.tnfw.org/using-native-plants-2/

Invasive Species and Noxious Weeds

• Blue Ridge PRISM - https://blueridgeprism.org/

• Virginia Department of Conservation Resources, Natural Heritage Division- 

• Invasive Plant Species of Virginia - https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/invspinfo

• Virginia Invasive Plant Species List - https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/invsppdflist

• Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Noxious Weeds - https://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/plant-industry-services-noxious-weeds.shtml

• Code of Virginia Noxious Weed List -https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title2/agency5/chapter317/section20/