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We redesigned our homepage to highlight new and recently-updated articles, including on plants, ecoregions, and ID/comparison guides. We've also improved sharing of thumbnail images to social media; read more here: bplant.org/blog/13 or just go to our homepage to see it!

Understanding plants' habitat preferences holds the key to just about any work involving plants, whether ecological restoration or other conservation work, gardening, or landscaping. Our latest blog post serves both as an introduction and reference: bplant.org/blog/27

Wow, we're on a roll, we just interlinked our site with @MDBiodiversity which is an unparallelled resource for the distribution of organisms (not just plants) in the state of Maryland. This site also addresses a key gap in USDA and BONAP data. 2,947 pages linked!

We just interlinked our site with the Missouri Plants website: missouriplants.com For all linked records, the page on our site will now include a link to the corresponding record on Missouri Plants. This website is a great resource for wild plants in Missouri.

@SCPAMom Thanks much! Glad to be able to help!

@bPlantOrg Love this!! Will add it to our post.

Because they are meant to be grown in your yard, they’ll be better suited for the local soil meaning less time and work in your gardening for you. They help create a strong local habitat for birds, bees, and butterflies to thrive. #growlocal #nativeplants southcentralpa.momcollective.com/lifestyle/grow…

@halehawk This is a great plant for along the whole gulf coast too, and it ventures a bit inland in places, especially in the west of its range. Very beautiful red flowers!

Green Gardening Matters: Tropical sage: a Florida native wildflower #nativeplants #wildflowers #gardening greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2021/12/tropic…

@farm_tc The yellow-flowering mock strawberry (Duchesnea indica) is native to Europe and somewhat of an invasive plant in the US. Our native southeastern strawberry is Fragaria virginiana, which flowers white (and also tastes much better...mock strawberry is unfortunately very bland.)

Good Morning Beautiful People Today I've found yellow to be the popular color #blooms #plants #nativeplants #Flowers #jonguil #strawberry

@TbirdDesign We love seeing lush, biodiverse beds like this, a huge improvement over a monoculture lawn. Not only is it beautiful, it also has benefits for insects, plant populations, rainwater filtration and runoff reduction, and regulation of temperature and humidity in the environment.

A small outdoor space doesn't have to mean less possibilities. Incorporating color, different textures ,and eye catching accessories will create a garden with style, no matter the size of the space. #denverlandscaping #residentialdesign #designbuild #gardening #nativeplants

Our latest blog post summarizes our successes of 2022 and goals for 2023. We've also published our 2022 financial statement. We got a ton done, also had some fundraising successes, but are still far from our mid-term financial goals: bplant.org/blog/26

@ErnstSeeds For example, where we are based, we see moisture-loving species like honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis), Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) and cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) move into more mesic habitats in wet years, but die back from them in dry years.

When planning your planting projects keep in mind that native plants do well through droughts. They have evolved to thrive in dry years and they also increase the water infiltration when it does rain. 🌧️ #plants #seeds #soilhealth

@ErnstSeeds This is true to an extent. There is a natural ebb and flow though, some native plants are better adapted to dry conditions than others. Especially annuals, but also other plants, will always ebb and flow with the weather of each year. It's important to embrace the changes!

We upgraded both the software and hardware on our server...our blog post shares a little bit about how these upgrades will help further our mission of preserving and restoring biodiversity: bplant.org/blog/19

These ecoregion-based plant range maps cover far more plants, communicate more information, and are more accurate than our first-generation maps. Our blog post explains what we did, how we did it, why, and where we're going: bplant.org/blog/18 #ecoregions #nativeplants

@DrGiuliana @Green_Venture It's important to support local growers of native plants, not just because of the local economy but also to support the local plants genetics. Large, centralized, commercial nurseries often sell stock taken from far-away locations which may not be adapted to local conditions.

Support local #nativeplant growers - they are southern Ontario biodiversity vaults. 🗄🌱🐝 Fun treasure hunting field trip for @Green_Venture’s Native Plant of the Month subscription box.

This species in an illustration of how complex the idea of "native" is. This species is native to parts of east-central North America, but it has been introduced to new areas outside its range as a garden plant, and it can establish in the wild: bplant.org/plant/8527

@AnMuiren @cazort We just finished modifying our auto-mailer to address the deficiency that got us flagged as spam by your provider, and I resent the verification email to the address you had provided! Please let us know if it goes through, and thank you SO much for bringing this to our attention!

@AnMuiren @cazort Thank you very much for your interest, and apologies that the process is not going more smoothly.

@AnMuiren @cazort Do you use gandi.net as your email host by any chance? I.e. an email ending in "(at)solas.si" We have been having a problem with their servers rejecting our emails for account verification as spam, and are working to resolve it.

@ErnstSeeds That makes sense, but monarchs are only one of many species supported by milkweeds. Sometimes near us there are tussock moth larvae, and often red milkweed beetles and milkweed bugs. Not sure what eats that species in particular but...probably a lot does.

@bPlantOrg 1/2 Regarding the monarch species and Milkweed, our horticulturist commented that he has yet to see a monarch caterpillar on leaves of Poke Milkweed to date. He also notes that the milkweed species on which he or one of his contacts see the most caterpillars varies by location.

When you think of #butterflies, what plant comes to mind? A common answer is Milkweed for the monarch butterflies! Our Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden Mix contains the PA Ecotype of Swamp Milkweed, along with many other pollinator-friendly seeds. 🦋 bit.ly/3gkv3oX

For the first time, scientists have distilled the concepts of ecological silviculture into a comprehensive guide, the first truly new textbook on silviculture offered to the global management community in the last 50 years. go.usa.gov/xAFj4