Publications

Brown, Russel G. and Brown, Melvin L. Herbaceous Plants of Maryland. Port City Press. Baltimore, MD. 1984.

Brown, Russel G. and Brown, Melvin L. Woody Plants of Maryland. Port City Press. Baltimore, MD. 1972.

Conservation International. Conservation Experts Sourcebook. 2001.

Delaware Native Plant Society. Delaware Native Plants for Landscaping and Restoration. 2002.

Magee, Dennis W. Freshwater Wetlands: A Guide to Common Indicator Plants of the Northeast. University of Massachusetts Press. 1981.

Natural Resources Group. Native Species Planting Guide for New York City and Vicinity. City of New York Parks and Recreation. 1993.

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Giant Hogweed: An attractive but dangerous noxious weed -- Have you seen this plant?

Randall, J. and J. Marinelli. Invasive Plants: Weeds of the Global Garden. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Handbook No. 149. 1996.

Rhoads, Ann F. and Block, Timothy A. The Plants of Pennsylvania An Illustrated Manual. University of Pennsylvania Press. Philadelphia, PA. 2000.

Salmons, S. Rock Creek Park Invasive Non-Native Plant Mitigation Program, Final Report. http://www.nps.gov/rocr. 2000.

Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee Exotic Plant Management Manual. http://www.webriver.com/tn-eppc. 1996.

Thompson, Louisa. Control of Invasive, Non-native Plants: A Guide for Gardeners and Homeowners in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Maryland Native Plant Society, Silver Spring, MD. 1999.

Thornhurst, Gwendolyn A. Wetland Planting Guide for the Northeastern United States: Plants for Wetland Creation, Restoration, and Enhancement. Environmental Concern Inc. St. Michaels, MD. 1993.

Tiner, Ralph W. A Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of the Northeastern United States. University of Massachusetts Press. 1987.

Tiner, Ralph W. A Field Guide to Nontidal Wetland Identification. Maryland Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1988.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping. http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/nativesMD. 2001.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat. 1995 and 2002. Available from the Irvine Natural Science Center, Stevenson, MD (410) 484-2413.

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Native Plants for Conservation, Restoration, and Landscaping. http://www.state.va.us/~dcr/dnh/native.htm

West Virginia Natural Heritage Program. Checklist of the Vascular Flora of West Virginia. Wildlife Resources Bulletin 95-1. Reprinted 1996.

Organizations & Web Sites

Botanical Society of Washington www.fred.net/kathy/bsw.html

Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, www.dnrec.state.de.us

Delaware Native Plant Society, www.delawarenativeplants.org

Federal Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, http://anstaskforce.gov

ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System, www.itis.usda.gov. Used as reference source for all species names in this guide.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources, www.dnr.state.md.us

Maryland Invasive Species Council, www.mdinvasivesp.org

Maryland Native Plant Society, http://www.mdflora.org/

Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, http://www.ma-eppc.org/

National Agricultural Pest Information System, www.ceris.purdue.edu/napis/

National Biological Information Infrastructure and the National Invasive Species Council, www.invasivespecies.gov

National Invasive Species Council, www.invasivespecies.gov

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, www.state.nj.us/dep/

New Jersey Native Plant Society, www.npsnj.org

Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Information Resource, http://nas.er.usgs.gov/

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, www.dcnr.state.pa.us

Pennsylvania Flora Project, www.upenn.edu/paflora

Plant Conservation Alliance, Alien Plant Working Group, "Weeds Gone Wild" http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien or http://www.weedsgonewild.org

The Nature Conservancy, www.tnc.org or http://nature.org

The Nature Conservancy Wildland Invasive Species Program, http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/weeds/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, BayScapes, http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/

U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Caribbean Science Center, Non-indigenous Aquatic Species Program, http://www.fcsc.usgs.gov/Nonindigenous_Species/nonindigenous_species.html

U.S. Geological Survey Non-indigenous Aquatic Species database, Hydrologic Unit http://nas.er.usgs.gov/bin/nas/plantshuc2

U.S. National Park Service, A Strategic Plan for Managing Invasive Plants on National Park System Lands, www1.nature.nps.gov/wv/strat_pl.htm

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, www.dcr.state.va.us

Virginia Native Plant Society, www.vnps.org

West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, www.dnr.state.wv.us

West Virginia Native Plant Society, P.O. Box 75403 Charleston WV 25373-0403, (304) 293-4797 ext. 2493

Legislation Relating to Invasive Species

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990

National Invasive Species Act of 1996

Executive Order on Invasive Species (E.O. 13112; February 3, 1999)

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