When native plants thrive, the entire ecosystem thrives, too. What to know about native plants, and how they are crucial to our ecosystems first appeared on The Cool Down.

Discover why planting native plants in your yard, no matter how small, is crucial for supporting wildlife, pollinators, and ...

Editor’s note: Once a month. OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in Central Ohio. With four seasons of interest, Viburnum opulus var.

White pine, milkweed and the blossoms of fruit trees are a few lesser-known ingredients in Indigenous foods across North America. These foods also include fish, shellfish, seaweed, berries, root ...

In the garden In her book “Plant This, Not That,” Elise Howard offers more than 200 substitution ideas for invasive plants.

Native plants have a symbiotic relationship with native wildlife and evolved within local environment. Here, a monarch rests on a blazing star, a native wildflower. Native plant species are better ...

"This abridged work is based on the author's Native American ethnobotany published by Timber Press, Inc. in 1998." "Based on 25 years of research that combed every historical and anthropological ...

Toyon is a common tree in the hills around the San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys and in the Angeles National Forest to the north. It’s found throughout the California chaparral regions. The leaves ...

A new local plant trailer is rolling through Tucson, bringing native plants and habitat-building resources to communities in need — for free. The Habitat on Wheels program is an initiative of the ...