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Bringing Nature Home, How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens
Douglas W. Tallamy
ÏIncreasing the percentage of natives in suburbia is a grassroots solution to the extinction crisis.... As gardeners and stewards of our land, we have never been so empowered — and the ecological stakes have never been so high."
What you plant in your own backyard does make a difference. Douglas Tallamy approaches this issue from the perspective of a practicing entomologist, and his book has gained national attention. His conclusions are both obvious and startling.

Timber Press.

 

 

To read a layman's account of Dr. Tallamy's keynote address to the Virginia Native Plant Society, click here.

To read a New York Times profile describing motivations for writing this book, click here.

To visit the Bringing Nature Home website, click here.

To explore data detailing Lepidopteran use of native and alien ornamental plants, click here.