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This category contains the native flora of Massachusetts as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic.
It is the headquarters of Native Plant Trust, and open to visitors between mid-April and mid-October. Specific dates and hours of operation are listed at NativePlantTrust.org . Garden in the Woods was founded in 1931, when Will C. Curtis purchased 30 acres (121,000 m 2 ) in North Framingham, and began to create a botanical garden on the site.
The Native Plant Trust promotes ecological gardening to help create a healthier ecosystem in any ecoregion. [6] For New England, they have assembled a list of some of the native species to plant as well as invasive species to avoid in their region for gardeners to keep in mind when gardening or buying seeds for their garden. [ 5 ]
The Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group (MIPAG) defines invasive species are "non-native species that have spread into native or minimally managed plant systems in Massachusetts, causing ...
The Flora of North America North of Mexico (usually referred to as FNA) is a multivolume work describing the native plants and naturalized plants of North America, including the United States, Canada, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and Greenland. It includes bryophytes and vascular plants.
About 3,800 additional non-native species of vascular plants are recorded as established outside of cultivation in the U.S., as well as a much smaller number of non-native non-vascular plants and plant relatives. The United States possesses one of the most diverse temperate floras in the world, comparable only to that of China. [1]
This is a list of U.S. state and territory plants and botanical gardens — plants and botanical gardens which have been designated as an official symbol(s) by a state or territory's legislature. 5 U.S. states and 1 U.S. territory have an official state/territory plant. 7 U.S. states have an official state botanical garden or arboretum.
Native Plants Journal is a triannual peer-reviewed scientific journal established to disperse "practical information about planting and growing North American (Canada, Mexico, and the United States) native plants for conservation, restoration, reforestation, landscaping, highway corridors, and related uses."