• Gardening with Native Perennials

• Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Perennials
• Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Trees and Shrubs

Gardening with North Carolina native plants

• Extension Gardener Handbook: Chapter 12 is Native Plants!
• Going Native: Urban Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants - Extensive resources for incorporating native plants into your landscape. You can even personalize your own plant list!
• North Carolina Botanical Gardens – Excellent plant lists available under the "Plants and Gardening" tab
• Search N.C. Cooperative Extension’s Plants Database
• Audubon NC Bird Friendly Native Plants Program
• National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder - based on the research of Dr. Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home
• NC Native Plant Society Recommended Native Plants
• Mt. Cuba Center Native Plant Finder
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Finder
• Native Plants for Pollinators
  • Pollinator conservation guide from Debbie Roos, Extension sustainable agriculture agent in Chatham County
  • Native plants for pollinators - download a guide for your ecoregion from the Pollinator Partnership
  • Southeast Plants for Native Bees - available from the Xerces Society

Other resources related to native plants

• Ecoregions of North America - explore ecoregions and download maps
• USDA Plants Database - find range maps for native plants
• Butterflies and Moths of North America - explore native butterfly and moth species and the plants that host them
• Native Plants and Ecosystem Services - Learn more from this University of Michigan website
• NC Invasive Plant Council - Explore invasive plants and their control

Public gardens featuring native plants

• Pollinator Paradise Garden at Chatham Mills, Pittsboro
• NC Botanical Gardens, Chapel Hill