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There are 4 bills in the package. Please read more about the bills: Use of Native Plants & Seeds. The bill package now goes to the Assembly Speaker for further consideration.
Driving through a garden usually isn't a commuter experience, but drivers on the Atlantic City Expressway will see colorful patches of native flowers along the sides of the highway.
Read more: click here: Michele Byers on Highway Beautification
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Turkeybeard: Xerophyllum asphodeloides
When they are in bloom you can't miss them.
Read more about them: Read More
They bloom late spring so I put them in our spring collection Spring Photo Gallery.
This is part of a plant viewed through a microscope. What is it?
Find out and more photos
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This is a scholarly article documenting the regional changes to forest understories since the mid-twentieth century by Jay F. Kelly Ph.D., Raritan Valley Community College
He looks at changes in species and size of woody plants and the impact of deer on them. Other factors are studied also, however, deer is the overwhelming factor. He compares old data, current data and data from deer exclosures.
From the abstract: "Because deer strongly reduce tree recruitment, shift species composition, and reduce understory cover across large spatial scales, they represent a significant concern for forest managers and an issue that should be effectively addressed."
Average deer population in NJ in 1998 was 38 deer per sq. mi. When deer population is higher than 10 deer per sq. mi. then deer impact becomes evident. The highest regional densities of 75 per sq. mi. occurred in northern-central New Jersey
We see the deer impact where ever the land is not covered with buildings, asphalt or grass!
Please read: Effects of overabundant deer and other factors in northern New Jersey
Read more articles on NJ Native plants: All About Natives
Here they are:
NOT IMPRESSED? -- We traveled all the way down to the Pine Barrens to see them. They are endangered in NJ.
Read more about them:Read More
Also visit our Spring Photo Gallery.
A grass was chosen this year because grasses don't get enough love and they are vitally important to our ecosystems and our environment.
Dichanthelium hirstii is a species of grass that is known from three sites in New Jersey, one site in Delaware, two sites in North Carolina and one site in Georgia.
Read more: click here: Hirst's panic grass
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Find out everything there is to know about the native flora of New Jersey, learn from the experts on native plants, get the latest on interesting activities near you, or join one of the many opportunities to participate in the growing national native plant movement — right here in the Garden State.
The Native Plant Society of New Jersey is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to the appreciation, protection, and study of the native flora of New Jersey. Founded in 1985, we have hundreds of members across the state, and are organized into county and regional chapters. Our members include gardeners, horticulturists, naturalists, landscape designers, students, and native plant enthusiasts from all walks of life.
We conduct regular lectures and presentations with featured speakers on topics ranging from introduction to native plants, gardening with natives, identification and appreciation of the beautiful flora and ecosystems of New Jersey, ecological landscaping, and much more. Our annual meeting is a must-attend event for anyone involved in the native plant movement in New Jersey. We organize nature walks and garden tours, dispense advice on design and maintenance of native gardens and landscapes, and have helped establish native plant gardens around the state.
Team with a community of plant enthusiasts, whether you are a botanist, hobbyist, or gardener
Explore with Us!
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Events Across the State
Attend a lecture, plant sale, or go on a hike with fellow enthusiats!
We have generated a list of 'deer resistant' native plants. However, we have found that it varies from location to location. However, if there is a food shortage , the deer will likely eat any plant. We have seen them eat our American holly! Native Plant Lists
This has been postponed indefinitely.
There is a plant in New Jersey that is found nowhere else in the world! Read about it: Rare NJ Native Plant
New Jersey's diversity of habitat, in concert with four distinct seasons, blesses our state with botanical variety. From the stirrings of spring ephemerals through the forest litter, to the abundance for summer pollinator plants, to the turning of deciduous leaves, and then to the berries of winter, each season adorns Jersey with a wonderful display of flora.
View the galleries of plants from around the year featuring the photography of Native Plant Society members, or watch a slide show of flowering plants and their insect partners, courtesy of Nancy Lee Adamson.
Join the Native Plant Society of New Jersey, and become a part of the growing national native plant movement — right here in the Garden State.
Throughout the year, our chapters sponsor lectures and presentations with featured speakers on topics ranging from introductions to native plants, gardening with natives, identification and appreciation of the beautiful flora and ecosystems of New Jersey, ecological landscaping, and much more.
Find your local chapter and become a part of the Native Plant Society of New Jersey today!
Our renowned Rain Garden Manual is New Jersey's premier guide to designing, 
installing, and maintaining this wonderful garden type. With rain gardens, you will enjoy the low maintenance, small ecological footprint, and beauty of New Jersey's unique native plants.
Visit our Rain Garden Page to download a FREE COPY of New Jersey's premier Rain Garden manual.
