This website provides search tools and information on all aspects of native seed. It includes a database for searching the availability of native seeds to purchase from seed vendors. Also includes a vendor search.
Best Management Practices
Native Revegetation Plants for Pollinators in the I-35 Corridor (the “Monarch Highway”)
This spreadsheet developed by Roadside Revegetation lists plant species and their attributes for the I-35 Corridor. The I-35 Corridor is a multi-state effort that serves as a national model of cooperation to enhance pollinator habitat along transportation rights-of-way. The six states involved in the strategy have agreed to coordinate efforts to establish best practices and promote monarch butterfly and pollinator conservation.
Factors and benefits in the establishment of modest-sized wildflower plantings: a review
This review article published by Native Plants Journal highlights some of the previous research in establishing modest-sized wildflower plantings. Components include: pre-planting concerns; planting and maintenance; wildflower dividends; and wildflower establishment recommendations.
Establishment of Low Maintenance Vegetation in Highway Corridors
This paper published by American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America reviews the general concepts and approaches for evaluating site conditions, vegetation establishment, and long-term management of highway corridors to develop sites specific prescriptions for amendments, species, and management practices.
Alternative Management of Roadside Vegetation
This paper published by HortTechnology evaluates the efficacy of alternative methods of vegetative control of roadside vegetation, including citric acid, clove oil, corn gluten meal, pelargonic acid, woodchips, bark mulches, and burning to conventional herbicides.
Maine Native Plants For Roadside Restoration
This document developed by MaineDOT in collaboration with Wild Seed Project to help learn more about the needs of native plants along roadsides and to support pollinators. This guide aims to help roadside managers transition to creating native plant habitat along Maine’s travel corridors. It also provides information needed to plant new or manage existing populations of 70 species of wildflowers, shrubs, and grasses.
Effective Establishment of Native Grasses on Roadsides in New England
This manual prepared by University of Connecticut provides guidelines for establishment of native species on roadsides in New England which supports transportation goals for safety and infrastructure reinforcement while providing economic, ecological and aesthetic advantages. It provides provides region-specific information derived from the literature reviews, interviews with experts and practitioners, and field experiences obtained during the establishment of the regional demonstration plots.
Roadside Revegetation
This report by the Federal Highway Administration offers an integrated approach to facilitate the successful establishment of native plants and pollinator habitats along roadsides and other areas of disturbance associated with road modifications. It guides readers through a comprehensive process of: 1) initiating, 2) planning, 3) implementing, and 4) monitoring and managing a roadside revegetation project with
native plants and pollinator habitat.
Wildflower Bloom Guide
This guide developed by Pheasants and Quail Forever’s Conservation Seed Program focuses on increasing pollinator habitat along rights-of-way by using appropriate seed mixes and suitable establishment and management guidelines.
Native Browser
Native Browser is an online tool developed by Cardno Native Plant Nursery, that allows you to determine which plant species will likely succeed based on your site conditions.