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Recommended websites, videos & books   

WEBSITES

WILD ONES
Join the Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes. 
P.O. Box 1274, Appleton, Wisconsin 54912-1274. 
.  Members receive excellent newsletters along with monthly meetings, native plant rescues and much more.

THE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTS 
Join The Prairie Enthusiasts. P.O. Box 112. Boscobel, WI 53805.
Dedicated to the perpetuation and recovery of prairie & oak savannas.   Also contains a great list of suggested reading. 

                                                    VIDEOS

The Park People. Video-Invasive Weeds, A Serious Threat to our Environment.
Contact: The Park People, P.O. Box 17513, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53217.
phone: 414-273-7275. E-mail: theparkpeople@netzero.com 

Wild Ones Video:  A Tapestry of Learning--Creating School Natural Areas. 1-877-394-5493.

Wisconsin Extension Publications.Video. 2001. Shoreland Restoration-A Growing Solution. Publication No. GWQ032.  Phone: 877-947-7827. 

BOOKS

Adelman, Charlotte and Bernard L. Schwartz. 2001. Prairie Directory of North America.  Lawndale Enterprises, Wilmette, Illinois.

Ahrenhoerster, Robert and Trelen Wilson. 1981. Prairie Restoration for the Beginner  by Prairie Seed Source.

Capon, Brian. 1990. Botany for Gardeners, An Introduction and Guide. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.

Czarapata, Elizabeth J. 1999.Invading Weeds - A Growing Threat to Wisconsin's Biological Dioversity. Betty Czarapata, Box 565, Muskego, WI 53150.

Cox, Jeff. 1991. Landscaping with Nature. Rodale Press, Pennsylvania.

Cochrane, Theodore S. and Hugh Iltis. 2000. Atlas of the Wisconsin Prairie and Savannah Flora. Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, Technical Bulletin No. 191.

Courtney, Booth and James H. Zimmerman.1972. Wildflowers and Weeds

Dennis, John V. 1985. The Wildlife Gardener. Alfred A. Knopf.

Diekelmann, John and Robert Schuster. 2002. Natural Landscaping. Second Edition.
University  of Wisconsin Press.  Madison, Wisconsin.

Dramstad, Wenche, James D. Olson and Richard T. T. Forman.
Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning.  Island Press.

Grese, Robert.1992. Jens Jensen-Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens.  John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.

Henderson, Richard. 1995. Plant Species Composition of Wisconsin Prairies.  Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, Technical Bulletin No. 188.

Jackson, Laura and Lora Dittmer. 1997. Prairie Seedlings Illustrated.-An Identification Guide. University of Northern Iowa. Department of Botany. Cedar Falls, IA 50614.

Manning, Richard.1995. Grassland. The History, Biology, Politics and Promise of the American Prairie. Penguin Books, New York.

Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources.1981. Carrol Henderson. Landscaping for Wildlife MDNR. 500 Lafayette Road. St. Paul, MN 55155.

Mirk, Walter. 1997. Tallgrass Prairie of the Upper Midwest. The Prairie Enthusiasts.

Newcomb, Lawrence. 1977. Wildflower Guide. Little, Brown and Co. Boston and NY 

Nichols, Stan and Lynn Entine. The Prairie Primer.  University of Wisconsin -Extension, Publication No.G2736. Madison, Wisconsin.

Nash, Helen. 1995. The Pond Doctor. Tetra Press, Blacksburg, Virginia.

Ortho Books. 1984. Landscaping with Wildflowers and Native Plants. Chevron Chemical Co., Ortho Division, San Francisco.

Pauly, Wayne. 1982. How to Manage Small Prairie Fires. Dane County Park Commission, 4318 Robertson Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53714.  To order, call the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Information Center (651) 296-6157 or (800)776-6000.

Peterson, Roger Tory and Margaret McKenny.1968. Wildflowers of Northeastern/North-Central North America.  The Peterson Field Guide Series.  Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston and New York.

Riveredge Nature Center. 1999. Begin with a Seed-The Riveredge Guide to Growing Wisconsin Prairie Plants. Riveredge Nature Center. P.O.Box 26. Newburg, WI 53060.

Samson, F. and Knopf. F.L. 1996. Prairie Conservation. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Shirley, Shirley. 1994. Restoring the Tallgrass Prairie. University of Iowa Press.

Smyser, Carol A. 1982. Nature's Design. Rodale Press, Inc.

Stein, Sara. 1993. Noah's Garden -Restoring the Ecology in our own Backyards.
Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston and New York.

Stokes, Donald and Lillian, Ernest Williams. 1991. The Butterfly Book. Little, Brown and Co. Ltd. Canada.

Tekiela, Stan. 2000. Wildflowers of Wisconsin-Field Guide. Adventure Publications, Inc. Cambridge, Minnesota.

Tekulsky, Mathew. 1985. The Butterfly Garden. Harvard Common Press. Harvard, Massachusetts.

The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook for Prairies, Savannahs and Woodlands.1997.
Edited by Stephen Packard and Cornelia Mutel. Island Press for the Society for Ecological Restoration.  

Wasowski, Sally. 2002. Gardening with Prairie Plants. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Wasowski, Sally and Andy. 1992. Requiem for a Lawnmower. Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, Texas.

Weaver, J.E. 1968. Prairie Plants and Their Environment. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Weaver, J.E. 1954. North American Prairie. Johnson Publishing Co. Richmond,WA.

Wisconsin Manual of Control Recommendations for Ecologically Invasive Plants.
Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources. 1997 
WDNR Box 7921, Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7921. 

Young, James A. and Cheryl G. 1986. Seeds of Wildland Plants-Collecting, Processing and Germinating. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.