Plants & Ecology

THE CAL-IPC INVENTORY

California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC)

The definitive source on California invasive plants.

CALSCAPE

California Native Plant Society (CNPS)

Inventory of native plants, profiles, and conditions relevant to plant material by specific location (elevation, precipitation, average high and low temps).

TERRESTRIAL TARGET SPECIES FOR HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANNING

Diego Martino, Christine Lam, and Travis Longcore (Green Visions Plan for 21st Century Southern California 2005)

Methods for targeting species for conservation.

A MANUAL OF CALIFORNIA VEGETATION

John O. Sawyer, Todd Keeler-Wolf, and Julie Evens (California Native Plant Society 2009)

Index of plant associations across California that is the basis for our State-recognized vegetation classification system.

NATIVE PLANT GARDENS FOR SCHOOLS AND URBAN AREAS: A SURVIVAL GUIDE

Betsy Landis 2009

Brief primer on planting and caring for native plants, with list of native plant nurseries.

PARTNERS IN FLIGHT BIRD CONSERVATION PLANS, CALIFORNIA

Partners in Flight

Resource on avian species at the flyway scale, addressing habitat and bioregions down to specific species profiles that are comprehensive and peer-reviewed.

One of the best lists for appropriate (and inappropriate) local vegetation cover in riparian and adjacent upland areas in the LA Basin. The LA River shares many of the same geophysical conditions as the San Gabriel River, and the lists translate well.

THEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION FOR WILDFLOWERS AND NATIVE PLANTS

Resource for native plant care and guidance, sales, classes, and an annual native plant garden tour.

WATER USE CLASSIFICATION OF LANDSCAPE SPECIES (WUCOLS) IV

Larry Costello and Katherine Jones 2014

Comprehensive peer-reviewed inventory of water use by plant species, with guidance relevant to California Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO).