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M A T T E R

native plants
grew here pr
explorers came to our state.
native animals, fungi, and m
of years.
native plants
have
features, such as the climate,
of water.
native plants
are t
ecosystems, aka natural c
aren’t simply drought toleran

ior to european settlers or
native plants
evolved with
icroscopic life over millions
adapted to all of the natural
the soil, and the availability
he building blocks of native
ommunities.
native plants
t; they are climate adapted.

W H Y N A T I V E P L A N T S ?

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them to bring a caterpillar to the
every three minutes. And they do
p.m. for each of the 16 to 18 day

the chicks, enabling
nest once
this from 6 a.m. until 8
s it takes

. . . AT H O M E !
Give Ecological Purpose to Your Landscape!
Adding native plantings will fill the gaps between fragmente
natural areas, creating biological corridors that reconnect them
Then we will no longer lament our disconnect with nature becaus
we will be living in its midst.
Other benefits include that in just 15 minutes in the solitude of a wel
planted garden can lower blood pressure, reduce stress, improv
attention span, raise immune responses, and provide unlimite
entertainment as we observe the life around us.
If we were to replace half of the area now in lawn with powerfu
native plant communities, we could create over 20 million acres o
spaces that generate, rather than destroy, ecosystem services.
Future generations are counting on
The native plant habitat that we add
will determine what
life
looks like
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After
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to our landscape
TODAY
OMORROW...