Authors:
Dorner, J.
Publication Date:
2002
Abstract/Summary:
Native plants are valued for their economic, ecological, genetic, and aesthetic benefits in addition to the growing societal belief in their intrinsic value as living species. Native plant species provide the keystone elements for ecosystem restoration. Native plants help to increase the local population of native plant species, providing numerous benefits. There are specific associations of mycorrhizae with plants, invertebrates with woody debris, pollinators with flowers, and birds with structural habitat that can only be rebuilt by planting native plants.
Resource Type:
Technical Document
Source:
Bureau of Land Management
Link:
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/Native_Plant_Materials/documents/intronatplant.pdf