The Greenbelt Native Plant Center (GNPC), a facility of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, is a 13–acre greenhouse, nursery, and seed bank complex located on Staten Island, NY.

Suggested Resources

Books

Ecological Communities of New York State Second Edition. A Revised and Expanded Edition of Carol Reschke's "Ecological Communities of New York State" (Jan 2002) New York Natural Heritage Program. Edinger, Gregory J. Ecologist, D.J. Evans Associate Ecologist, Shane Gebauer Associate Ecologist, Timothy G. Howard Associate Ecologist, David M. Hunt Associate Ecologist, Adele M. Olivero Associate Ecologist.

A Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of the Northeastern United States (1987) Tiner, JR., Ralph W.

Flora of the Northeast A Manual of the Vascular Flora of New England and Adjacent New York Second Edition (2007) Magee, Dennis A., Harry E. Ahles.

A Guide to Native Plants of the New York City Region (2007) New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Gargiullo, Margaret B.

Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeasten United States and Adjacent Canada Second Edition (1991) The New York Botanical Garden. Gleason, Henry Ph.D., Arthur Cronquist, Ph.D.

Native Plants of the Northeast A Guide for Gardening and Conservation (2005) Leopold, Donald, J.

Native Species Planting Guide for New York City and Vicinity (1993) Natural Resources Group, City of New York Parks & Recreation. Luttenberg, Danielle, Deborah Lev, Michael Feller.

Wildflowers in the Field and Forest. A Field Guide to the Northeastern United States. (2006). Clemants, Steve and Carol Gracie. Oxford University Press.

Newcomb's Wildflower Guide An Ingenious New Key System for Quick, Positive Field Identification of the Wildflowers, Flowering Shrubs, and Vines of the Northeastern and North-central North America (1977) Newcomb, Lawerence.

Web Resources

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

New York Natural Heritage Program

United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database

Flora of North America

New Jersey State Natural Heritage Program