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Add plants that support local wildlife

Research links suitable native planting with food resources for local insects and the animals that depend on them.

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Miniature scene: Choosing a new ornamental with little local habitat value.
Choosing a new ornamental with little local habitat value
Miniature scene: Choosing an appropriate locally native species.
Choosing an appropriate locally native species
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Research links suitable native planting with food resources for local insects and the animals that depend on them. Choosing the next plant can improve habitat in a garden or courtyard.

Native status alone does not guarantee suitability, and not every non-native plant is harmful. Match species to site and wildlife needs; avoid applying a single biomass percentage to every region.

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02 / One possible next step

Ask a local ecological gardening source which native species fits your light, soil and available space.

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What the evidence supports

Research links suitable native planting with food resources for local insects and the animals that depend on them. Choosing the next plant can improve habitat in a garden or courtyard.

Boundary of the claim

Native status alone does not guarantee suitability, and not every non-native plant is harmful. Match species to site and wildlife needs; avoid applying a single biomass percentage to every region.

  1. Research study · Desirée L. Narango, Douglas W. Tallamy and Peter P. Marra · 2018

    Narango, Tallamy & Marra (2018), PNAS

    Consulted section (original language): In the studied system, non-native plants supported fewer arthropods and lower reproductive success in Carolina chickadees.

    Consultation: Official Smithsonian abstract

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Add plants that support local wildlife

Miniature scene: Choosing a new ornamental with little local habitat value. Miniature scene: Choosing an appropriate locally native species.
Choosing a new ornamental with little local habitat valueChoosing an appropriate locally native species

Why this can help

Research links suitable native planting with food resources for local insects and the animals that depend on them. Choosing the next plant can improve habitat in a garden or courtyard.

One possible next step

Ask a local ecological gardening source which native species fits your light, soil and available space.

What changes the outcome

Native status alone does not guarantee suitability, and not every non-native plant is harmful. Match species to site and wildlife needs; avoid applying a single biomass percentage to every region.

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Choosing a new ornamental with little local habitat value

Another possibility

Choosing an appropriate locally native species

Research links suitable native planting with food resources for local insects and the animals that depend on them. Choosing the next plant can improve habitat in a garden or courtyard.

Ask a local ecological gardening source which native species fits your light, soil and available space.

Sources and calculation references

  1. Narango, Tallamy & Marra (2018), PNASDesirée L. Narango, Douglas W. Tallamy and Peter P. Marra · 2018

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