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Habitat Creation

Ajilvsgi, Geyata, Butterfly Gardening for the South Cultivating Plants that Attract Butterflies.  Taylor, 1990.

Day, Susan, Ron Rovansek and Jack Griggs.  The Wildlife Gardener's Guide to Hummingbirds and Songbirds from the Tropics.  Harper Resource, 2003.

Enjoying Hummingbirds More.  Bird Watcher's Digest, 1992

Newfield, Nancy L. and Barbara Neilsen.  Hummingbird Gardens Attracting Nature's Jewels to Your Garden.  Chapters, 1996

Cedar Waxwings in Taiwan Cherry

Pope, Thomas and others.  Attracting Birds to Southern Gardens. Taylor, 1993.

Stokes, Donald and Lillian.  The Butterfly Book.  Little Brown, 1991

Vermillion, Bill.  Louisiana Backyard Wildlife Management.  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.  May, 1997

National Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitats: http://www.nwf.org/habitats

Jim Conrad’s Backyard Nature: http://www.backyardnature.net/

Gardening with Native Plants

Bir, Richard E.  Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants.  University of North Carolina Press, 1992.

Daniels, Stevie.  Wild Lawn Handbook Alternatives to the Traditional Front Lawn. Macmillan, 1995.

Sperka, Marie.  Growing Wildflowers A Gardener’s Guide.  Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1973.

Wasowski, Sally.  Gardening with Native Plants of the South.  Taylor Trade, 1994. 

Gardening with Native Plants Lens on Squidoo: http://www.squidoo.com/naturally_native_wildflower_gardens

Folsom Native Plant Society: http://www.folsomnps.org

LA Native Plant Society: http://www.lnps.org/

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: http://www.wildflower.org/

Native Honeysuckle Azalea (Rhododendron canescens)

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