Early spring wildflowers are blooming even earlier thanks to climate change
Study authors used botanical records from over 100 years to explore how native wildflower bloom dates in Pennsylvania have changed over time due to climate change.
Native Plants
This group wants to help you make your yard more wild
Wild Ones wants to help people plant yards and gardens that nurture the Earth rather than harm it. This fall, try leaving the leaves in your yard to help wildlife.
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden to use prescribed fire in its meadow, a first for Allegheny County
As soon as next week, the Garden will use fire to help control an invasive plant in its beloved dogwood meadow. Prescribed fires also help create habitat for wildlife.
Invasive plants take the spotlight in a new exhibit
The new “Uprooted: Plants Out of Place” exhibit at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh examines the complexities of invasive plants.
New law requires native vegetation on Pennsylvania highways
PennDOT must select native plants that will thrive in plant hardiness zones and under environmental conditions along highways.
A Rare Prairie in Pennsylvania is in Full Bloom Right Now
The prairie, full of about 225 native plants, is at Jennings Environmental Center. A self-guided walk is available through August 2. Don't miss it!
Your Lawn Is an ‘Ecological Deadzone.’ The Case For Replacing It with Native Plants
Entomologist Doug Tallamy says ditching half of our lawn space could make room for planet-saving biodiversity.
Why teaching people about invasive plants can get a little thorny
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History is developing educational materials about the problems caused by invasive plants, and what people can do about them.
New survey finds urban woodlands dense with landscaping plants
The study in the Cincinnati area follows surveys going back 200 years. Today, wild places are filled with plants that have escaped from yards and gardens.
Creating Native Habitat, Yard by Yard
Native plants can transform your yard into habitat for insects, birds and other wildlife, but the occasional peony is okay, too
