This document provides a list of over 20 online resources for learning about native plants in Oregon, including databases of native plants in different regions, fact sheets and guides on gardening with native plants, identification resources through universities, and information from conservation organizations. Key resources mentioned are native plant databases for the Mid-Snake River Watershed and Rogue Valley, a guide to gardening with native plants west of the Cascades from Oregon State University Extension, and the Oregon Flora Project for identifying and finding details on native plants.

1. Learning More about Native Plants in Your Area – OnlineResources
(Handout to Accompany Native Plant Gardening for All Seasons by Linda R. McMahan, August 6, 2016
http://www.slideshare.net/lindamcmahan/native-plant-gardening-for-all-seasons
Mid-Snake River Watershed Vegetation Databasehttp://www.malag.aes.oregonstate.edu/wildflowers/
Malheur Experiment Station
https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/catalog/files/project/pdf/ec1577.pdf Gardening with Oregon
Native Plants West of the Cascades. Written by Linda R McMahan
Gardening with native plants information page, Yamhill County Extension: includes fact sheets photos and
other resources
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/yamhill/native-plant-gardening/feed Native Plants and Trees of Oregon:
Low Maintenance Native Plants to Conserve Water, Help Pollinators, OR Department of Forestry
https://www.oregon.gov/ODF/Documents/AboutODF/NativeTreesPlants.pdf
Backyard habitat certification program information sheet and resources
https://backyardhabitats.org/resources/native-plants/
Plants of the Rogue Valley, North Mountain Park Nature Center, Ashland, Oregon
http://www.ashland.or.us/Files/PlantsBookletWeb1-3-13.pdf
City of Beaverton, Native Plant Fact Sheets http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/1224/Native-Plant-of-the-
Month
Plants for Pollinators in Oregon, Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_041919.pdf
Landscape Plants site at Oregon State University, Native and Naturalized Woody Plants of Oregon
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/native-or.htm
Oregon Flora Project housed at Oregon State University. Plant identification, geographic distribution and
photographs. http://www.oregonflora.org/ Interactive gardening guide at
http://www.oregonflora.org/gardening.php
Native Plant Society Of Oregon. Using Native Plants for Gardening.
http://www.npsoregon.org/landscaping1.html
Plant Native, Plants of Idaho, Eastern Oregon, and Eastern Washington. http://www.plantnative.org/rpl-
imw.htm
Metro. Native Plants for Willamette Valley Yards
http://www.oregonmetro.gov/sites/default/files/native_plants_for_willamette_valley_yards_booklet.pdf
Slideshare.net. Website with many educational presentations including many by Linda R McMahan, including
the slideshow presented today.