Bringing Nature Home
How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
Book • 2009
In this revelatory book, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals how native plants are essential to preserving biodiversity and restoring habitat in suburban yards.
The book explains that native insects cannot or will not eat alien plants, and as native plants disappear, so do the insects that serve as vital food sources for birds and other wildlife.
Tallamy provides practical recommendations on what to plant, including profiles of keystone species that support disproportionately high numbers of organisms, and demonstrates that native gardens can be just as beautiful as traditional landscapes while serving a far greater ecological purpose.
The book explains that native insects cannot or will not eat alien plants, and as native plants disappear, so do the insects that serve as vital food sources for birds and other wildlife.
Tallamy provides practical recommendations on what to plant, including profiles of keystone species that support disproportionately high numbers of organisms, and demonstrates that native gardens can be just as beautiful as traditional landscapes while serving a far greater ecological purpose.
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