Plants for the Maine Landscape
Selected Readings and Content
UMaine Extension Bulletins
- Maine Native Plants
- Gardening to Conserve Maine’s Native Landscape: Plants to Use and Plants to Avoid, Bulletin #2500
- Native Plants: A Maine Source List, Bulletin #2502
- Native Trees and Shrubs for Maine Landscapes
- Striped Maple or Moosewood (Acer pensylvanicum), Bulletin #2561
- Hazel Alder or Speckled Alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa), Bulletin #2562
- Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis), Bulletin #2563
- Alleghany Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis), Bulletin #2564
- Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis), Bulletin #2565
- Sweet Birch (Betula lenta), Bulletin #2566
- Gray Birch (Betula populifolia), Bulletin #2567
- American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), Bulletin #2568
- Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia), Bulletin #2569
- Common Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana), Bulletin #2570
- Winterberry (Ilex verticillata), Bulletin #2571
- Northern Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica), Bulletin #2572
- Mountain Holly (Nemopanthus mucronatus), Bulletin #2573
- American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), Bulletin #2574
- Black Cherry (Prunus serotina), Bulletin #2575
- Common Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), Bulletin #2576
- Rosebay Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum), Bulletin #2577
- Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra), Bulletin #2578
- Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina), Bulletin #2579
- American Elder (Sambucus canadensis), Bulletin #2580
- Scarlet Elder (Sambucus racemosa var. pubens), Bulletin #2581
- Showy Mountain Ash (Sorbus decora), Bulletin #2582
- Nannyberry Viburnum (Viburnum lentago), Bulletin #2583
- Flowering Crabapples in Maine, Bulletin #2508
- Maine Invasive Plants
Plants for the Native Landscape (From the GardenPro Answer Book)
- Plants for Very Dry Soil and Full Sun
- Plants for Very Wet Soil and Full Sun
- Plants for Very Dry Soil and Shade
- Plants for Very Wet Soil and Shade
- Tolerance of Trees and Shrubs to Salts in Soil
- Plants for Compacted Soils
- Trees and Shrubs for Clay Soils
- Plants for Rain Gardens
- Shrubs With Seasonal Interest
- Groundcovers
- Perennials: Flowering Seasons
- Annual Flowers for Special Uses
- Plants for Pollinator Gardens
- Small Trees for Small Spaces
- Plants for Seaside Gardens
- Plants Usually Not Preferred by Deer
- Plant Tolerance of Japanese Beetles
UMaine Extension Videos
Books
- Maine Forest Service, Forest Trees of Maine, Centennial Edition also available online
- Mittlehauset, Gregory, Rooney and Weber The Plants of Acadia National Park Orono, ME, University of Maine Press 2010 (Plants of Baxter State Park due out in 2017)
- Lawrence Newcomb, Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide New York and Boston, Little, Brown and Co. 1977, video on how to use the guide
Additional Resources
- Native Plant Finder, Maine Audubon
- Forest Trees of Maine, Centennial Edition – 1908 to 2008, Maine Forest Service
- Invasive Plant Law, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
- Native Plant Trust (formerly the New England Wildflower Society)
- Plant Native, Organization Website
- UConn Plant Database