Benefits of Using Native Plants
+ Vital to songbirds, beneficial insects, and
‘butterflies for food, nectar, homes & protection
+ Better sustainability—low maintenance once
established, requiring less water and no chemicals
+ Increases plant biodiversity and ecosystem health
+ Supports the pollinators we depend on for food
and flowers
+ Supports the natural beauty, uniqueness and
character of our Ozark bioregion
Areracts helpfal species like the purple martin
‘ho eats over 1000 mosquitoes a day
Generously shares our home ground with the
creatures who lived here before us
+ Noninvasive, won't take over like kudlza or
Japanese honeysuckle
+ Migratory birds & butterfies depend on native
plants (Monarch butterflies require milkweed
for reproduction; many birds feed on viburaum
berries and seek cover in evergreen red cedars)
How to Begin
+ Leam more about the Ozarks and our natural
flora and faunal
‘+ Make natives a focus in all or part of your home
landscape
Choose plants that benefit songbirds, butterflies
& pollinators
Reconsider pesticides & awn chemicals. They
kal butterflies, birds and pollinators; fish and
araphibians are harmed by runof:
‘Never remove plants from the wild. The wild
needs them.
‘Ask your local nurseries to carry and label Ozark
natives
‘Teach others the importance of using native
plants
Protect local wild areas as important reserves of
sanural plants & wildlife
+ Plant native trees for and with your grandchildren
+ Lean about backyard habitat programs
+ Celebrate Ozark natural heritage
‘We Can Make a Positive Difference
‘As the Ozarks become more populated, iess
land is available for bitds and wildlife. Yet we do
not want to crowd out the binds, plants, wildlife
and butterflies that make this region such a
‘great place to live. Landscaping our own yards
with native plants may not seem like much, but
if more homeowners, landscapers, businesses,
subdivisions, neighborhoods, developers, and
even cities focused on native plantings, we could
make a tremendous difference in preserving
the natural beauty and integrity of Northwest
“Arkansas. 49
www.OzarksAlive.org
Find plant lists, photos, helpful links, suggested
reading and where to get more brochures at this
new community website. This brochure—the
first in a series on native plants and backyard
habitat—was created as a community service
by Fayetteville gardeners Cindi Cope & Leigh
‘Wilkerson. Both are available to speak to your
‘group or organization on native plant, butterfly,
and habitat gardening. See www.OzarksAlive.org
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Serviebeny Amelanchier anol 251 shade, dy &moit_food for insects, mammals bids sn, pt shade
Flowering Dogaood Comus frida 25) shaded hast for bute, food for birds sade, pt sun
Easter Redbud Ceti canadensis 20 shade.dy& moist host for buttery fod for ids snp shade
Pawpaw ‘simi loa 20° shade, moist hast or butter, fod forbids & mammals shade
Chokebery Prunus igjiana 20) dy nectar, insect food, summer fit sin/ot shade
Easter Red Cedar Juniperus vigiiana ry, moist dense branches provide cover blue fut sn/ot shade
American Holly les opaca 30" dry moist evergreen, insect food, eres or binds sn/ot shade
Winterbery Vex veriiata ros, wet betes for winter food for songirds sun/pt shade
Pra Crabapple Malus 20 dry moist apples provide fod for manimals & rds sun
Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia 20 moist wet flowers are magnets for hummingbird, nuts shade/sun
Water Ah Prelea folita ‘dy, moist, clay host for buttery, netarfor insets, ts sun/stade
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Bula niga moist, wet Insect fod, host for butters, seeds sun, pt shade
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Hackbery Coli ocidentais dynos songbird flock to fut, host for buterties sun,pt shade
Sassafras Sessa album dy, moist hast for bute, insect food fl rut sun/ptstade
Tulip Poplar Liriogendrontuipiera moist hast for bute, nectar forinsects, sees for bis sun/pt shade
Black Gum Issa sation ry, moist, wet songbirds lowe uit, host for butteres sun/ptstade
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Spicebush Linder benzln 7 shade,moist has fr bute, food for insects 7 bins stade
Ederbery Sambucus canadensis 10" mais, wet pollen fits for mammals & songbirds sun/stade
Purple Beautybery Calicara americana = 8! dry, moist recta ‘or insects, purple beries he bin easton sun/shade
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Butonbush Cepalanths occidentalis 10° moist, wet nectat for butters, humming, nets for beds sun/stade
Eastern Witch Hazel Hamamelisvigiiana 10° moist pollen fod for der ads, sed fr birds sain/stade
Ninebar Prycacerpus opulfolus 8° dy, most neciar for bteres,humminghids, seeds forbids sun/pt shade
Souther frowwood Viburnum dentatum 8 moist ‘ruts or bis, nectar or butters, seeds for birds sur/pt shade
New Jersey Tea Cantus amercananus 3° dry tolerates clay nectar for brs and buries, summer fut sun/pt shad
Be Muffin Vibumum Viburnum dertatum 4° dry olrates cay fut fr birds, nctarfor buries sun/pt shade
Ameicen Crane Viburmum Viburnum tlobum 10" moist, wet fruit or birds, nectar for butteries sun/pt sade
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