Resources-Books
Over time I have collected many books that have helped me learn about the natural world. I am happy to share this information with you.
NATIVE PLANTS
100 Plants to Feed the Bees-The Xerces Society
Butterfly Gardening with Native Plants-Christopher Kline
Gardening for Moths-Jim McCormac and Chelsea Gottfried
Gardening is a Verb-Cindy Gilberg
The Midwest Native Plant Primer-Alan Branhagen
Native Meadowscaping-Indigenous Landscapes
Native Plant Agriculture-Indigenous Landscapes
Nature's Best Hope-Douglas W. Tallamy
Peterson Field Guides-Trees and Shrubs-George A. Petrides
Peterson Field Guides-Wildflowers-Roger Tory Peterson/Margaret McKenny
Peterson First Guide to Trees of North America-George A. Petrides
Peterson First Guide to Wildflowers-Roger Tory Peterson
Planting Native to Attract Birds to Your Yard-Sharon Sorenson
Pollinators of Native Plants-Heather Holm
Prairie Up-Benjamin Vogt
The Prairie in Seed-Dave Williams
The Prairie Peninsula-Gary Meszaros and Guy L. Denny
Wildflowers of Ohio-Robert L. Henn
Wildscape-Nancy Lawson
LIFECYCLES OF BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS
Learn About Butterflies in the Garden-Brenda Dziedzic
The Life Cycles of Butterflies-Judy Burris & Wayne Richards
CATERPILLARS
Caterpillars of Eastern North America-David L. Wagner
Caterpillars in the Field and Garden-Thomas j. Allen, Jim P. Brock, Jeffrey Glassberg
Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America-David L. Wagner, Dale F. Schweitzer, J. Bolling Sullivan & Richard C. Reardon
MOTHS
Gardening for Moths-Jim McCormac and Chelsea Gottfried
Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America-David Beadle & Seabrooke Leckie
BUTTERFLIES
A Swift Guide to Butterflies of North America-Jeffrey Glassberg
Butterflies of Indiana-Jeffrey E. Belth
Butterflies of Tennessee-Rita Venable
Butterflies of Pennsylvania-James L. Monroe & David M. Wright
BEES/WASPS/POLLINATORS
100 Plants to Feed the Bees-The Xerces Society
Bees-An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide-Heather Holm
Bumble Bees of North America-Paul Williams, Robbin Thorp, Leif Richardson & Sheila Colla
Pollinators of Native Plants-Heather Holm
The Bees In Your Backyard-Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia Messinger Carril
The Pollinator Victory Garden-Kim Eierman
Wasps-A Guide for Eastern North America-Heather Holm
Wasps-The Astonishing Diversity of a Misunderstood Insect-Eric R. Eaton