Plant-related subjects

Supplemental references: Plants other than turfgrass

Articles and books

• Bridwell, Ferrell M. 2001. Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Culture, and Use, second edition. Thomson Delmar Learning, 624 pp.
• Burrell, C. Colston. 2006. Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants. Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guides, special double volume, 240 pp.
• Carson, Jim, Gary Shimizu, Chuck Ingels, Pamela A. Geisel, and Carolyn N. Unruh. 2002. Fruit Trees: Planting and Care of Young Trees. University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 8048. Available online at fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/crops/8048.pdf
• Dallman, Peter. 1998. Plant Life in the World’s Mediterranean Climates: California, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and the Mediterranean Basin. University of California Press, 257 pp.
• Knopf, Jim. 1999. Waterwise Landscaping with Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Xeriscape Guide for the Rocky Mountain Region, California, and the Desert Southwest. Chamisa Press, 408 pp.
• Lanner, Ronald M. 1999. Conifers of California. Cachuma Press, Los Olivos, California, 274 pp.
• Lattig, June, editor. 1976. Plant Communities of Southern California. California Native Plant Society special publication no. 2, 164 pp.
• Pavlik, Bruce M., Pamela C. Muick, Sharon G. Johnson, and Marjorie Popper. 1991. Oaks of California. Cachuma Press, 184 pp.
• Rundel, Philip, and Robert Gustafson. 2005. Introduction to the Plant Life of Southern California: Coast to Foothills. University of California Press, 316 pp.
• Stuart, John D., and John O. Sawyer. 2001. Trees and Shrubs of California. University of California Press, 467 pp.
• Wu, Lin, James A. Harding, and M. A. Harivandi. 1998. Studies of recycled water irrigation and effects of elevated mineral nutrient concentrations on growth and ion uptake of landscape plant species and ornamental grasses. Available online at groups.ucanr.org/slosson/documents/1995-19982109.pdf
• Wu, Lin, Xun Guo, and Jerry Brown. 2000. Studies of recycled water irrigation and performance of landscape plants under urban landscape conditions. Available online at groups.ucanr.org/slosson/documents/1999-20002062.pdf

Organizations

• A Manual of California Vegetation, published by the Native Plant Society: http://davisherb.ucdavis.edu/CNPSActiveServer/
• CalPhotos, a database of plant pictures maintained by the University of California: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/flora/
• Encycloweedia, published by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, provides information about plants defined as noxious weeds by California law. Available online at http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ipc/encycloweedia/encycloweedia_hp.htm
• Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden: http://www.rsabg.org/
• Santa Barbara Botanic Garden: http://www.sbbg.org/index.cfm?
• Many of the articles that appear in Grounds Maintenance magazine provide useful information about landscape plants. All articles, past and present, are available on the magazine’s website (http://grounds-mag.com/). Use the site’s search field and appropriate keywords to find articles of interest.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA–NRCS) has created a database containing information about 30,000-plus plants. It is available online at http://plants.usda.gov/

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