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Additional sources of information
Listed below are books and web
sites containing information you may find useful in researching
groundcovers for your particular application. Most of the information
for the pages in this website came from the books listed below.
Articles
- WESTON, L. A., A. F. SENESAC,
J. ALLAIRE SHAGENSKY, S. H. EOM, P. A. WESTON, and J. CARDINA.
2006. A
safe bet for the landscape. American Nurseryman 203(4): 35-38.
Describes the results of evaluation of groundcovers in 3 distinct
geographic locations.
Books
- ARMITAGE, A. M. 1989. Herbaceous
Perennial Plants. Varsity Press, Athens, GA.
- STARK, F. B. & LINK, C.
B. 1969. Enjoy your garden: Flowers in color.
- LABADIE, E. L. 1983. Ground
Covers in the Landscape. Sierra City Press, Sierra City, California,
USA.
- MACKENZIE, D. S. 1997. Perennial
Ground Covers. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
- STILL, S. M. 1994. Manual
of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants, 4th ed. Stipes Publishing Company,
Champaign, Illinois, USA.
- THOMAS, G. S. 1990. Plants
for Ground-Cover, Revised Edition. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
- ZOMLEFER, W. B. 1994. Guide
to Flowering Plant Families. The University of North Carolina
Press.
Web sites of interest*
- Additional Cornell sites related
to groundcovers in the landscape:
- Fescues
as groundcovers
- Other grasses and forbs as groundcovers
- Floridata
- An extensive database of information and photos of a wide variety
of plants (http://www.floridata.com/)
- Forestry Images
- A virtual treasure trove of photos of plants and pests
- Grasses of Iowa - As its name suggests, this site covers grass
species common to Iowa and the midwest. Features identification
aids and photos of many species of grasses. (http://www.public.iastate.edu/~botany/iowapoaceae/index.html)
- Growing Greener - A site hosted by the City of Orlando, FL (http://www.ci.orlando.fl.us/planning/nature/charts_groundcover.htm).
Includes a limited listing of groundcovers suitable to subtropical
areas, with photos and information about propagation
- Guide to Common Grasses of Minnesota - Hosted by the J. F. Bell Museum
of Natural History, Univ. of Minnesota. Although the species
coverage is centered in Minnesota, this site has useful information
about grass taxonomy and anatomy in addition to very nice nice
photos. A technical key for identifying grasses is also featured.
(http://www.cbs.umn.edu/herbarium/Grasses/grass text/contents
page.htm)
- Jelitto Perennial Seeds - A very useful listing of lots and lots
of groundcover species. Follow links to "Plant- and Growing
Conditions" ( https://www.jelitto.com/haupt_en.html)
- Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses - A site detailing over 375 species
of plants found in Kansas. Maintained by Mike Haddock of Kansas
State University (http://www.lib.ksu.edu/wildflower/)
- Keir's Botanical Photo Archive - A work of love by Keir Morse, a
free lance photographer. A photographic archive of a tremendous
number of plants, not to mention some great photos of wildlife
and U.S. national parks. (http://www.keiriosity.com/index.html)
- Oregon State University Landscape Plant
website - Hosted by
the OSU Department of Horticulture, this site contains information
and images on over 850 species of landscape plants, mostly woody.
(http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/garden-p.htm)
- Range Plants of Utah - A website covering a wide variety
of plants found in the western desert areas of the U.S. Hosted
by Utah State University Cooperative Extension (http://extension.usu.edu/rangeplants/index.htm)
- Victor Valley Water district - A listing of groundcovers suited
to the High Desert. Maintained by Victor Valley water district
of Victorville, CA (http://www.vvwater.org/guide/grndcvr.htm)
- Vincent Simeone's Website - A website with some helpful plant lists and
website information for mail order nurseries.
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maintained by businesses is for informational purposes only,
and is not an endorsement of any products or those businesses
by Cornell University.
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