RESOURCES

Kentucky Native Plant Society

Our mission is to promote education, preservation, and protection of native plants and natural communities.

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Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves Rare Plants

The Rare Plant Database provides information on Endangered, Threatened and Species of Concern Plants monitored by KNP.

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National Wildlife Foundation

In a critical time of accelerating climate and biodiversity crises, we envision improved ecological balance and safe, equitable access to clean water, air, and land to ensure that all wildlife, people, and ecosystems thrive. Achieving our mission is now our mutual, unwavering goal.

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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Plants Database

The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the United States and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, crop information, automated tools, web links, and references.

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Wildflower Identification

This is an identification program for wildflowers in the northeastern and north-central parts of United States and adjacent Canada

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Kentucky State Parks

There’s no way to pick the best Kentucky State Park because each park has its own unique attributes! Play nationally recognized golf courses, stay in a state park lodge or cabin, pitch a tent or bring the RV to a campground, hike a trail or visit a state historic site.

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Wild Ones

Connecting people and native plants for a healthy planet. Wild Ones promotes native landscapes through education, advocacy, and collaborative action.

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Homegrown National Parks

Homegrown National Park® (HNP) raises awareness and urgently inspires everyone to address the biodiversity crisis by adding native plants and removing invasive ones where we live, work, learn, pray, and play.

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