FAQs

What is a Native Plant?

A native plant is one that occurs naturally in a particular region, ecosystem, or habitat without direct or indirect human intervention. We consider the flora present at the time Europeans arrived in North America as the species native to the eastern United States. Native plants include all kinds of plants from mosses and ferns to wildflowers, shrubs, and trees.

Why use Native Plants?

• Because native plants have already adapted to the areas growing conditions, often making them easier to grow, and less vulnerable to adverse conditions (pests and disease) than non-native plants. Also, many non-native plants are also invasive; crowding out native plants.

• Many states in the Mid-Atlantic Region are rapidly losing their native plants that help define that state.  Invasive species, poor planning, crowding and other factors are contributing to their waning numbers.  The use of native plants can help to halt or reverse that trend

• There is also a strong, environmental link between native plants and the insect and animal world, especially birds.   These populations have grown with the native plant population and have become dependent upon certain plants.  For example, an oak tree can support over 500 species of moths and butterflies, as well as, other insects. The more insects, the more food for birds. 

• As with any plant, the right plant must be matched to the right spot. There are numerous native plants that flourish in all types of habitat. 

What is the difference between Mitigation and Restoration?

• Mitigation involves the installation of environmentally beneficial projects as offsets or credits for known projects which impact the environment. 

• Restoration is the process of returning a site to its original condition, prior to disturbance. 

• Both mitigation and restoration involve a mix of unique elements in order to obtain the desired outcome.

What Do We Offer?

• Naturalization stock

• Materials for Conservation & reclamation projects such as the Federal CREP program

• Specimen trees, bare root and cuttings.

• Landscape plants.

• Stock for Stream & Wetland remediation

• and Rain Gardens

• Aquascape and water plants

• In addition to being a grower, we are able to source stock through our partnerships with growers throughout North America.

• Hydro-seeding, seed and seed blends

• Top soil, mulch and compost

• Amended soils, blended to your specifications

• Filter socks, geotextiles, crane mats, silt fence and erosion control.

• Straw, straw matting, etc.  

• Flexible delivery options

• Planting, seeding and installation

• Knowledgeable staff

What Industries & Ventures do we serve?

• Mining

• Oil and Natural Gas

• Manufacturing

• Federal and State Projects

• Highway

• Power

• Real Estate

• Wetland and Stream Delineation

• Terrestrial Ecology and Wildlife Services

• Re-vegetation of Disturbed Landscapes •

• Aquatic Ecology Services

• Ecosystem Restoration Services

• Wet Pond Vegetation

• Reforestation and Re-vegetation

• Erosion Control

• Rain Gardens

• Etc.

A Sample Of Our Inventory

• Alnus incana – Hazel Alder

• Cornus amomun – Silky Dogwood

• Cornus sericea - Red Osier Dogwood

• Cornus racemosa  - Grey Dogwood

• Cornus kousa - Chinese Dogwood

• Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood

• Hamamelis virginiana – Witch Hazel

• Lindera benzoin – Spicebush

• Salix nigra – Black Willow

• Salix sericea - Silky Willow

• Salix interior - Sandbar Willow

• Salix alba Vitelli - Golden Willow

• Acer rubrum – Red Maple

• Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple

• Acer sacchariumn – Silver  Maple

• Quercus rubra – Red Oak

• Quercus rubra - Northern Red Oak

• Quercus alba – White Oak

• Quercus bicolor - Swamp White Oak

• Quercus acutissima - Sawtooth Oak

• Quercus macrocarpa - Bur Oak

• Quercus velutina - Black Oak

• Quecus montana - Chestnut Oak

• Quercus palustrus - Pin Oak

• Castanea mollissima - Chinese Chestnut

• Corylus americana - American Hazelnut

• Aesculus glabra - Ohio Buckeye

• Juglans nigra - Black Walnut

• Asimina triloba - Paw Paw

• Prunus serotina – Black Cherry

• Prunus tomentosa - Nanking Cherry

• Populus sp. - Hybrid Poplar

• Liriodenron tulipifera – Tulip Poplar

• Carya cordiformis – Bitternut Hickory

• Fagus grandifolia – American Beech

• Kalmia latifolia – Mountain Laurel

• Rhododendroin Maximum – Rosebay Rhododendron