When
landscaping, please consider how what you plant will impact wildlife,
including
birds. On this page we
have included some information that could help you get
started.
One
good starting point is a summary on the Arkansas Audubon Society
website. (Not to be confused with the site you are on which is the
Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society website.) This consists of a list of
shrubs, trees, grasses, and wildflowers good for Arkansas birds and
butterflies. There is also handy source material at the end of the list.
You can find this summary here:
ar.audubon.org/go-native-birds-and-butterflies
A more detailed source is a pamphlet produced by Bruce Shackleford,
president of
Environmental Consulting Operations, Inc: "Go native when you go green!
Making the
right choices to keep the natural heritage of the Ozarks in northwest
Arkansas!"
We can't encourage you enough to take a look at this work. He discusses
the problems
with non-native plants, why natives do better, sources for native
plants, then an
extensive technical list of plants native to Benton and Washington
counties, plus a
list of what NOT to plant, and why.
You can find the pamphlet here:
Go Native When You Go
Green.pdf
Theo
Witsell Botanical Report on Lake Atalanta Park November 2013