Beautiful and informative Native Plant brochures

Attracting pollinators with attractive natives:

• NEW 2021! An Illustrated list of Local Butterflies and their hosts
• Lepidoptera Larval Uses of Plants, San Francisco
• Local Butterflies and Their Host Plants and Habitats
• NEW 2021! Beekeeping for Native Bumble Bees
• Hummingbird Plants for San Francisco

Plants for Birds program

• Gardening for Birds
• 2021 Plantas para Pajaros brochure
• 2021 Plants for Birds program brochure
• 2020 Plantas para Pajaros brochure
• 2020 Plants for Birds program brochure

Edible and Medicinal natives:

• Edible Native Plants of San Francisco
• Ethnobotanical Gardening the Local Way

 

 

Gardening with Natives brochures:

• NEW 2021!  Shade Plants for San Francisco Gardens
• NEW 2021! Native Plant container gardening in San Francisco
• NEW 2021! Drought tolerant plants of San Francisco
• Sidewalk Planting Guide CNPS-YB
• Native Plants For Green Infrastructure Projects
• Bioswales rain gardens gray water systems aquifer recharge
• Long Blooming San Francisco Native Plants
• Colorful year Around San Francisco Native Plants
• San Francisco Spring Annual Wildflowers
• Landscape Design Softscape with Mostly San Francisco Native Plants
• Native Planting guide for SF and northern San Mateo counties
• Native Plant Suppliers in SF area
• New 2021! Creating San Francisco Moonlight Gardens

Plant lists for San Francisco plant communities

• Chaparral
• Coastal Dune Scrub
• Dunes
• Grasslands
• Oak Woodlands
• Riparian
• Serpentine

 

 

 

Biodiversity inventory tools

• iNaturalist
• eBird

Biodiversity-related resources and lists:

• Calscape
• Calflora
• SF Plant Finder (includes non-natives, exotics)
• Mike Wood's “Locally Significant Plants of San Francisco”
• San Francisco 2014 Rare Plant Summary
• Annotated Checklist of vascular plants of SF's Natural Areas 2014
• Plant ID
• Native plants that supply pollen for specialist bees

SF and area policy resources

• The Charter of City of SF Charter
• SF Weed Management Strategic Plan
  • Priority Invasive Weed list

Other Urban Municipalities' Plans for Tackling Biodiversity Loss:

California:
Integrating Nature into the Urban Landscape: H.T. Harvey
Making Nature's City: SFEI
Portola Valley Sustainability Plan
Re-Oaking Silicon Valley: SFEI
Southern California MET joins other water districts, have a plan
The Conservation Lands Network 2.0

Canada:
Vancouver Biodiversity Strategy One of our favorites!
ReWilding Vancouver
Biodiversity Strategy for Toronto

Chicago
Chicago Wilderness and Its Biodiversity Recovery Plan
Chicago Wilderness Priority Species

New York:
New York City Nature Goals 2050
Biodiversity Assessment for New York City
Native Species Planting Guide for New York City
Biodiversity in New York's State Park System