Common Roadside Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Native Forbs and Grasses

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Roadside flora
  • Wildflowers
  • Grasses
  • Native plants
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-EP-03-007
• Resource Type:
  Booklet/Pamphlet
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment
• Abstract:
  This field guide highlights 100 native forbs/grasses commonly found on highway rights-of-way and other natural areas across Eastern America. They are not known to be invasive nor found to be on Noxious Weed lists. These native plants are part of America's natural heritage. Some are sacred plants. Some are sources of herbs and medicines. All are indigenous to our land and reflect America's regional identity and natural resources. State Departments of Transportation are encouraging them for many reasons: their natural beauty, adaption to arid environments, usefulness to small critters, addition to biodiversity and land health, ability to slow water runoff, and slope stabilization. Please view wildflowers at close range ONLY at rest areas, scenic overlooks, or other safe and authorized pull-off opportunities. Let's protect our land's natural beauty. Never dig native wildflowers from the wild or roadsides! "Where Flowers bloom, so does hope." Ladybird Johnson, 1993.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65781/dot_65781_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.53 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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