Connecticut Coastal Planting Guide With Pollinator And Wildlife Value

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• Personal Author:
  Barrett, J. ; Sellars, K.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  CONN (Connecticut Sea Grant)
• Description:
  This guide will be a useful tool for those interested in native landscaping within Connecticut’s coastal region. It contains a list of plants that will grow well along Long Island Sound and several miles inland. Connecticut’s coastal zone is defined here as the coastal ecoregion of Dowhan and Craig (1976) (Figure 1). An ecoregion is an area of similar landforms, climate, and biota. This region, divided below into eastern and western coastal ecoregions (V-A and V-B), extends 5 to 7 miles inland and has a long frost-free season (average approximately 180 days in the west, and 195 days in the east).Within this region, there are a wide variety of habitats and growing conditions, including tidal marshes and coastal forests, soils ranging from fine silts to sandy or rocky soils, and soil moisture conditions ranging from wet or moist to very dry. Vegetation in a particular area depends on a complex suite of site characteristics including geology and soils, local climate, topography, land use history and biotic factors. Therefore, the plants found growing in one location may be very different from those found one or two miles away. We have recently added information on wildlife value of the listed plants and updated their scientific names.
• Keywords:
  Coastal Planting Gardening Native Plants Pollinators Sustainable Gardening Wildlife
• Series:
  CTSG-21-02
• Document Type:
  Manuals & Handbooks
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:144dcfa90e8b39b6e703a44dc1bdd2d3d5fb05942dfbb831adacb2ba4a404f8b
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/34195/noaa_34195_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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