“One of the maxims of the new field of conservation biological control is that to control insect herbivores, you must maintain populations of insect herbivores.” NatureDiversityNativeAnimalsGardeningConservationExtinctionPlantsEndangered Author:Douglas Tallamy
“Butterflies used to reproduce on the native plants that grew in our yards before the plants were bulldozed and replaced with lawn. To have butterflies in our future, we need to replace those lost host plants, no if’s, and’s or but’s. If we do not, butterfly populations will continue to decline with every new house that is built.” NatureEnvironmentButterfliesNative Plants Author:Douglas Tallamy
“If you are at all interested in contribution to the conservation of local animals, or in enjoying the wonders of nature right at home, planting one or more oaks is an awfully good way to do those things. - from The Nature of Oaks” ConservationOaksOak Trees Author:Douglas Tallamy
“...a plant can only function as a true “native” while it is interacting with the community that historically helped shape it.” NatureBelongingGardeningDefinitionInvasiveAlienspecies Author:Douglas Tallamy
“if we designed our buildings the way we design our gardens, with only aesthetics in mind, they would fall down.” ExtinctionSustainability QuotesEcosystem ManagementFood Web Author:Douglas Tallamy
“many of the alien plants that have succeeded in North America are not a random sample of all plants that evolved elsewhere, but rather are a subset that were imported specifically because of their unpalatability to insects” GardeningBugsExoticBiodiversity Loss Author:Douglas Tallamy