Native Plant Greenhouse

In support of restoration projects, the stewardship program also includes the management of an on-site native plant greenhouse.  In this facility, Reserve staff and volunteers have propagated tens of thousands of native grasses, forbs, shrubs, and trees for use in habitat restoration projects.

Planting Guide
Want some tips on growing native species? 
Read the Reserve’s The Native Species Planting Guide.  It outlines seed collection and planting suggestions for over 100 native plants found in the Elkhorn Slough watershed. Download at http://www.elkhornslough.org/plants/native_plants.PDF (271K)

The Seed Dormancy and Treatments explains some of the terms used in The Native Species Planting Guide. http://www.elkhornslough.org/plants/treatments.PDF  (45K)

The works cited in both documents above can be found in a separate Bibliography, available at http://www.elkhornslough.org/plants/Biblio.PDF  (65K)