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Link to Books in our Blog
Update to Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Santa Cruz County, California by Dylan Neubauer is in preparation. You can help our chapter support the effort! READ MORE!
Links to On-line Resources
Video recordings from 2026 CNPS conference
Cleanliness Tips for Hikers
Pocket Guide – Every Step Counts
California Native Plant Society Home
Calscape.org has new CA pollinator information hub
Calflora
The Jepson Manual eflora
Some Santa Cruz flowering plants
Plant Communities in Santa Cruz County
California seaweeds eflora
Above/Below: the mysterious world of bull kelp
Josie Iselin’s art images of native seaweeds
Endangered Species of Santa Cruz County
US Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz Bird Club
Sierra Club, Santa Cruz Chapter
Ventana Wilderness Alliance
California Native Plant Exchange
Books to borrow or buy
Santa Cruz Public Library: check for books on California native plants
Books for sale from CNPS
Books we love (some out of print or out of date, but still useful)
Native treasures: Gardening with the Plants of California by M.Nevin Smith (2006)
California native plants for the garden by Carol Bornstein, David Fross, Bart O’Brien (2005)
Growing California native plants by Marjorie G. Schmidt (2012)
The California native landscape: the homeowner’s design guide to restoring its beauty and balance by Greg Rubin and Lucy Warren (2013)
California native gardening: a month-by-month guide by Helen Ann Popper (2012)
Inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California by the California Native Plant Society
Gardening with a wild heart: restoring California’s native landscapes at home by Judith Larner Lowry (2007)
Marine algae of California by Isabella Abbott and George Hollenberg (1976)