class: center, middle # Native plants _Grow native plants as co-evolved with wildlife_  by Jake Rayson #### [natureworks.org.uk/slides/native](https://www.natureworks.org.uk/slides/native/) ###### **Press `P` to see notes & credits**<br>**No.4: CAD** | Wildlife Forest Garden Design Classes | [natureworks.org.uk/classes](https://www.natureworks.org.uk/classes/) ??? * Work licensed under [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), embedded work may have other licenses. * Slideshow always available online * Press `p` for notes * Contact * [Jake Rayson](https://natureworks.org.uk/about) * Email <hello@natureworks.org.uk> * Mastodon [@natureworks@mas.to](https://mas.to/@natureworks) --- class: middle # Outline  1. Why native plants? 2. Where native plants? 3. Revel in the vernacular 4. All plants are useful 5. Cultivars, nativars, near-natives --- # 1. Why native plants?  * Forest garden is edible ecosystem * Natural pest control & fertility * Native plants have co-evolved with wildlife * Inverterbrates are backbone of ecosystems --- # Japanese Maple vs Hawthorn  * Acer japonicum—Japan & S Korea * Crataegus monogyna—Europe, NW Africa, W Asia * [Database of Insects & their Food Plants](http://dbif.brc.ac.uk/hosts.aspx) (DBIF) --- # Japanese Maple  ### [Total interactions](http://dbif.brc.ac.uk/hostsresults.aspx?hostid=74) = 1 --- # Hawthorn  ### [Total interactions](http://dbif.brc.ac.uk/hostsresults.aspx?hostid=1665) = 197 --- # 2. Where native plants?  Biomass bulk in forest garden * Windbreaks 👈 * Ground cover * System plants ??? * Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus) --- # 2. Where native plants?  Biomass bulk in forest garden * Windbreaks * Ground cover 👈 * System plants ??? Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) --- # 2. Where native plants?  Biomass bulk in forest garden * Windbreaks * Ground cover * System plants 👈 ??? Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) --- # 3. Revel in the vernacular  * Work with nature * Where are you? * Conditions? * What grows? ??? **Use local materials** * Photo is Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) --- # 4. All plants are useful  * Most UK natives on [PFAF](https://pfaf.org) * Edible, herbal, weaving, building, nutrients etc * Wildlife food & habitat * **Know your compatriots** ???  * Nettle (Urtica dioica), photo by Maksym Kozlenko on [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urtica_dioica_-_common_nettle.jpg) * Edible leaves, medicinal, barrier plant, fibre, leaf protein, food source for Map butterfly (Araschnia levana) * Photo by Jörg Hempel on [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Araschnia_levana_LC0263.jpg) --- # 5. Cultivars  * Cultivars better cropping * Nativar is native cultivar * Cultivar generally inferior * Neighbouring near-natives --- class: middle, center # Native plants where possible! --- class: middle, center # The End  <hello@natureworks.org.uk> [natureworks.org.uk/newsletter](https://www.natureworks.org.uk/newsletter)