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Butterflies and Moths of North America -- Whatcom County
list of moths and butterflies found in Whatcom county. Entries indicate the plants they feed on.
Can Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crisis? - Global Warming - Environment - NYTimes.com
Interesting, lengthy article about the potential for weeds to adapt to a changing environment and provide important services. One example is kudzu, which has starchy roots that could be used as a source of biofuel. It would provide an economic incentive to pull out a weed that is a severe environmental problem.
WTU Herbarium Plant Identification Key
Really good looking key, though I haven't tried it yet.
Pacific Northwest Garden Forum: Vine for Partial Shade?
answers to question about a vine that could be used in partial shade
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Rubus ursinus- semi-evergreen, sun and shade tolerant, drought tolerant, white flowers and spectacular black berries, but major thorns and it will need to be trained on the fence (won't climb much on its own vertically)
Lonicera ciliosa- deciduous vine, slow to start and generally not very dense to cover a fence like this, but sun and shade tolerant. Spectacular orange flowers followed by good red berries for birds. Not my first choice for this, but couodl be used WITH other options, as it is not aggressive enough to really overtake other things.
Lonicera hispidula- semi-evergreen, tiny leaves and small, fragrant flowers followed by red berries the birds like well enough (prone to aphids though, and also to hybridizing with a couple of other non-native Lonicera). Can be rampant, prefers the sunnier side of part shade to full sun, will quickly climb to around 6 feet or so, and can be quite aggressive on the right support. This would be my first choice, actually.
Marah oregana- huge cucerbit from amazing huge rootstocks, tiny little creamy greenish flwoers nevertheless attract lots of polinators, including butterflies, poisonous little dryish fruits, bizzarre, rampant herbaceous perennial that people will be starign at so much they may well miss the fence itself :P Still, probably not the best thing for this, though it might be interesting to try ;)
eFlora Search Page
Good source for technical description of plants (ie, # of stamens, etc.)
Fire Effects Information System
This is a tremendous information source for plants, length discussion of its habitat and ecosystem. Most interesting is it talks about what other plants it grows with, and how it is used by wildlife. Again, very extensive information.
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