Propagation and Restoration
Birdseye, Clarence and Eleanor. 1951. Growing Woodland Plants. Dover Publications, Inc., New York. 223 pp.
Cullina, William. 2000. The New England Wildflower Society: Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. New England Wildflower Society.
Packhard, Stephen and Cornelia F. Mutel, eds. 1997. The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook for Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Phillips, Harry R. 1985. Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
Runkel, S.T. and A.F. Bull. 2009. Wildflowers of Iowa Woodlands, 2nd ed. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA. (Also includes historical uses of many species).
Thompson, Janette R. 1992. Prairies, Forests, and Wetlands: The Restoration of Natural Landscape Communities in Iowa.
Species Learned in The Forest Herbaceous Layer, FOR 358, taught at Iowa State University by Cathy McMullen
Plant Identification Resources
Eilers, Lawrence and Dean Roosa. 1994. The Vascular Plants of Iowa: An Annotated Checklist and Natural History. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City. 304 pp.
Farrar, John Laird. 1995. Trees of the Northern U.S. and Canada.
Mabry McMullen, Catherine. 2000. Floristic analysis of central Iowa woodlands, and comparison of reproduction and regeneration in common and restricted herbaceous species. PhD dissertation, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Newcomb, Lawrence. 1989. Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. Little Brown and Co., Boston, MA.
Preston, Richard Jr. 1989. North American Trees, 4th edition. Iowa State University Press, Ames. 407 pp.
Runkel, Sylvan T. and Alvin F. Bull. 2009. Wildflowers of Iowa's Woodlands 2nd Edition. A Bur Oak Guide, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA.
Van der Linden, Peter and Donald R. Farrar. 2011. Forest and Shade Trees of Iowa, 3rd Edition. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, IA.