Improve your home landscape
Native plants can help you solve persistent soil and water conservation problems, improve wildlife habitat, increase farm productivity and add lasting beauty to your yard, acreage or farm.
Consult the Grow Native! website for information about our state’s native plant species. Learn which plants are right for your landscape and what designs might suit your goals. Explore planting techniques and find out where to buy Missouri-grown native plants.
Enhance wildlife habitat and increase farm productivity
Native grasses and plants are not only good for wildlife they are also practical and attractive. For the farmer, native warm-season grasses provide excellent livestock forage during the summer months when cool-season grasses are dormant.
Most of Missouri’s wildlife requires a diverse habitat. Re-establishing native plants on your acreage or farm will bless small wildlife and ground-nesting birds with a multitude of benefits throughout the year.
Do it yourself or get a helping hand
You can re-create the beauty and benefits of a native prairie by converting your open field or pasture into a native grassland. Check out Native Grasses and Establishing Native Warm Season Grasses for information to do it yourself. The Grow Native! website also has valuable information on planting native plants. Can’t do it alone? No Problem! The Department of Conservation has private land conservationists throughout the state who can help you achieve your land management goals. If lack of time or equipment is a concern, we keep a list of private conservation contractorswho can help put your suggested practices on the ground.
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- Crop and grasslands
- What you need to know about crop and grasslands
- Lakes and ponds
- Information on creating healthy lakes and ponds
- Forestry for private landowners
- Find out how to manage the forest on your land
- Streams and watersheds
- A variety of information on streams and their watersheds
- Wetlands
- Find details on wetlands management
- Wildlife management
- Learn how to manage the wildlife on your land
