Access FONTT’s native tree selection guide, plus learn about the science behind it.

Click to access only the list of tree species characteristics from the guide

This 180-page booklet provides a wealth of information about native plants in the Piedmont Region, where Montgomery County MD is located. See pages 35-86 for descriptions of individual native plants.

A comprehensive spreadsheet of Maryland native plants targeted at commercial growers, but useful to others.

Although this guide does not have as many species as others, it is easy to search by light, moisture, and other specifications, for example, tall shrubs that grow in dry shade.

Descriptions of the almost 500 native plant species that Bona Terra sells. People who buy Bona Terra plants from FONTT in our biannual sales will find this catalog a useful complement to our order form.