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Alabama Native Plant Society: Home

The Alabama Wildflower Society

According to their website The Alabama Wildflower Society has several local chapters focused on the spread of knowledge and preservation of native plants. The Society meets for lectures, walks, tours, and organizes planting events in different locations throughout Alabama during the year.

  • Alabama Wildflower Society
  • Blanche Dean Chapter
  • Hunstville Chapter
  • Shoals Chapter
  • George Wood Chapter

Society Newsletters

  • Alabama Wildflower Society Newsletter
  • The Blanche Dean Chapter of the Alabama Wildflower Society

An Alabama Native



A Close-up of the Hymenocallis coronaria, Cahaba Lily
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Altairisfar

A Close-up of the Hymenocallis coronaria, Cahaba Lily, a member of the amaryllis family. This lily requires a very specialized habitat—swift-flowing water over rocks and lots of sun—and thus is restricted to shoal areas at or above the fall line. You can search the Alabama Plant Atlas below to find out where you can see this showy plant.

  • Alabama Plant Atlas

Recommended Reading

The NYBG Mertz library has over 500 holdings covering  Alabama’s flora from flowers to forests and features an array of topics from agriculture to a large collection of Alabama's Nursery Seed Catalogs. Here is a short list of books on the Native Plants of Alabama.

  • Book CoverWildflowers of Alabama and adjoining States by Blanche E. Dean, Amy Mason [and] Joab L. Thomas
    Call Number: QK 150 .D43
    Publication Date: 1973
  • Book CoverWildflowers of the Central South by Thomas E. Hemmerly
    Call Number: QK149.H45
    ISBN: 0826512402
    Publication Date: 1990-09-01
  • Book CoverThe Woody Plants of Alabama by Clark, Ross C. (Ross Carlton)
    Call Number: QK484.A3C55
    Publication Date: 1990

History of Alabama's Native Plant Societies

Blanche Evans Dean

Blanche Evans Dean

The history of native plant societies in Alabama can be traced back to Blanche Evans Dean (1894-1974), a self-taught botanist. Her tireless efforts in the fields of botany and conservation have made a significant and lasting contribution to the state of Alabama. She was a naturalist, teacher and founder of the Alabama Ornithological Society, the Alabama Wildlife Society, and the Alabama Conservancy. Discouraged by the lack of reference books available on the flora and fauna of Alabama she decided to publish some herself. These books are still considered essential tools for field botanists in Alabama. Image Courtesy of the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame.

  • Blanche Evans Dean
  • Last Updated: Apr 6, 2018 10:00 AM
  • URL: https://libguides.nybg.org/c.php?g=673968
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