Print Resources for Roadside Managers

Native Plant and Seedling Guides

• An Illustrated Guide to Iowa Prairie Plants. Christiansen, P. and M. Muller. 1999.
• Central Region Seedling ID Guide for Native Prairie Plants. USDA - NRCS Elsberry Plant Materials Center and the Missouri DOC. 2005.
• How to Know the Grasses. Pohl, Richard W. 1978.
• The Prairie in Seed: Identifying Seed-Bearing Prairie Plants in the Upper Midwest. Williams, D. 2016.
• The Prairie Seedling Guide, 2nd Ed. Bockenstedt, P. 2007.
• Roadside Plants and Flowers. Edsall, M. 1985.
• The Tallgrass Prairie Center Guide to Seed and Seedling Identification in the Upper Midwest. Williams, D. 2010.
• Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Common Wildflowers and Plants of the Prairie Midwest. Ladd, D. and F. Oberle, 1995.
• The Vascular Plants of Iowa. Eilers, L. and D. Roosa. 1994.
• Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin, 2nd Ed. Eggers, S. and D. Reed. 1997.
• Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie, The Upper Midwest, 2nd Ed. Runkel, S. and D. Roosa. 2010. 

Restoration and Management Guides 

• A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction. Kurtz, C. 2001.
• The Ecology and Management of Prairies in the Central United States. Helzer, C. 2009. 
• The Tallgrass Prairie Center Guide to Prairie Restoration in the Upper Midwest. Smith, D., D. Williams, G. Houseal and K. Henderson. 2010.
• The Tallgrass Prairie Center’s Native Seed Production Manual. Houseal, G. 2007.
• The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook, Revised Ed. Packard, S. and C. Mutel. 2005.
• Tree and Brush Control for County Road Right-of-Way. Williams, W. 2002.

Weed and Weed Seedling Guides

• A Field Guide to Terrestrial Invasive Plants in Wisconsin. Wisconsin DNR. 2010.
• Common Weed Seedlings of the North Central States, Reprint. Chomas, A., J. Kells and J. Carey. 2001.
• Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest: An Illustrated Guide to Their Identification and Control. Czarapata, E. 2005.
• Weeds of the Midwestern U.S. & Central Canada. Bryson, C., M. DeFelice and A. Evans. 2010.
• Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture. 1995.
• Weeds of the Northern U.S. and Canada: A Guide for Identification. Royer, F. and R. Dickinson. 1999.