The following is a list of useful books, websites, and other resources you may find of interest. Please read our disclaimer for information regarding these resources.

Sources of native seed, food, herbs and other products

• Theodore Payne Foundation
• Cheri's Desert Harvest
• Foods and recipes from Native American Indian Tribes
• Native American herbs, jewelry, etc.

• Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
• Big Bend National Park
• Valley of Fire State Park
• El Paso Museum of Archaeology
• Mojave National Preserve
• Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area
• Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
• White Sands National Monument
• Tonto National Monument
• Western National Park Association
• The Living Desert zoo and gardens
• Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
• Theodore Payne Foundation
• Native Languages of the Americas
• The Nature Conservancy
• The SummerTree Institute

Invasive Species
Invasive Plant Species (exotic introductions) are brought into a habitat from other states or countries, become naturalized and often compete with native flora or crowd them out, changing the habitat so that there is less available native plant food for the native animal species.

• USDA Information Management System for Invasive Species
• Federal and state noxious weed lists

Protected Plants
Plants that cannot be disturbed in anyway.
http://plants.usda.gov/threat.html

Poison Control
American Association of Poison Control
http://www.aapcc.org - (800)222-1222

Books on North American Deserts, Native Plants & related subjects

• Northern Chihuahuan Desert:
  Steve West, Northern Chihuahuan Desert Wildflowers, Falcon Publishing, Inc. PO Box 1718, Helena, Montana 59624.
• Sonoran Desert, Arizona Phase:
  Epple, Anne Orth and Epple, Lewis E., Plants of Arizona, Falcon Publishing, Inc. PO Box 1718, Helena, Montana 59624.
• Sonoran Desert, Colorado Phase:
  Stewart, Jon Mark, Colorado Desert Wildflowers, Jon Stewart Photography, 73430 Indian Creek Way, Palm Desert, Ca. 92260

  Spellenberg, Richard, Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Falcon (The Globe Pequot Press), 246 Goose Lane, P.O. Box 480, Guilford, Connecticut 06437

• Mojave Desert:
  Stewart, Jon Mark, Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Stewart Photography, 8020 Dark Mesa Ave NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87120.
• Great Basin Desert:
  Taylor, Ronald J., Sagebrush Country, Mountain Press Publishing, PO Box 2399, Missoula, Montana 59806.
• Canyon Country:
  Fagan, Damian, Canyon Country Wildflowers, Falcon (The Globe Pequot Press), 246 Goose Lane, P.O. Box 480, Guilford, Connecticut 06437
• Plant Use Information:
  Moerman, Daniel E., Native American Ethnobotany, Timber Press, Inc., 133 S.W. Second Ave, Suite 450, Portland, Oregon 97204.
• Recipe Book:
  Williamson, Darcy, Wild Foods of the Desert Cookbook, Maverick Publications, Bend, Oregon.