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• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. <http://www.ANSTaskForce.gov>.
• Baskin, Yvonne. "The Growing Threat of Invasive Species." Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2001.
• Bell, C. Ritchie, and Anne H. Lindsey. Fall Color Finder: A Pocket Guide to the More Colorful Trees of Eastern North America. Chapel Hill: Laurel Hill Press, 1991. ISBN 0960868828.
• Better Homes and Gardens New Complete Guide to Landscaping. Des Moines: Merideth Books, 2002. ISBN 0696208504. (This gardening book includes pictures of common landscaping plants with their names.)
• Burrell, C. Colston, ed. Ferns: Wild Things Make a Comeback in the Garden. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1995. ISBN 0945352824.
• Edlin, Herbert L. The Tree Key: A Guide to Identification in Garden, Field, and Forest. London: Frederick Wayne Publishers, 1979. ISBN 0723220352.
• Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia. Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation. <http://www.dcr.state.va.us/dnh/invinfo.htm>.
• Invasive Species. Chesapeake Bay Program. <http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/exotic.cfm>.
• Miller, Dorcas S., and Ellen Amendolara. Winter Weed Finder: A Guide to Dry Plants in Winter. Rochester: Nature Study Guild, 1989. ISBN 0912550171.
• Native Plants for Conservation, Restoration, and Landscaping. Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation. <http://www.dcr.state.va.us/dnh/native.htm>.
• Peterson, Roger Tory. Roadside Wildflowers. Peterson FlashGuides. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. ISBN 039582995X.
  (See <http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/peterson/petersonhome.cfm>.)
• Phillips, Roger. Trees of North America and Europe: A Photographic Guide to More than 500 Trees. 1978. New York: Random House, 1993. ISBN 0394735412.
• "Rapa whelk research." Molluscan Ecology Program. Virginia Institue of Marine Science. <http://www.vims.edu/mollusc/research/merapven.htm>.
• Robbins, Ken. Autumn Leaves. New York: Scholastic, 1998. ISBN 0590298798.
• "Saga of the Gypsy Moth." The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology. Project Learning. Washington: American Forest Foundation, 1995.
  (See <http://www.plt.org/curriculum/forestecology.cfm>.)
• Terlizzi, Dan, Jack Greer, and Paul Fofonoff. "Exotics in the Chesapeake: Introduction." Understanding Species Invasion Factsheet 1. Maryland Sea Grant, 1999. (See <http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/store/reports.html> for download.)
• Terlizzi, Dan, Jack Greer, and Paul Fofonoff. "Exotics in the Chesapeake: Animals." Understanding Species Invasion Factsheet 2. Maryland Sea Grant, 1999.
  (See <http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/store/reports.html> for download.)
• Terlizzi, Dan, Jack Greer, and Paul Fofonoff. "Exotics in the Chesapeake: Plants." Understanding Species Invasion Factsheet 3. Maryland Sea Grant, 1999.
  (See <http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/store/reports.html> for download.)
• Turner, R. G., ed. Botanica. New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1999. ISBN 0760716420.
• "Using the Library Media Center for Project Research." Project Action Guide. Lessons from the Bay.
• "Using the World Wide Web for Project Research." Project Action Guide. Lessons from the Bay.
• Virginia. Dept. of Forestry. Forest Trees of Virginia. Illustrated fieldguide to trees in Virginia. <http://www.dof.state.va.us>.
• Watts, May T. Tree Finder: A Manual for the Identification of Trees by Their Leaves. Rochester: Nature Study Guild, 1991. ISBN 0912550015.
• Watts, May T., and Tom Watts. Winter Tree Finder: For Identifying Deciduous Trees in Winter. Rochester: Nature Study Guild, 1970. ISBN 0912550031.
  

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