NC Botanical Garden

Forestry for Kids

NC Natural Heritage Program

Executive Summary - Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats for Orange County, North Carolina

Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats for Orange County, North Carolina

This inventory provides an extensive documentation of the places in Orange County that demonstrate special natural features, including biological diversity.

Orange County Lands Legacy Program

In April 2000, Orange County enacted a comprehensive program for the acquisition of priority critical natural and cultural resource lands entitled the “Lands Legacy Program.” The Lands Legacy Program has five standing priority areas for acquisition:

•  Identified Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitat (NC Natural Heritage sites) and Prime Forest areas

• Prime or Threatened Farmlands

• Lands of Cultural, Archaeological or Scenic Significance

• Future Parklands

• Watershed Riparian Buffer lands

Plants for Wildlife (NCSU)

Plant Fact Sheets (NCSU)

Invasive Species and conservation