Ecological Consulting for Homemade Conservation

Connect. Conserve. Create.

Knowing the flora, the community of wild plants, of the place where one lives facilitates a deeper connection with the living Earth that sustains us. Terrestrial ecosystems, communities of species on land, are defined by the plants that grow in them. In a given forest for example, the species of trees that form the canopy and the understory plants beneath them collectively create the specific type of that forest. The bodies of these trees and other plants provide food and shelter for the wildlife of the forest. Which species of plants grow in a given ecosystem determine which animals can live there, and native plants provide the most benefits to the native animals, fungi and microbes of that place. Therefore which species of plants are encouraged or discouraged is central to land stewardship. If you own, or otherwise have stewardship of, a piece of land, you are in a powerful position to positively affect the health of our planet. Whether it’s replacing a few square feet of lawn with a pollinator garden or applying ecological forest management principals to acres of forest, Wild Niche is here to help you realize your conservation goals.