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optimal floral resources for pollina- tors and/or natural enemies (note this is not an inclusive list): The Xerces Society: Conservation of diverse arthropods (ex. pollinators, monarch butterflies, natural enemies) http://www.xerces.org/ Xerces Society – List of Pollinator- Friendly Plants – Mid-Atlantic Region at: http://www.xerces.org/pollinator- conservation/plant-lists/ Multistate bulletin on Protecting and enhancing pollinators in urban land- scapes for the U.S. North Central Re- gion http://msue.anr.msu.edu/re- sources/how_to_protect_and_in- crease_pollinators_in_your_land- scape Native plants attractive to natural ene- mies and pollinators (Michigan State University) http://nativeplants.msu.edu/ and http://nativeplants.msu.edu/re- sources/publications

A research-based list of flowering woody landscape plants that are attrac- tive to bees: http://www.floral- daily.com/article/9082/US-HRI-pub- www.GrowWise.org/ChallengeToolkit, or go directly to list at: http://grow- wise.org/wp-content/up- loads/2017/02/HRI-Pollinator- BeePlantLists-February2017.pdf Save the Date! Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Annual Meeting and Conference August 10-12, 2017 Tree & Wreath Contest, Are You In? lishes-bee-friendly-plant-lists To access the list, click on the

Pest Predictive Calendar - Landscape/Nursery Mother Nature’s Pest Alert Signals!

The Pest Predictive Calendar is a monitoring tool to assist in predicting when susceptible life stage(s) (stage you want to target for control measures) of pest insects are active by using plant phenological indica- tors (PPI) and growing degree days (GDD). This tool will lead to improved tim- ing of management tactics and more effective pest management. http://extension.umd.edu/ipm/pest- predictive-calendar-land- scapenursery

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