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The act would require that only native plants, defined as a plant occurring the northeast region of the U.S. before Euro-American settlement, be used in public places in Montclair.
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Do you have enough Jersey-native plants in your yard?
Does your garden have enough native plants?
Hubert Ling, president of The New Jersey Native Plant Society, said it s important that local garden centers to sell native plants and for residents to plant them in their yards because the animal population in New Jersey depends on them.
One example: Native plants feed native insects, especially caterpillars, which birds rely on for food.
Ling said more than 90% of the birds in New Jersey require a caterpillar to feed their young. Caterpillars do poorly, if they survive at all, on some of the non-native plants.