Plants prevent erosion, protecting our soil. Plants provide materials for clothing including cotton and flax. Plants provide materials for shelter and for books. Plants provide habitat for animals. They are the basis of virtually all wild communities.
Plants provide a spiritual link to nature and to our natural heritage.
Be cautious about purchasing pitcherplants, terrestrial orchids and trilliums. Many native wildflowers are wild collected. Pink and yellow ladyslipper orchids should never be purchased, they are untamed species. Learn to grow plants from seed. Don't collect whole plants from the wild.