Our focus
Pocket Habitat is an independent English-language field guide for people creating native plantings in front yards, side yards, patios, mailbox beds, and other constrained spaces. Our current editorial coverage is the U.S. Mid-Atlantic, where state borders, ecoregions, coastal influence, elevation, and urban conditions all complicate a generic plant list.
What makes the site different
We begin with conditions and design constraints—not with a long generic list. Each plant is considered for light, moisture, mature height, growth habit, seasonal structure, and its likely role in a small composition.
How the work is produced
Profiles and field notes are researched from government records, university Extension publications, state agencies, botanic-garden trials, and regional conservation organizations. Those facts are compared and rewritten around a practical question: how might this plant behave in a small designed bed? The source list on each guide lets a reader check the underlying regional guidance.
Pocket Habitat does not operate a nursery, sell plants, or accept payment for favorable editorial coverage. Some task-specific tool links are Amazon Associates links and are clearly labeled. Advertising and affiliate relationships do not determine which plants or garden problems are covered.
Editorial responsibility
Pocket Habitat is responsible for the selection, organization, wording, internal-linking, and publication of every page on this site. Structured tools may assist research organization and consistency checks, but we do not invent first-hand trials, professional credentials, quotations, or certainty that the source material does not support.
Corrections
Readers can report a factual error, broken source, accessibility problem, or image-credit concern through the editorial contact page. Include the affected URL and a reliable supporting source when possible. Material corrections are reviewed against the source hierarchy described in our methodology.
Limits
Pocket Habitat is educational, not a substitute for a local horticulturist, landscape architect, arborist, engineer, veterinarian, or extension specialist. County-level native status, legal restrictions, toxicity, availability, and site safety require separate verification.
For the detailed review process, read Sources & Methodology.
Pocket Habitat · independent editorial project · reviewed August 31, 2026