A list of plants covered on this site.

 

Here is a list of perennials and shrubs that have notes. Unlinked names are plants that will be added over the next 12 months! It is important to read the individual notes about the species because not all species are alike in their ability to attract pollinators even if they from the same genus.

Scientific Name by genus Common name
   
Achillea Alumroot native
Actaea native Beardtongue native
Aesculus parviflora Bee balm native
Aesculus glabra native Bergamot native
Agastache native Big Bluestem native
Allium native Black or red chokeberry native
Anaphalis margaritacea native Black Cohosh or Bugbane native
Andropogon native Blanketflower native
Anemone patens native Blazing Star native
Antennaria native Bloodroot native
Antirrhinum Boneset native
Aquilegia native Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aronia sp. native Bottled gentian native
Asarum canadense native Butterfly bush
Asclepias native Buttonbush native
Aster native Calamint
Astragalus native California Fuchsia
Baptisia native Columbine native
Blephilia native Compass plant native
Bouteloua native Coneflowers native
Bromus kalmii native Culvers root native
Buddleia Cupplant native
Calamintha Downy wood mint native
Campsis native Eastern Redbud native
Carex native Evening primrose native
Caryopteris Eastern prickly pear cactus native
Ceanothus americanus native False sunflower native
Cephalanthus occidentalis native Field thistle native
Cercis canadensis native Flat topped white aster native
Cimicifuga racemosa native Fleabane native
Cirsium discolor native Flowering raspberry native
Clethra alnifolia native Flowering spurge native
Coreopsis native Globe thistle
Dalea purpurea native Golden alexanders native
Delphinium Goldenrod native
Doellingeria umbellata native Great White Trillium native
Echinacea native Grey-headed coneflower native
Echinops Honeysuckle native
Erigeron native Hyssops native
Eryngium Indian grass native
Eupatoriadelphus native Indian pinks
Eupatorium native Ironweed native
Euphorbia corollata native Joe-Pye weed native
Eutrochium native June Grass native
Fragaria native Knapweed
Fuchsia Lakeside daisy native
Gaillardia native Larkspur
Gentiana andrewsii native Late figwort native
Geum native Little Bluestem native
Geranium native Lobelia native
Heuchera native Lupines native
Helenium autumnale native Meadowsweet native
Helianthus native Mexican hat native
Heliopsis native Mexican sunflower
Hepatica native Milk vetch native
Hibiscus moscheutos native Iris native
Hydrophyllum sp. native Lily native
Hymenoxys herbacea native Milkweed native
Iris native Mountain mint native
Ipomopsis rubra New Jersey Tea native
Koeleria macrantha native Ninebark native
Lantana camara Obedient plant native
Liatris native Ohio Buckeye native
Lilium native Onion (and related plants) native
Lobelia native Phlox native
Lonicera native Prairie brome native
Lupinus perennis native Prairie crocus native
Mertensia virginica native Prairie Dock native
Monarda native Prairie dropseed native
Oenothera native Prairie Smoke native
Opuntia humifusa native Purple coneflower native
Panicum virgatum native Purple prairie clover native
Parthenocissus native Purple tansy
Penstemon native Pussytoes native
Phacelia tanacetifolia Roses native
Phlox native Rosinweeds native
Physostegia native Rattlesnake master
Physocarpus native Sedges native
Pinus strobus native Snapdragon
Pulsatilla patens native Sea holly
Pycnanthemum native Sharp leaved Hepatica native
Ratibida native Sides Oats Gramma native
Rosa sp. native Sneezeweed native
Rubus odoratus native Speedwell
Rudbeckia native Spiderwort native
Sanguinaria canadensis native Standing cypress
Schizachryium scoparium native Steeplebush native
Scrophularia native Stonecrop
Sedum Strawberry native
Senna native Sundrops native
Silphium native Sunflower native
Solidago native Swamp Rose Mallow native
Sorghastrum nutans native Sweet pepperbush native
Spigelia Switchgrass native
Spirea native Tall verbena
Sporobolus heterolepis native Thoroughwort native
Tetraneuris herbacea native Tickseed native
Tithonia Trumpet vine native
Tradescantia sp. native Yarrow
Trillium grandiflorum native Vervain native
Verbena native Virginia Bluebell native
Verbena bonariensis Virginia creeper native
Vernonia native Waterleaf native
Veronica Western pearly everlasting native
Veronicastrum native White Pine native
Zauschneria Wild Geranium native
Zinnia Wild Ginger native
Zizia native Wild indigo native
  Wild Senna native
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