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