Plants for Pollinators in the Intermountain West
TECHNICAL NOTE USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service Boise, Idaho – Salt Lake City, Utah - Spokane, Washington ______________________________________________________________________________ Plant Materials Technical Note No. 2A January 2017 Revision Plants for Pollinators in the Intermountain West Dan Ogle, Plant Materials Specialist (ret.), NRCS, Boise, Idaho Derek Tilley, Agronomist, NRCS Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, Idaho Jim Cane, Bee Biology and Systematics Lab, ARS, Logan, Utah Loren St. John, Manager, NRCS Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, Idaho Karen Fullen, State Biologist, NRCS, Boise, Idaho Mark Stannard, Manager, NRCS Plant Materials Center, Pullman, Washington Pamela Pavek, Agronomist, NRCS Plant Materials Center, Pullman, Washington The purpose of this Technical Note is to provide guidance for the design and implementation of conservation plantings to enhance habitat for pollinators including: bees, wasps, butterflies, moths and hummingbirds. Plant species included in this document are adapted to the Intermountain West; encompassing southern Idaho, eastern Oregon, northern Nevada and northern Utah. Plants for Pollinators in the Intermountain West TECHNICAL NOTE NO. 2A TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………………...3 HABITAT CONSIDERATIONS…………………………………………………………………4 TABLE 1: HABITAT REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL NATIVE POLLINATORS………4 ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF POLLINATOR PLANTINGS………………………….………5 ES TABLISHING POLLINATOR PLANTINGS: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS…………..5 PLANT SELECTION AND ESTABLISHMENT GUIDELINES
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