Native Pollinator Plants by Season of Bloom
Native Pollinator Plants by Season of Bloom Extended list of forage and host plants for bees, butterflies and moths Very early spring SHRUBS PERENNIALS American hazelnut, Corylus americana, Bloodroot, Sanguinaria Canadensis C. cornuta Sand/moss phlox, Phlox bifida & P. subulata American honeysuckle, Lonicera canadensis Pussy willow, Salix discolor Shadbush, Amerlanchier canadensis, A. laevis Bloodroot, © Lisa Looke Early spring SHRUBS PERENNIALS Bayberry, Morella caroliniensis Blue cohosh, Caulophyllum thalictroides Flowering big-bracted dogwood, Benthamidia Dutchman’s breeches, Dicentra cucullaria florida Crested Iris, Iris cristata* Hobblebush, Viburnum lanatanoides Golden groundsel, Packera aurea Red eldeberry, Sambucus pubens Spicebush, Lindera benzoin Marsh marigold, Caltha palustrus Sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina Pussytoes, Antennaria spp. Sweetgale, Myrica gale Rue anemone, Thalictrum thalictroides Wild plums Violets, Viola adunca, V. cuccularia Beach plum, Prunus maritima Virginia bluebells, Mertensia virginica* Canada plum, Prunus nigra Marsh marigold, © Lisa Looke Sand plum, Prunus pumila Mid-spring SHRUBS PERENNIALS (continued) Bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Canada wild ginger, Asarum canadense Black huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata Common golden Alexanders, Zizia aurea Blueberry, Vaccinium spp. Early meadow-rue, Thalictrum dioicum Eastern shooting star, Dodecatheon meadia* Chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia & Aronia Foam flower, Tiarella cordifolia melanocarpa Heart-leaved golden Alexanders, Zizia aptera Common snowberry, Symphoricarpos albus Jacob’s ladder, Polemonium reptans* Fragrant sumac, Rhus aromatica* King Solomon’s-seal, Polygonatum biflorum Mountain maple, Acer spicatum var. commutaturn Nannyberry, Viburnum lentago Large-leaved pussytoes, Antennaria Red buckeye, Aesculus pavia* plantaginifolia Nodding onion, Alium cernuum* Spotted crane’s-bill, © Lisa Looke Redbud, Cersis canadensis* Striped maple, Acer pennsylvanicum Red baneberry, Actaea rubra Red columbine, Aquilegia canadensis Solomon’s plume, Maianthemum racemosum PERENNIALS (syn.
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