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Recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting large numbers of native bees. This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Abronia villosa | Desert sand verbena Desert sand-verbena Desert sandverbena | |
| Abronia villosa var. villosa | Desert sand verbena Sand verbena | |
| Acer macrophyllum | Bigleaf maple Big-leaf maple | |
| Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow Yarrow Milfoil Western yarrow | |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple Scarlet maple | |
| Adenostoma fasciculatum | Chamise Common chamise Greasewood | |
| Agastache foeniculum | Blue giant hyssop Blue giant-hyssop Fragrant giant hyssop Lavender hyssop Anise hyssop | |
| Agastache nepetoides | Yellow giant hyssop | |
| Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple giant hyssop Purple giant-hyssop | |
| Agastache urticifolia | Nettleleaf giant hyssop Nettle-leaf Horsemint | |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding onion | |
| Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon serviceberry Western serviceberry Juneberry | |
| Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia | Saskatoon serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier arborea | Common serviceberry Downy serviceberry Shadbush Juneberry | |
| Amelanchier arborea var. arborea | Common serviceberry Shadbush Junebush | |
| Amelanchier bartramiana | Oblongfruit serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian serviceberry Canadian service-berry Shadblow serviceberry Juneberry | |
| Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant amorpha Prairie shoestring | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo bush False indigo bush False indigo Desert false indigo | |
| Amorpha herbacea | Clusterspike false indigo Cluster-spike Indigobush | |
| Amelanchier humilis | Low serviceberry Low shadblow | |
| Amelanchier interior | Pacific serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier ×intermedia | Intermediate Serviceberry Intermediate Shadbush | |
| Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny service-berry Allegheny serviceberry Serviceberry | |
| Amorpha nana | Dwarf false indigo Fragrant indigo-bush Fragrant false indigo Dwarf wild indigo | |
| Amelanchier ×neglecta | Neglected Serviceberry Hybrid Juneberry | |
| Amelanchier obovalis | Coastal juneberry Coastal service-berry Coastal serviceberry Shadbush | |
| Amelanchier ×quinti-martii | Quint-Mart's Serviceberry | |
| Amorpha roemeriana | Roemer's false indigo | |
| Amelanchier sanguinea | Roundleaf serviceberry Red-twig serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier sanguinea var. gaspensis | Gaspe serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier sanguinea var. sanguinea | Roundleaf serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier stolonifera | Running serviceberry | |
| Amelanchier utahensis | Utah service-berry Utah serviceberry | |
| Arctostaphylos densiflora | Vine Hill manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos edmundsii | Little Sur manzanita | |
| Artemisia frigida | Prairie sagewort Prairie sagebrush Fringed sage Pasture sage | |
| Arctostaphylos glandulosa | Eastwood's manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos glauca | Bigberry manzanita Blue manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos hookeri | Hooker's manzanita Monterey manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos manzanita | Whiteleaf manzanita Big manzanita Manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos nevadensis | Pinemat manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos pajaroensis | Pajaro manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos patula | Greenleaf manzanita Green-leaf manzanita | |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Kinnikinnick Red bearberry Kinnikinnik | |
| Asclepias albicans | White-stemmed Milkweed Whitestem milkweed | |
| Aster alpinus | Alpine aster | |
| Asclepias amplexicaulis | Clasping milkweed | |
| Astragalus americanus | American milk-vetch American milkvetch Rattlepod | |
| Asclepias arenaria | Sand milkweed | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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