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Special Value to Native Bees
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
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| Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum | Rice Button Aster Bushy Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster White Aster White Prairie Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum falcatum var. falcatum | White Prairie Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum foliaceum | Alpine Leafy-bract Aster Leafy Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliaceum | Alpine Leafybract Aster Leafy Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum grandiflorum | Largeflower Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Calico Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. hesperium | White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium | White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hirsuticaule | White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve | Smooth Blue Aster Smooth Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum | White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum | White Panicle Aster Panicled Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum | Calico Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. tenuipes | Calico Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lowrieanum | Lowrie's Blue Wood Aster | |
| Symphoricarpos mollis | Creeping Snowberry | |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
| Symphyotrichum novi-belgii | New York Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novi-belgii | New York Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. villicaule | Hairy New York Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic Aster Aromatic American Aster Fall Aster Wild Blue Aster Shale Aster | |
| Symphoricarpos occidentalis | Western Snowberry Wolfberry | |
| Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Skyblue Aster Sky Blue American-aster Azure Aster Blue Devils | |
| Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense | Skyblue Aster | |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry Indian Currant Buckbrush | |
| Symphyotrichum patens var. patens | Spreading Aster Late Purple Aster Spread-leaf Aster Sky-drop Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum | Hairy White Oldfield Aster Frost Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum praealtum | Willowleaf Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum prenanthoides | Crookedstem Aster Crooked-stem Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum pratense | Barrens Silky Aster Meadow Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum praealtum var. praealtum | Willowleaf Aster Tall Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum puniceum | Purplestem Aster Purple-stemmed Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum | Purplestem Aster Red-stem Aster Swamp Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum racemosum | Smooth White Oldfield Aster Small-flower White Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum sericeum | Western Silver Aster Western Silver American-aster Silky Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum shortii | Short's Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum | Western Mountain Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum subspicatum | Douglas Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum subulatum | Eastern Annual Saltmarsh Aster Baby's Breath Aster Annual Aster Blackland Aster Hierba Del Marrano | |
| Symphyotrichum tenuifolium | Perennial Saltmarsh Aster Saltmarsh Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum tradescantii | Shore Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum undulatum | Wavyleaf Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum urophyllum | White Arrowleaf Aster | |
| Thymophylla pentachaeta | Parralena Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf Five-needle Fetid Marigold | |
| Thymophylla pentachaeta var. belenidium | Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf | |
| Thymophylla pentachaeta var. pentachaeta | Parralena Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf Dogweed Dyssodia | |
| Tilia americana | American Basswood American Linden Lime Tree Bee Tree | |
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