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Provides Nesting Materials/Structure for Native Bees
Plants that native bees nest beneath, within, or harvest parts from to construct their nests. 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 |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
| Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama | |
| Bromus kalmii | Arctic Brome Prairie Brome Wild Chess | |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud Redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. canadensis | Eastern Redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican Redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | |
| Cercis orbiculata | California Redbud Western Redbud Arizona Redbud Pata De Vaca | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow Flowering Willow Willow-leaved Catalpa Willowleaf Catalpa Bow Willow Flor De Mimbre Mimbre | |
| Cirsium arizonicum | Arizona Thistle | |
| Cirsium brevistylum | Clustered Thistle Indian Thistle Short-style Thistle | |
| Cirsium canescens | Prairie Thistle | |
| Cirsium cymosum | Peregrine Thistle | |
| Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle | |
| Cirsium drummondii | Dwarf Thistle | |
| Cirsium edule | Edible Thistle | |
| Cirsium engelmannii | Engelmann's Thistle | |
| Cirsium flodmanii | Flodman's Thistle | |
| Cirsium foliosum | Elk Thistle | |
| Cirsium hillii | Hill's Thistle Hollow-rooted Thistle Prairie Thistle | |
| Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle | |
| Cirsium mohavense | Mojave Thistle | |
| Cirsium muticum | Swamp Thistle | |
| Cirsium neomexicanum | New Mexico Thistle Utah Thistle | |
| Cirsium occidentale | Cobwebby Thistle | |
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