Mid-Atlantic Pollinator Plant List
Recommended native plants that are highly attractive to pollinators such as native bees, honey bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. Visit Pollinator Conservation Resources – Mid-Atlantic Region for additional information. The pollinator resources found on this page support habitat projects in southern New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Northern North Carolina. This information provided by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Abildgaardia ovata | Flat-spike Sedge Flatspike Sedge | |
Achnatherum aridum | Mormon Needle Grass Mormon Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum ×bloomeri | Bloomer Ricegrass Bloomer's Ricegrass | |
XAchnella caduca | Mandan Ricegrass | |
Achnatherum coronatum | Giant Ricegrass Giant Rice Grass Needle-and-thread Grass | |
Achnatherum contractum | Contracted Ricegrass | |
Achnatherum curvifolium | Curlyleaf Needle Grass Curlyleaf Needlegrass Guadalupe Ricegrass | |
Achnatherum diegoense | San Diego County Needle Grass San Diego Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum eminens | Southwestern Needle Grass Southwestern Needlegrass Southwestern Rice Grass | |
Achnatherum hendersonii | Henderson's Needle Grass Henderson's Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum hymenoides | Indian Ricegrass Indian Millet Sandgrass | |
Achnatherum latiglume | Sierra Needlegrass Wide-glumed Needle Grass | |
Achnatherum lemmonii | Lemmon's Needle Grass Lemmon's Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum lettermanii | Letterman's Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii | Lemmon's Needle Grass Lemmon's Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum lemmonii var. pubescens | Pubescent Lemmon's Needle Grass Pubescent Lemmon's Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum lobatum | Lobed Needlegrass Littleawn Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum nevadense | Nevada Needle Grass Nevada Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum nelsonii | Columbia Needlegrass Mountain Needle Grass | |
Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. dorei | Dore's Needlegrass Columbia Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. nelsonii | Columbia Needlegrass Mountain Needle Grass | |
Achnatherum occidentale | Western Needle Grass Western Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum occidentale ssp. californicum | California Needle Grass California Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum occidentale ssp. occidentale | Western Needle Grass Western Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum occidentale ssp. pubescens | Common Western Needle Grass Pubescent Western Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum parishii | Parish's Needle Grass Parish's Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum parishii var. depauperatum | Little Parish's Needlegrass Little Parish's Needle Grass | |
Achnatherum parishii var. parishii | Parish's Needle Grass Parish's Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum perplexum | New Mexico Needle Grass New Mexico Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum pinetorum | Pine Needlegrass Pinewoods Needle Grass Pinewoods Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum richardsonii | Richardson's Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum robustum | Sleepygrass | |
Achnatherum scribneri | Scribner Needle Grass Scribner Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum speciosum | Desert Needlegrass Desert Rice Grass Spear Grass | |
Achnatherum stillmanii | Stillman's Needle Grass Stillman's Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum swallenii | Swallen's Needle Grass Swallen's Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum thurberianum | Thurber's Needle Grass Thurber's Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum wallowaense | Wallowa Needle Grass Wallowa Needlegrass | |
Achnatherum webberi | Webber Needlegrass Webber's Needle Grass | |
×Agroelymus adamsii | Agroelymus | |
Agrostis aequivalvis | Arctic Bent Arctic Bent Grass Arctic Bentgrass | |
Agrostis blasdalei | Blasdale Bentgrass Blasdale’s Bent Blasdale’s Bent Grass | |
×Agroelymus bowdenii | Agroelymus | |
Agrostis clavata | Clavate Bent Clavate Bent Grass Clavate Bentgrass | |
Agrostis clivicola | Coastal Bluff Bent Coastal Bluff Bent Grass Coastal Bluff Bentgrass | |
Agrostis clivicola var. clivicola | Coastal Bluff Bent Coastal Bluff Bent Grass Coastal Bluff Bentgrass | |
Agrostis clivicola var. punta-reyesensis | Point Reyes Bent Point Reyes Bent Grass Point Reyes Bentgrass | |
Agrostis densiflora | California Bent California Bent Grass California Bentgrass | |
Agrostis exarata | Spike Bentgrass Spiked Bent Spike Red Top | |
Agrostis hallii | Hall Redtop Hall's Bent Hall's Bent Grass Hall's Bentgrass | |
Agrostis hooveri | Hoover's Bent Hoover's Bent Grass Hoover's Bentgrass | |
Agrostis howellii | Howell's Bent Howell's Bent Grass Howell's Bentgrass | |
Agrostis humilis | Alpine Bent Alpine Bent Grass Alpine Bentgrass Mountain Bent Grass | |
Agrostis hyemalis | Winter Bentgrass | |
Agrostis idahoensis | Colonial Bent Grass Idaho Bent Idaho Bentgrass Idaho Redtop | |
Agrostis mertensii | Northern Bentgrass | |
Agrostis oregonensis | Oregon Bent Oregon Bent Grass Oregon Bentgrass Oregon Redtop | |
Agrostis pallens | Dune Bent Dune Bent Grass Leafy Bent Grass Seashore Bentgrass | |
Agrostis perennans | Upland Bentgrass Autumn Bentgrass | |
Agrostis rossiae | Ross' Bent Ross' Bent Grass Ross' Bentgrass | |
Agrostis sandwicensis | Hawaii Bent Hawaii Bent Grass Hawaii Bentgrass | |
Agrostis scabra | Rough Bentgrass Rough Bent Ticklegrass Fly-away Grass | |
Agrostis variabilis | Mountain Bent Mountain Bent Grass Mountain Bentgrass Mountain Redtop | |
Agrostis vinealis | Brown Bent Brown Bent Grass Brown Bentgrass | |
Agrostis vinealis ssp. vinealis | Brown Bent Brown Bent Grass Brown Bentgrass | |
Alopecurus aequalis | Shortawn Foxtail | |
Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis | Shortawn Foxtail | |
Alopecurus aequalis var. sonomensis | Sonoma Shortawn Foxtail | |
Allium canadense | Meadow Garlic Wild Garlic Wild Onion | |
Allium geyeri | Geyer's Onion | |
Alopecurus ×haussknechtianus | Foxtail | |
Alopecurus magellanicus | Alpine Foxtail Alpine Meadow Foxtail Alpine Meadow-foxtail Boreal Foxtail | |
Allolepis texana | False Saltgrass Texas Salt Texas Saltgrass | |
Ammophila breviligulata | American Beachgrass American Beach Grass | |
Ammophila champlainensis | Champlain Beachgrass | |
Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum | Muhlenberg Maidencane Florida Peanut-grass Blue Maidencane | |
Amphicarpum purshii | Blue Maidencane Hairy Maidencane Pursh's Blue Maidencane | |
Andropogon arctatus | Pinewoods Bluestem | |
Andropogon brachystachyus | Shortspike Bluestem | |
Androstephium breviflorum | Pink Funnel Lily Smallflower Androstephium Sand Lily | |
Andropogon capillipes | Chalky Bluestem Wetland White Bluestem | |
Andropogon floridanus | Florida Bluestem | |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Tall Bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
Andropogon glaucopsis | Purple Bluestem Chalky Bluestem | |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem | |
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem | |
Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior | Bushy Bluestem | |
Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus | Bushy Bluestem | |
Andropogon glomeratus var. scabriglumis | Bushy Beardgrass Roughglume Bushy Bluestem Southwestern Bushy Bluestem | |
Andropogon gracilis | Wire Bluestem | |
Andropogon gyrans | Elliott's Bluestem | |
Andropogon gyrans var. gyrans | Elliott's Bluestem | |
Andropogon gyrans var. stenophyllus | Elliott's Bluestem | |
Andropogon hallii | Sand Bluestem | |
Andropogon longiberbis | Hairy Bluestem | |
Andropogon mohrii | Mohr's Bluestem | |
Anthoxanthum monticola | Alpine Sweetgrass | |
Anthoxanthum monticola ssp. alpinum | Alpine Sweetgrass | |
Anthoxanthum monticola ssp. monticola | Alpine Sweetgrass | |
Anthaenantia rufa | Purple Silkyscale | |
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