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 | |
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