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 |
Agave schottii var. schottii | Schott Agave Schott's Century Plant | |
Agrimonia striata | Roadside Agrimony | |
Agalinis tenuifolia | Slenderleaf False Foxglove | |
Agalinis tenuifolia var. parviflora | Slender Gerardia Slender-leaf False Foxglove Slenderleaf False Foxglove | |
Agrostis variabilis | Mountain Bent Mountain Bent Grass Mountain Bentgrass Mountain Redtop | |
Agastache wrightii | Sonoran Giant Hyssop Sonoran Giant-hyssop | |
Ageratina wrightii | White Mistflower Wright's Snakeroot White Boneset White Ageratum | |
Aletes acaulis | Stemless Indian Parsley Stemless Indian-parsley Indian Parsley Mountain Caraway | |
Allium acuminatum | Tapertip Onion | |
Alopecurus aequalis | Shortawn Foxtail | |
Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis | Shortawn Foxtail | |
Allium bigelovii | Bigelow's Onion New Mexico Wild Leek | |
Allium bisceptrum | Twincrest Onion | |
Allium bisceptrum var. palmeri | Aspen Onion | |
Alopecurus carolinianus | Carolina Foxtail | |
Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | |
Allium cernuum var. neomexicanum | New Mexican Nodding Onion | |
Allium cernuum var. obtusum | Nodding Onion | |
Allionia choisyi | Smooth Trailing Four O'Clock Trailing Four O'Clock Annual Windmills Umbrellawort Garapatilla | |
Allium drummondii | Drummond's Onion Wild Garlic Drummond Wild Onion | |
Aletes filifolius | Trans-Pecos Indian Parsley | |
Aliciella formosa | Aztec Gilia Beautiful Gilia Aztec Cheat Gily-flower | |
Allium geyeri | Geyer's Onion | |
Allium geyeri var. geyeri | Geyer's Onion | |
Allium geyeri var. tenerum | Bulbil Onion | |
Allium glandulosum | Gland Onion | |
Allium gooddingii | Goodding's Onion | |
Alisma gramineum | Narrowleaf Water Plantain Grass Leaf Water Plantain Grasslike Waterplantain Geyer Waterplantain Lanceleaf Water Plantain | |
Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush Bee-brush White-brush Common Bee-brush Beebrush Privet Lippia | |
Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima | Whitebrush Beebrush | |
Aliciella haydenii | San Juan Gilia Hayden's Gilia | |
Allowissadula holosericea | Velvet-leaf Mallow Chisos Mountain False Indianmallow | |
Allionia incarnata | Trailing Windmills Trailing Four O'Clock Pink Windmills Trailing Allionia | |
Alnus incana | Gray Alder Speckled Alder | |
Allionia incarnata var. incarnata | Trailing Windmills Trailing Four O'Clock Pink Windmills Trailing Allionia Pink Three-flower Umbrella-wort | |
Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia | Thinleaf Alder | |
Allionia incarnata var. villosa | Trailing Windmills | |
Allium kunthii | Kunth's Onion | |
Aliciella leptomeria | Sand Gilia Great Basin Gilia Sand Gily-flower Sand Cheat Gily-flower Slender Gilia | |
Aletes macdougalii | Macdougal's Indian Parsley Macdougal's Indian-parsley | |
Allium macropetalum | Largeflower Onion Large-petal Onion Desert Onion Desert Onion Lily | |
Aletes macdougalii ssp. breviradiatus | Macdougal's Indian Parsley Macdougal's Indian-parsley San Juan False Carrot | |
Aletes macdougalii ssp. macdougalii | Macdougal's Indian Parsley Macdougal's Indian-parsley | |
Aliciella mcvickerae | Mcvicker's Gilia Mcvicker's Gily-flower Mcvicker's Cheat Gily-flower | |
Alnus oblongifolia | Arizona Alder | |
Allenrolfea occidentalis | Iodinebush Pickleweed | |
Almutaster pauciflorus | Alkali Marsh Aster | |
Allium perdulce | Plains Onion | |
Allium perdulce var. perdulce | Plains Onion | |
Aliciella pinnatifida | Sticky Gilia | |
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