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 |
Andropogon ternarius | Splitbeard Bluestem Split Bluestem | |
Andropogon ternarius var. cabanisii | Split Bluestem Splitbeard Bluestem | |
Andropogon ternarius var. ternarius | Split Bluestem Splitbeard Bluestem | |
Andropogon tracyi | Tracy's Bluestem | |
Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge Broomsedge Bluestem Yellowsedge Bluestem Whiskey Grass Popotillo Pajon | |
Anthaenantia villosa | Green Silkyscale | |
Andropogon virginicus var. decipiens | Broomsedge Bluestem | |
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus | Broomsedge Bluestem | |
Arundinaria appalachiana | Hill Cane Hill Bamboo | |
Aristida arizonica | Arizona Three-awn Arizona Threeawn | |
Aristida beyrichiana | Beyrich Threeawn Wiregrass | |
Aristida californica | California Three-awn California Threeawn Mojave Three-awn | |
Aristida californica var. californica | California Three-awn California Threeawn Mojave Three-awn | |
Aristida californica var. glabrata | Santa Rita Three-awn Santa Rita Threeawn | |
Aristida condensata | Big Three-awn Big Threeawn Piedmont Threeawn | |
Aristida divaricata | Poverty Three-awn Poverty Threeawn Spreading Threeawn | |
Aristida floridana | Florida Threeawn Key West Three-awn Key West Threeawn | |
Arctophila fulva | Pendant Grass Pendantgrass | |
Arundinaria gigantea | Giant Cane River Cane Switch Cane American Bamboo | |
Aristida gyrans | Corkscrew Three-awn Corkscrew Threeawn | |
Aristida gypsophila | Gypsum Three-awn Gypsum Threeawn | |
Aristida havardii | Havard Threeawn Havard's Three-awn Havard's Threeawn | |
Arctagrostis latifolia | Wideleaf Polargrass Broad-leaf Arctic-bent Polar Grass | |
Aristida lanosa | Woollysheath Threeawn Woolly Three-awn | |
Arctagrostis latifolia ssp. arundinacea | Reed Polargrass Wideleaf Polargrass | |
Arctagrostis latifolia ssp. latifolia | Wide-leaved Polargrass Wideleaf Polargrass | |
Aristida mohrii | Mohr's Three-awn Mohr's Threeawn | |
Aristida patula | Tall Three-awn Tall Threeawn | |
Aristida palustris | Longleaf Three-awn Longleaf Threeawn | |
Aristida pansa | Wooton's Three-awn Wooton's Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurascens | Arrowfeather Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurea var. fendleriana | Fendler Three Awn Fendler's Three-awn Fendler's Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurea var. longiseta | Red Three-awn Fendler Three-awn Purple Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi | Blue Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens | Arrowfeather Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurea var. parishii | Parish Three Awn Parish's Three-awn Parish's Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Threeawn Red Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurea var. perplexa | Purple Three-awn Purple Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurascens var. tenuispica | Arrowfeather Threeawn Hillsboro Threeawn Hillsborough Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurascens var. virgata | Arrowfeather Three-awn Arrowfeather Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurea var. wrightii | Wright Three Awn Wright's Three-awn Wright's Threeawn | |
Aristida rhizomophora | Florida Three-awn Florida Threeawn | |
Aristida schiedeana | Single Three-awn Single Threeawn | |
×Arctodupontia scleroclada | Actodupontia | |
Aristida schiedeana var. orcuttiana | Orcutt's Three-awn Orcutt's Threeawn | |
Aristida simpliciflora | Southern Three-awn Southern Threeawn | |
Aristida spiciformis | Bottlebrush Three-awn Bottlebrush Threeawn | |
Aristida stricta | Pineland Threeawn Wiregrass | |
Aristida ternipes | Spider Grass Spidergrass | |
Arundinaria tecta | Switch Cane | |
Aristida ternipes var. gentilis | Spider Grass Spidergrass | |
Aristida ternipes var. ternipes | Spider Grass Spidergrass | |
Avenula hookeri | Spikeoat | |
Axonopus compressus | Broadleaf Carpetgrass | |
Axonopus fissifolius | Common Carpetgrass | |
Axonopus furcatus | Big Carpetgrass | |
Blepharidachne bigelovii | Bigelow's Desert Grass Bigelow's Desertgrass | |
Blepharidachne kingii | King's Eyelash Grass King's Eyelashgrass | |
Blysmus rufus | Red Bulrush | |
Blepharoneuron tricholepis | Pine Dropseed | |
Bothriochloa alta | Tall Beardgrass | |
Bothriochloa barbinodis | Pinhole Bluestem Cane Bluestem Cane Beardgrass Feather Bluestem Plains Beardgrass | |
Bouteloua breviseta | Gypsum Grama | |
Bouteloua chondrosioides | Sprucetop Grama Spruce-top Grama | |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
Bouteloua curtipendula var. caespitosa | Bunching Side Oats Grama Side Oats Grama Sideoats Grama | |
Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula | Sideoats Grama | |
Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo Grass | |
Bouteloua diversispicula | Small-leaf False Grama Zacale | |
Bothriochloa edwardsiana | Edwards Plateau Beardgrass | |
Bouteloua eludens | Elusive Grama Santa Rita Grama Santa Rita Mountain Grama | |
Bouteloua eriopoda | Black Grama | |
Bothriochloa exaristata | Awnless Beard Grass Awnless Beardgrass Awnless Bluestem | |
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis | River Bulrush | |
Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | |
Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama | |
Bouteloua hirsuta var. hirsuta | Hairy Grama | |
Bouteloua hirsuta var. pectinata | Tall Grama Hairy Grama | |
Bothriochloa hybrida | Hybrid Beardgrass | |
Bouteloua kayi | Kay's Grama | |
Bothriochloa laguroides | Silver Bluestem Silver Beardgrass | |
Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana | Silver Bluestem Silver Beardgrass Silver Beard Grass | |
Bothriochloa longipaniculata | Longspike Beardgrass Longspike Silver Bluestem | |
Bolboschoenus maritimus | Cosmopolitan Bulrush Saltmarsh Club-rush Alkali Bulrush Prairie Bulrush Bayonet Grass | |
Bolboschoenus maritimus ssp. maritimus | Alkali Bulrush Coastal Cosmopolitan Bulrush Cosmopolitan Bulrush | |
Bolboschoenus maritimus ssp. paludosus | Cosmopolitan Bulrush Saltmarsh Bulrush | |
Bolboschoenus novae-angliae | New England Bulrush New England Wood Club-rush | |
Bouteloua radicosa | Purple Grama | |
Bouteloua ramosa | Chino Grama | |
Bouteloua repens | Slender Grama | |
Bouteloua rigidiseta | Texas Grama | |
Bouteloua rothrockii | Rothrock's Grama | |
Bolboschoenus robustus | Sturdy Bulrush | |
Bothriochloa springfieldii | Springfield Bluestem Springfield's Beard Grass Springfield's Beardgrass | |
Bouteloua trifida | Red Grama | |
Bouteloua trifida var. burkii | Red Grama | |
Bouteloua trifida var. trifida | Red Grama | |
Bouteloua uniflora | Oneflower Grama | |
Bouteloua warnockii | Warnock's Grama | |
Bothriochloa wrightii | Wright's Beard Grass Wright's Beardgrass Wright's Bluestem | |
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