Special Collections
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.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Baptisia tinctoria | Horseflyweed Yellow Wild Indigo | |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud Redbud | |
Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle | |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis Lance-leaved Coreopsis Lanceleaf Tickseed Sand Coreopsis | |
Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur Hawthorn Cockspur Thorn Newcastle Hawthorn Newcastle Thorn Hog Apple | |
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower Purple Coneflower | |
Eutrochium maculatum | Spotted Joe-pye Weed Joe-pye Weed Spotted Trumpetweed | |
Gentiana andrewsii | Closed Bottle Gentian Closed Gentian Bottle Gentian | |
Helenium autumnale | Common Sneezeweed Fall Sneezeweed Autumn Sneezeweed | |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon Mississippi Beardtongue Smooth White Penstemon Smooth White Beardtongue Talus Slope Penstemon Talus Slope Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue | |
Salix discolor | Pussy Willow Glaucous Willow | |
Solidago rugosa | Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod Rough-leaved Goldenrod Roughleaf Goldenrod Rough-stemmed Goldenrod Roughstem Goldenrod | |
Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod | |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
Tilia americana | American Basswood American Linden Lime Tree Bee Tree | |
Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | |
Verbesina alternifolia | Wingstem Yellow Ironweed | |
Vernonia noveboracensis | New York Ironweed | |
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