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Special Value to Native Bees
Recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting large numbers of native bees. This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at 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 |
Abronia villosa | Desert Sand Verbena Desert Sand-verbena Desert Sandverbena | |
Abronia villosa var. villosa | Desert Sand Verbena Sand Verbena | |
Acer macrophyllum | Bigleaf Maple Big-leaf Maple | |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow Western Yarrow Yarrow Milfoil | |
Acer rubrum | Red Maple Scarlet Maple Soft Maple | |
Adenostoma fasciculatum | Chamise Common Chamise Greasewood | |
Agastache foeniculum | Blue Giant Hyssop Blue Giant-hyssop Fragrant Giant Hyssop Lavender Hyssop Anise Hyssop | |
Agastache nepetoides | Yellow Giant Hyssop | |
Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple Giant Hyssop Purple Giant-hyssop | |
Agastache urticifolia | Nettleleaf Giant Hyssop Nettle-leaf Horsemint | |
Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | |
Amelanchier alnifolia | Saskatoon Serviceberry Western Serviceberry Juneberry | |
Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia | Pacific Serviceberry Saskatoon Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier arborea | Common Serviceberry Downy Serviceberry Shadbush Juneberry Junebush Shadblow Sarvis | |
Amelanchier arborea var. arborea | Common Serviceberry Shadbush Junebush | |
Amelanchier bartramiana | Oblongfruit Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian Serviceberry Canadian Service-berry Shadblow Serviceberry Juneberry Shadbush Junebush | |
Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant Amorpha Prairie Shoestring | |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo | |
Amorpha herbacea | Clusterspike False Indigo Cluster-spike Indigobush | |
Amelanchier humilis | Low Serviceberry Low Shadblow | |
Amelanchier interior | Inland Serviceberry Inland Juneberry Inland Sarvisberry Inland Amelanchier Inland Shadbush Wiegand's Serviceberry Wiegand's Juneberry Wiegand's Sarviceberry Wiegand's Amelanchier Wiegand's Shadbush | |
Amelanchier ×intermedia | Intermediate Serviceberry Intermediate Shadbush | |
Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny Serviceberry Allegheny Service-berry Serviceberry | |
Amorpha nana | Dwarf False Indigo Fragrant Indigo-bush Fragrant False Indigo Dwarf Wild Indigo | |
Amelanchier ×neglecta | Neglected Serviceberry Hybrid Juneberry | |
Amelanchier obovalis | Coastal Serviceberry Coastal Service-berry Shadbush Coastal Juneberry | |
Amelanchier ×quinti-martii | Quint-mart's Serviceberry | |
Amorpha roemeriana | Roemer's False Indigo | |
Amelanchier sanguinea | Roundleaf Serviceberry Red-twig Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier sanguinea var. gaspensis | Gaspe Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier sanguinea var. sanguinea | Roundleaf Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier stolonifera | Running Serviceberry | |
Amelanchier utahensis | Utah Serviceberry | |
Arctostaphylos densiflora | Vine Hill Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos edmundsii | Little Sur Manzanita | |
Artemisia frigida | Prairie Sagewort Prairie Sagebrush Fringed Sage Pasture Sage | |
Arctostaphylos glandulosa | Eastwood's Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos glauca | Bigberry Manzanita Blue Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos hookeri | Hooker's Manzanita Monterey Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos manzanita | Whiteleaf Manzanita Big Manzanita Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos nevadensis | Pinemat Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos pajaroensis | Pajaro Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos patula | Greenleaf Manzanita Green-leaf Manzanita | |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Kinnikinnick Red Bearberry Kinnikinnik | |
Asclepias albicans | Whitestem Milkweed White-stemmed Milkweed | |
Aster alpinus | Alpine Aster | |
Asclepias amplexicaulis | Clasping Milkweed Bluntleaf Milkweed | |
Astragalus americanus | American Milkvetch American Milk-vetch Rattlepod | |
Asclepias arenaria | Sand Milkweed Western Sand Milkweed | |
Asclepias asperula | Antelope-horns Spider Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Spider Antelope-horns Antelope Horns | |
Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu | Antelope-horns Antelope Horns Antelope Horns Milkweed | |
Asclepias brachystephana | Bract Milkweed Desert-rose Milkweed | |
Astragalus canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch Canada Milkvetch Milk Vetch | |
Asclepias californica | California Milkweed | |
Asclepias cryptoceras | Pallid Milkweed Humboldt Mountain Milkweed | |
Asclepias engelmanniana | Engelmann's Milkweed | |
Asclepias eriocarpa | Woollypod Milkweed | |
Asclepias exaltata | Poke Milkweed | |
Asclepias fascicularis | Mexican Whorled Milkweed Narrowleaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias hirtella | Green Milkweed Tall Green Milkweed | |
Asclepias humistrata | Pinewoods Milkweed Sandhill Milkweed | |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | |
Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra | Swamp Milkweed | |
Asclepias lanceolata | Fewflower Milkweed Few-flower Milkweed Red Milkweed | |
Asclepias latifolia | Broadleaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias linearis | Slim Milkweed | |
Asclepias linaria | Pine-needle Milkweed Needle-leaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias longifolia | Longleaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias michauxii | Michaux's Milkweed | |
Asclepias obovata | Pineland Milkweed | |
Asclepias oenotheroides | Zizotes Milkweed Hierba De Zizotes Side-cluster Milkweed Longhorn Milkweed Primrose Milkweed Lindheimer's Milkweed | |
Asclepias ovalifolia | Oval-leaf Milkweed Dwarf Milkweed | |
Asclepias perennis | White Swamp Milkweed Aquatic Milkweed | |
Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | |
Asclepias quadrifolia | Fourleaf Milkweed | |
Asclepias rubra | Red Milkweed Tall Pink Bog Milkweed | |
Asclepias speciosa | Showy Milkweed | |
Asclepias stenophylla | Slimleaf Milkweed Narrowleaf Milkweed Narrowleaf Green Milkweed | |
Asclepias subulata | Rush Milkweed Desert Milkweed Ajamete | |
Asclepias subverticillata | Horsetail Milkweed Poison Milkweed | |
Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie Milkweed Sullivant's Milkweed Smooth Milkweed | |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | |
Asclepias texana | Texas Milkweed White Milkweed | |
Asclepias tomentosa | Tuba Milkweed | |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
Asclepias variegata | Redring Milkweed White-flowered Milkweed | |
Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed Eastern Whorled Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridiflora | Green Comet Milkweed Green-flowered Milkweed Green Milkweed Wand Milkweed | |
Asclepias viridis | Green Milkweed Spider Milkweed | |
Atriplex lentiformis | Big Saltbush Quailbush Saltbush Coastal Quail Bush | |
Baptisia alba | White Wild Indigo White Baptisia | |
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla | Largeleaf Wild Indigo White Wild Indigo | |
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo Wild Blue Indigo Blue False Indigo | |
Baptisia australis var. minor | Blue Wild Indigo | |
Baptisia bracteata | Longbract Wild Indigo | |
Baptisia bracteata var. laevicaulis | Longbract Wild Indigo | |
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea | Longbract Wild Indigo Cream False Indigo Plains Wild Indigo Cream Wild Indigo Large-bracted Wild Indigo | |
Balsamorhiza deltoidea | Deltoid Balsamroot | |
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