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Provides Nesting Materials/Structure for Native Bees
Plants that native bees nest beneath, within, or harvest parts from to construct their nests. 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 |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Tall Bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem Brushy Bluestem | |
Andropogon hallii | Sand Bluestem | |
Andropogon ternarius | Splitbeard Bluestem Split Bluestem | |
Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge Broomsedge Bluestem Yellowsedge Bluestem Whiskey Grass Popotillo Pajon | |
Artemisia californica | Coastal Sagebrush California Sagebrush | |
Artemisia campestris | Field Sagewort | |
Artemisia cana | Silver Sagebrush Coaltown Sagebrush Dwarf Sagebrush Hoary Sagebrush Silvery Sagebrush | |
Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis | Field Sagewort Northern Wormwood | |
Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata | Field Sagewort | |
Artemisia douglasiana | Douglas' Sagewort Douglas Mugwort | |
Artemisia dracunculus | Tarragon | |
Artemisia filifolia | Sand Sagebrush Silver Sagebrush Silvery Wormwood Sand Sage | |
Artemisia frigida | Prairie Sagewort Prairie Sagebrush Fringed Sage Pasture Sage | |
Artemisia ludoviciana | Louisiana Artemisia Louisiana Sage White Sage Prairie Sage Silver Sage White Sagebrush Louisiana Wormwood Silver Wormwood Louisiana Sagewort Gray Sagewort Cudweed Sagewort Mugwort Wormwood | |
Artemisia nova | Black Sagebrush | |
Artemisia palmeri | San Diego Sagewort San Diego Sagebrush | |
Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple Three-awn Red Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurea var. longiseta | Red Three-awn Fendler Three-awn Purple Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi | Blue Threeawn | |
Aristida purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Threeawn Red Threeawn | |
Artemisia pycnocephala | Beach Sagebrush Beach Wormwood Sand Hill Sage | |
Artemisia stelleriana | Oldwoman Dusty Miller | |
Artemisia tilesii ssp. elatior | Tilesius' Wormwood Aleutian Mugwort | |
Artemisia tridentata | Big Sagebrush Great Basin Sagebrush | |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama | |
Bromus kalmii | Arctic Brome Prairie Brome Wild Chess | |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud Redbud | |
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis | Eastern Redbud | |
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican Redbud | |
Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | |
Cercis orbiculata | California Redbud Western Redbud Arizona Redbud Pata De Vaca | |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow Flowering Willow Willow-leaved Catalpa Willowleaf Catalpa Bow Willow Flor De Mimbre Mimbre | |
Cirsium arizonicum | Arizona Thistle | |
Cirsium brevistylum | Clustered Thistle Indian Thistle Short-style Thistle | |
Cirsium canescens | Prairie Thistle | |
Cirsium cymosum | Peregrine Thistle | |
Cirsium discolor | Field Thistle | |
Cirsium drummondii | Dwarf Thistle | |
Cirsium edule | Edible Thistle | |
Cirsium engelmannii | Engelmann's Thistle | |
Cirsium flodmanii | Flodman's Thistle | |
Cirsium foliosum | Elk Thistle | |
Cirsium hillii | Hill's Thistle Hollow-rooted Thistle Prairie Thistle | |
Cirsium horridulum | Bristle Thistle Yellow Thistle Horrid Thistle Purple Thistle Spiny Thistle Bull Thistle | |
Cirsium mohavense | Mojave Thistle | |
Cirsium muticum | Swamp Thistle | |
Cirsium neomexicanum | New Mexico Thistle Utah Thistle | |
Cirsium occidentale | Cobwebby Thistle | |
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