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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 | |
| Cirsium ochrocentrum | Yellowspine Thistle | |
| Cirsium occidentale var. candidissimum | Snowy Thistle | |
| Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale | Cobwebby Thistle | |
| Cirsium peckii | Steen Mountain Thistle Ghost Thistle | |
| Cirsium pitcheri | Sand Dune Thistle | |
| Cirsium pumilum | Pasture Thistle | |
| Cirsium scariosum | Meadow Thistle | |
| Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | |
| Cirsium turneri | Cliff Thistle | |
| Cirsium undulatum | Wavyleaf Thistle Plumed Thistle | |
| Cirsium wheeleri | Wheeler's Thistle | |
| Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes | Heller's Rosette Grass | |
| Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass Plains Love Grass | |
| Eragrostis trichodes | Sand Lovegrass Sand Love Grass | |
| Hesperostipa spartea | Porcupinegrass Porcupine Grass | |
| Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass Junegrass Prairie Koeler's Grass | |
| Muhlenbergia rigens | Deergrass Meadow Muhly Deer Muhly | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
| Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa | Honey Mesquite | |
| Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana | Western Honey Mesquite Torrey Mesquite Western Mesquite | |
| Prosopis pubescens | Screwbean Mesquite American Screwbean Tornillo Screwbean Screwpod Mesquite Twisted Bean Fremont Screwbean | |
| Prosopis velutina | Velvet Mesquite | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
| Rhus aromatica var. serotina | Fragrant Sumac | |
| Rhus copallinum | Winged Sumac Shining Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Mountain Sumac Dwarf Sumac Wing-rib Sumac Black Sumac Upland Sumac | |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
| Rhus integrifolia | Lemonade Sumac Lemonadeberry | |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac | |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Rhus ovata | Sugar Sumac Sugarbush | |
| Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
| Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima | Downy Fragrant Sumac Downy Aromatic Sumac Pubescent Skunkbush Sumac | |
| Rhus trilobata var. trilobata | Skunkbush Sumac | |
| Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac Velvet Sumac | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco | |
| Rhus virens var. choriophylla | Mearn Sumac Evergreen Sumac | |
| Rosa acicularis | Prickly Rose Wild Rose | |
| Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi | Prickly Rose | |
| Rosa arkansana | Prairie Rose Arkansas Rose | |
| Rosa arkansana var. suffulta | Prairie Rose Sunshine Rose | |
| Rosa blanda | Smooth Rose Early Wild Rose | |
| Rosa blanda var. blanda | Smooth Rose | |
| Rosa blanda var. glabra | Smooth Rose | |
| Rosa californica | California Wildrose California Rose | |
| Rosa carolina | Carolina Rose Pasture Rose | |
| Rosa carolina var. carolina | Carolina Rose | |
| Rosa foliolosa | White Prairie Rose Leafy Rose | |
| Rosa gymnocarpa | Dwarf Rose | |
| Rosa nitida | Shining Rose | |
| Rosa nutkana | Nootka Rose | |
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