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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
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| Salix arctica | Arctic Willow | |
| Salix arbusculoides | Littletree Willow | |
| Salix arctophila | Northern Willow | |
| Salvia arizonica | Desert Indigo Sage Arizona Sage | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salix bebbiana | Bebb Willow Gray Willow Long-beaked Willow | |
| Salix bonplandiana | Bonpland Willow | |
| Salix brachycarpa | Shortfruit Willow | |
| Salix calcicola | Woolly Willow | |
| Salix candida | Sageleaf Willow Sage Willow Hoary Willow | |
| Salix caroliniana | Coastal Plain Willow | |
| Salvia carduacea | Thistle Sage | |
| Salvia clevelandii | Fragrant Sage Blue Sage Cleveland Sage | |
| Salix commutata | Undergreen Willow | |
| Salix cordata | Heartleaf Willow | |
| Salvia columbariae | California Sage Chia Sage Golden Chia Desert Chia Chia | |
| Salix discolor | Pussy Willow Glaucous Willow | |
| Salvia dorrii | Purple Sage Gray Ball Sage Dorri Sage Desert Sage | |
| Salvia dorrii var. incana | Purple Sage | |
| Salvia engelmannii | Engelmann's Sage Engelmann's Salvia | |
| Salix eriocephala | Missouri River Willow Missouri Willow Stiff Willow | |
| Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Sandbar Willow Coyote Willow | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Salix geyeriana | Geyer Willow | |
| Salix glauca | Grayleaf Willow | |
| Salix gooddingii | Goodding's Willow San Joaquin Willow | |
| Salix hookeriana | Dune Willow Hooker Willow | |
| Salix humilis | Prairie Willow | |
| Salix humilis var. humilis | Prairie Willow | |
| Salix interior | Sandbar Willow Sand-bar Willow | |
| Salix irrorata | Dewystem Willow | |
| Salix laevigata | Red Willow Polished Willow | |
| Salix lasiolepis | Arroyo Willow | |
| Salix lasiolepis var. lasiolepis | Arroyo Willow Tracy Willow | |
| Salvia leucophylla | San Luis Purple Sage Purple Sage | |
| Salix lucida | Shining Willow | |
| Salix lutea | Yellow Willow | |
| Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra | Pacific Willow | |
| Salix lucida ssp. lucida | Shining Willow | |
| Salix maccalliana | Mccalla's Willow | |
| Salvia mellifera | Black Sage California Black Sage | |
| Salix myrtillifolia | Blueberry Willow | |
| Salix myricoides | Bayberry Willow | |
| Salix myricoides var. myricoides | Bayberry Willow | |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
| Salvia pachyphylla | Blue Sage | |
| Salix pedicellaris | Bog Willow | |
| Salix pellita | Satiny Willow | |
| Salix petiolaris | Meadow Willow | |
| Salix planifolia | Diamondleaf Willow | |
| Salix prolixa | Mackenzie's Willow Mackenzie Willow | |
| Salix pseudomonticola | False Mountain Willow | |
| Salix pseudomyrsinites | Firmleaf Willow | |
| Salix pyrifolia | Balsam Willow | |
| Salix reticulata | Netleaf Willow | |
| Salix reticulata ssp. reticulata | Netleaf Willow | |
| Salix rotundifolia | Least Willow | |
| Salix scouleriana | Scouler's Willow Western Pussy Willow | |
| Salix sericea | Silky Willow | |
| Salix serissima | Autumn Willow | |
| Salix sessilifolia | Northwest Sandbar Willow River Willow Northwest Willow Sandbar Willow Longleaf Willow | |
| Salix sitchensis | Sitka Willow | |
| Salvia sonomensis | Creeping Sage | |
| Salix taxifolia | Yewleaf Willow Yew-leaf Willow Yew Willow | |
| Salvia texana | Texas Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salix uva-ursi | Bearberry Willow | |
| Salix vestita | Rock Willow | |
| Salvia whitehousei | Clustered Sage | |
| Scrophularia californica | California Figwort | |
| Scrophularia lanceolata | Lanceleaf Figwort Hare Figwort | |
| Scrophularia marilandica | Carpenter's Square Maryland Figwort | |
| Shepherdia argentea | Silver Buffaloberry Buffaloberry | |
| Shepherdia canadensis | Russet Buffaloberry Rabbitberry | |
| Silphium albiflorum | White Rosinweed White-flowered Rosinweed Compass Plant | |
| Silphium asteriscus | Starry Rosinweed | |
| Sidalcea calycosa | Annual Checkerbloom | |
| Sidalcea campestris | Meadow Checkerbloom | |
| Sidalcea candida | White Checkerbloom | |
| Sidalcea glaucescens | Waxy Checkerbloom | |
| Silphium gracile | Slender Rosinweed | |
| Sidalcea hendersonii | Henderson's Checkerbloom | |
| Sidalcea hickmanii | Chaparral Checkerbloom | |
| Sidalcea hirtipes | Bristlystem Checkerbloom | |
| Sisyrinchium idahoense | Idaho Blue-eyed Grass | |
| Silphium integrifolium | Wholeleaf Rosinweed Entire-leaf Rosinweed | |
| Silphium laciniatum | Compassplant Compass Plant | |
| Sidalcea malviflora | Dwarf Checkerbloom Dwarf Checker-mallow Checkerbloom | |
| Sidalcea neomexicana | Salt Spring Checkerbloom Rocky Mountain Checker-mallow Prairie Mallow | |
| Sidalcea oregana | Oregon Checkerbloom | |
| Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant Indian Cup | |
| Silphium radula | Roughstem Rosinweed | |
| Sidalcea reptans | Sierra Checkerbloom | |
| Silphium simpsonii | Simpson's Rosinweed Tall Rosinweed | |
| Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Rosinweed Prairie Dock | |
| Silphium trifoliatum | Whorled Rosinweed | |
| Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod | |
| Sorbus americana | American Mountain Ash American Mountain-ash | |
| Solidago arguta var. boottii | Boott's Goldenrod | |
| Solidago ×asperula | Goldenrod | |
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