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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 |
| Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum | Rice Button Aster Bushy Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster White Aster White Prairie Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum falcatum var. falcatum | White Prairie Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum foliaceum | Alpine Leafy-bract Aster Leafy Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliaceum | Alpine Leafybract Aster Leafy Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum grandiflorum | Largeflower Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Calico Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. hesperium | White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium | White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hirsuticaule | White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve | Smooth Blue Aster Smooth Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum | White Panicle Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum | White Panicle Aster Panicled Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum | Calico Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. tenuipes | Calico Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum lowrieanum | Lowrie's Blue Wood Aster | |
| Symphoricarpos mollis | Creeping Snowberry | |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
| Symphyotrichum novi-belgii | New York Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novi-belgii | New York Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. villicaule | Hairy New York Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic Aster Aromatic American Aster Fall Aster Wild Blue Aster Shale Aster | |
| Symphoricarpos occidentalis | Western Snowberry Wolfberry | |
| Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Skyblue Aster Sky Blue American-aster Azure Aster Blue Devils | |
| Symphyotrichum oolentangiense var. oolentangiense | Skyblue Aster | |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry Indian Currant Buckbrush | |
| Symphyotrichum patens var. patens | Spreading Aster Late Purple Aster Spread-leaf Aster Sky-drop Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum | Hairy White Oldfield Aster Frost Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum praealtum | Willowleaf Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum prenanthoides | Crookedstem Aster Crooked-stem Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum pratense | Barrens Silky Aster Meadow Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum praealtum var. praealtum | Willowleaf Aster Tall Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum puniceum | Purplestem Aster Purple-stemmed Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum | Purplestem Aster Red-stem Aster Swamp Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum racemosum | Smooth White Oldfield Aster Small-flower White Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum sericeum | Western Silver Aster Western Silver American-aster Silky Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum shortii | Short's Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum | Western Mountain Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum subspicatum | Douglas Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum subulatum | Eastern Annual Saltmarsh Aster Baby's Breath Aster Annual Aster Blackland Aster Hierba Del Marrano | |
| Symphyotrichum tenuifolium | Perennial Saltmarsh Aster Saltmarsh Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum tradescantii | Shore Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum undulatum | Wavyleaf Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum urophyllum | White Arrowleaf Aster | |
| Thymophylla pentachaeta | Parralena Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf Five-needle Fetid Marigold | |
| Thymophylla pentachaeta var. belenidium | Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf | |
| Thymophylla pentachaeta var. pentachaeta | Parralena Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf Dogweed Dyssodia | |
| Tilia americana | American Basswood American Linden Lime Tree Bee Tree | |
| Tilia americana var. americana | American Basswood Linn American Linden White Basswood | |
| Tilia americana var. caroliniana | Carolina Basswood Florida Basswood Small-leaved Basswood Downy Basswood Carolina Linden Florida Linden Small-leaved Linden Downy Linden | |
| Tilia americana var. heterophylla | American Basswood White Basswood Linden | |
| Tradescantia bracteata | Bracted Spiderwort Long-bract Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia brevifolia | Trans-Pecos Spiderwort | |
| Trichostema dichotomum | Forked Bluecurls Blue Curls | |
| Tradescantia edwardsiana | Plateau Spiderwort Edwards' Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia ernestiana | Ernest's Spiderwort | |
| Trifolium fucatum | Bull Clover | |
| Tradescantia gigantea | Giant Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia hirsutiflora | Hairyflower Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia hirsuticaulis | Hairystem Spiderwort Hairy-stem Spiderwort Hairy-stemmed Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia humilis | Texas Spiderwort | |
| Triteleia laxa | Ithuriel's Spear Wally Basket Grass Nut | |
| Trichostema lanatum | Woolly Bluecurls Romero | |
| Trichostema lanceolatum | Vinegarweed Vinegar Weed | |
| Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie Spiderwort Western Spiderwort Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort Bluejacket | |
| Tradescantia pedicellata | Edwards Plateau Spiderwort Granite Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia pinetorum | Pinewoods Spiderwort Pine Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia subacaulis | Stemless Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia subaspera | Zigzag Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia tharpii | Tharp's Spiderwort Dwarf Spiderwort | |
| Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort Spider Lily | |
| Trifolium willdenovii | Tomcat Clover | |
| Vaccinium angustifolium | Lowbush Blueberry Late Lowbush Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium arboreum | Farkleberry Tree Sparkleberry Sparkleberry Winter Huckleberry Huckleberry | |
| Vaccinium boreale | Northern Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium cespitosum | Dwarf Bilberry Dwarf Blueberry Dwarf Huckleberry | |
| Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium crassifolium | Creeping Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium darrowii | Darrow's Blueberry Evergreen Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium deliciosum | Cascade Bilberry Cascades Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium elliottii | Elliott's Blueberry Mayberry | |
| Vaccinium fuscatum | Black Highbush Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium macrocarpon | Cranberry Large Cranberry | |
| Vaccinium membranaceum | Thinleaf Huckleberry Square-twig Blueberry Mountain Huckleberry | |
| Vaccinium myrtilloides | Velvetleaf Huckleberry | |
| Vaccinium myrsinites | Shiny Blueberry Evergreen Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium ovalifolium | Oval-leaf Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium ovatum | California Huckleberry Evergreen Blueberry Evergreen Huckleberry | |
| Vaccinium oxycoccos | Small Cranberry | |
| Vaccinium parvifolium | Red Huckleberry Red Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium pallidum | Blue Ridge Blueberry Early Lowbush Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium scoparium | Grouse Whortleberry Grouseberry | |
| Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry | |
| Vaccinium uliginosum | Bog Blueberry Alpine Blueberry | |
| Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Lingonberry Northern Mountain-cranberry Cowberry | |
| Vaccinium vitis-idaea ssp. minus | Northern Mountain Cranberry | |
| Verbesina alternifolia | Wingstem Yellow Ironweed | |
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