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National Butterfly Center

The National Butterfly Center is dedicated to education, conservation and scientific research on wild butterflies. Its mission is "Growing Connections". The National Butterfly Center connects people to butterflies, which are intimately connected to native plants, which themselves are connected to the earth.

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Aristida purpurea var. purpureaPurple Threeawn
Red Threeawn
Artemisia pycnocephalaBeach Sagebrush
Beach Wormwood
Sand Hill Sage
Artemisia stellerianaOldwoman
Dusty Miller
Artemisia tilesii ssp. elatiorTilesius' Wormwood
Aleutian Mugwort
Artemisia tridentataBig Sagebrush
Great Basin Sagebrush
Bouteloua curtipendulaSideoats Grama
Banderilla
Banderita
Navajita
Bouteloua hirsutaHairy Grama
Bromus kalmiiArctic Brome
Prairie Brome
Wild Chess
Cercis canadensisEastern Redbud
Redbud
Cercis canadensis var. canadensisEastern Redbud
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