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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
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| 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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