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Mid-Atlantic Pollinator Plant List

Recommended native plants that are highly attractive to pollinators such as native bees, honey bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. Visit Pollinator Conservation Resources – Mid-Atlantic Region for additional information. The pollinator resources found on this page support habitat projects in southern New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Northern North Carolina. This information provided by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

scientific name	common name(s)	image gallery
Abronia alpina	Alpine Sand-verbena Ramshaw Meadows Abronia Ramshaw Meadows Sand Verbena
Abies balsamea	Balsam Fir Blister Pine Northern Balsam	1 images
Abies balsamea var. balsamea	Balsam Fir
Abies balsamea var. phanerolepis	Balsam Fir Canaan Fir
Abies fraseri	Fraser Fir She-balsam	10 images
Abronia fragrans	Fragrant Sand-verbena Snowball Sand Verbena Sweet Sand-verbena Prairie Snowball Sand Verbena Heart's Delight	12 images
Abronia gracilis	Alfambrilla Graceful Sand Verbena Graceful Sand-verbena Slender Sand Verbena
Abronia insularis	Island Sand Verbena Island Sand-verbena
Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica	Arizona Corkbark Fir Blue Cork Bark Fir Corkbark Fir
Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa	Alpine Fir Subalpine Fir
Abies lowiana	California White Fir Sierra White Fir White Fir
Abies magnifica	California Red Fir Red Fir	1 images
Abronia maritima	Red Sand Verbena	3 images
Abronia macrocarpa	Large-fruit Sand-verbena Largefruit Sand Verbena
Abies magnifica var. magnifica	California Red Fir Shasta Red Fir Silvertip Fir
Abies magnifica var. shastensis	Shasta Red Fir
Abronia minor	Little Sand Verbena Little Sand-verbena
Abronia nana	Dwarf Sand Verbena Dwarf Sand-verbena
Abronia nana var. covillei	Coville's Dwarf Sand Verbena Coville's Dwarf Sand-verbena
Abronia nana var. nana	Dwarf Sand Verbena Dwarf Sand-verbena
Abronia neurophylla	Beach Sand Verbena Beach Sand-verbena
Abronia umbellata	Pink Sand Verbena Beach Sand Verbena
Abronia umbellata ssp. breviflora	Pink Sand Verbena Pink Sand-verbena
Abronia umbellata ssp. umbellata	Beach Sand Verbena Pink Sand Verbena Pink Sand-verbena
Abronia villosa	Desert Sand Verbena Desert Sand-verbena Desert Sandverbena	23 images
Abronia villosa var. aurita	Desert Sand Verbena Desert Sand-verbena Yellow Hairy Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa var. villosa	Desert Sand Verbena Sand Verbena	1 images
Acer circinatum	Oregon Vine Maple Vine Maple
Aconitum columbianum	Columbian Monkshood	43 images
Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum	Columbian Monkshood	25 images
Aconitum columbianum ssp. viviparum	Columbian Monkshood
Aconitum delphiniifolium	Larkspurleaf Monkshood Larkspur-leaf Monkshood Northern Monkshood	6 images
Aconitum delphiniifolium ssp. chamissonianum	Larkspurleaf Monkshood
Aconitum delphiniifolium ssp. delphiniifolium	Larkspurleaf Monkshood
Aconitum delphiniifolium ssp. paradoxum	Larkspurleaf Monkshood
Acanthomintha duttonii	San Mateo Thorn-mint San Mateo Thornmint San Mateo Thorn Mint
Acanthomintha ilicifolia	San Diego Thorn-mint San Diego Thornmint San Diego Thorn Mint
Aconitum infectum	Arizona Monkshood
Achnatherum latiglume	Sierra Needlegrass Wide-glumed Needle Grass
Achnatherum lemmonii	Lemmon's Needle Grass Lemmon's Needlegrass
Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii	Lemmon's Needle Grass Lemmon's Needlegrass
Aconitum maximum	Kamchatka Aconite Kamchatka Monkshood
Achillea millefolium var. alpicola	Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium var. arenicola	Common Yarrow Northern Yarrow
Achillea millefolium var. californica	California Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. gigantea	Giant Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. litoralis	Coast Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. megacephala	Common Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. nigrescens	Common Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. pacifica	Pacific Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achillea millefolium var. puberula	Common Yarrow Nosebleed Woundwort Little Feather
Achnatherum nelsonii	Columbia Needlegrass Mountain Needle Grass
Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. nelsonii	Columbia Needlegrass Mountain Needle Grass
Aconitum noveboracense	Northern Blue Monkshood New York Monkshood	1 images
Acanthomintha obovata	San Benito Thorn-mint San Benito Thornmint San Benito Thorn Mint
Acanthomintha obovata ssp. cordata	Heartleaf Thorn-mint Heartleaf Thorn Mint Heart-leaved Thornmint Heart Leaved Thorn Mint
Acanthomintha obovata ssp. obovata	San Benito Thorn-mint San Benito Thornmint San Benito Thorn Mint
Acourtia runcinata	Featherleaf Desertpeony Peonia	6 images
Achnatherum thurberianum	Thurber's Needle Grass Thurber's Needlegrass
Aconitum uncinatum	Southern Blue Monkshood Monkshood	9 images
Aconitum uncinatum ssp. muticum	Blue Monkshood Southern Blue Monkshood Southern Monkshood Wild Monkshood
Aconitum uncinatum ssp. uncinatum	Blue Monkshood Southern Blue Monkshood Southern Monkshood Wild Monkshood
Adlumia fungosa	Climbing Fumatory Allegheny Vine Mountain Fringe	1 images
Aeschynomene americana	Shyleaf American Joint Vetch Joint Vetch Deer Vetch	1 images
Aeschynomene rudis	Zigzag Jointvetch
Aegopogon tenellus	Fragile Grass Fragilegrass
Agalinis aspera	Rough False Foxglove Rough Foxglove Tall False Foxglove
Agalinis auriculata	Earleaf False Foxglove Ear-leaf False Foxglove Eared False Foxglove Earleaf Foxglove Auricled Gerardia	9 images
Agrostis blasdalei	Blasdale Bentgrass Blasdale’s Bent Blasdale’s Bent Grass
×Agroelymus bowdenii	Agroelymus
Agastache breviflora	Trans-pecos Giant Hyssop Trans-Pecos Giant-hyssop
Agalinis calycina	Leoncita False Foxglove	4 images
Agalinis caddoensis	Caddo False Foxglove Caddo Parish False Foxglove
Agrostis clavata	Clavate Bent Clavate Bent Grass Clavate Bentgrass
Agrostis clivicola	Coastal Bluff Bent Coastal Bluff Bent Grass Coastal Bluff Bentgrass
Agrostis clivicola var. clivicola	Coastal Bluff Bent Coastal Bluff Bent Grass Coastal Bluff Bentgrass
Agrostis clivicola var. punta-reyesensis	Point Reyes Bent Point Reyes Bent Grass Point Reyes Bentgrass
Ageratum corymbosum	Flat-Top Whiteweed
Agastache cusickii	Cusick's Giant Hyssop Cusick's Giant-hyssop Cusick's Horsemint Nettleleaf Horsemint
Agalinis densiflora	Fine-leaf Hairy-foxglove Osage False Foxglove
Agrostis densiflora	California Bent California Bent Grass California Bentgrass
Agalinis edwardsiana	Plateau False Foxglove Plateau Agalinis Plateau Gerardia Plateau False-foxglove	51 images
Agrostis elliottiana	Elliott's Bentgrass
Agalinis fasciculata	Beach False Foxglove	14 images
Agalinis filifolia	Florida False Foxglove Seminole False Foxglove
Agastache foeniculum	Blue Giant Hyssop Blue Giant-hyssop Fragrant Giant Hyssop Lavender Hyssop Anise Hyssop	11 images
Agalinis gattingeri	Roundstem False Foxglove
Agrostis hallii	Hall Redtop Hall's Bent Hall's Bent Grass Hall's Bentgrass
Agalinis harperi	Harper's False Foxglove Coastal Plains False Foxglove	1 images
Agrostis hendersonii	Henderson's Bent Henderson's Bent Grass Henderson's Bentgrass
Agalinis heterophylla	Prairie Agalinis Prairie False-foxglove	35 images
Agrostis hooveri	Hoover's Bent Hoover's Bent Grass Hoover's Bentgrass
Agrostis howellii	Howell's Bent Howell's Bent Grass Howell's Bentgrass
Agalinis homalantha	San Antonio False Foxglove	42 images
Agrostis humilis	Alpine Bent Alpine Bent Grass Alpine Bentgrass Mountain Bent Grass
Agrostis hyemalis	Winter Bentgrass	3 images
Agrostis idahoensis	Colonial Bent Grass Idaho Bent Idaho Bentgrass Idaho Redtop
Agrostis lacuna-vernalis	Vernal Pool Bent Vernal Pool Bent Grass Vernal Pool Bentgrass
Agoseris lackschewitzii	Mill Creek Agoseris
Ageratum littorale	Cape Sable Whiteweed
scientific name	common name(s)	image gallery