Supports Specialists
Plants that support specialist insects—species that only feed on one genus or family of plants. Essential for rare native bees, monarchs, and other pollinators that depend on these specific plants to survive.
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Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias Tuberosa) -
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) -
Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago Flexicaulis) -
Bee Balm (Monarda Fistulosa) -
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Triloba) -
Aromatic Aster (Symphyotruchum Oblongfolium) -
Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera Richardsonii) -
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium Scoparium) -
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago Caesia) -
Common Blue Violet (Viola Sororia) -
Ironweed (Vernonia Fasciculata) -
Prairie Pussytoes (Antennaria Neglecta) -
Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) -
Big Bluestem (Andropogon Gerardii) -
Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis Palmata) -
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea Purpurea) -
Poke Milkweed (Asclepias Exaltata) -
Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca) -
Cream Gentian (Gentiana Flavida) -
Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia Laciniata) -
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus Heterolepis) -
Yellow Pimpernel (Taenidia Integerrima) -
Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus Maximiliani) -
Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia Fulgida)