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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Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago Flexicaulis) -
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias Tuberosa) -
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) -
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium Scoparium) -
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Triloba) -
Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera Richardsonii) -
Bee Balm (Monarda Fistulosa) -
Aromatic Aster (Symphyotruchum Oblongfolium) -
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago Caesia) -
Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) -
Common Blue Violet (Viola Sororia) -
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus Heterolepis) -
Ironweed (Vernonia Fasciculata) -
Big-leaf Aster (Eurybia Macrophylla) -
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea Purpurea) -
Big Bluestem (Andropogon Gerardii) -
Prairie Pussytoes (Antennaria Neglecta) -
Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis Palmata) -
Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca) -
Sharp lobed Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. acuta) -
Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum Cordifolium) -
Poke Milkweed (Asclepias Exaltata) -
Heart-leaved Alexanders (Zizia aptera) -
Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus Maximiliani)