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) -
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Triloba) -
Bee Balm (Monarda Fistulosa) -
Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera Richardsonii) -
Common Blue Violet (Viola Sororia) -
Aromatic Aster (Symphyotruchum Oblongfolium) -
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago Caesia) -
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium Scoparium) -
Ironweed (Vernonia Fasciculata) -
Prairie Pussytoes (Antennaria Neglecta) -
Big Bluestem (Andropogon Gerardii) -
Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) -
Cream Gentian (Gentiana Flavida) -
Poke Milkweed (Asclepias Exaltata) -
Yellow Pimpernel (Taenidia Integerrima) -
Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia Laciniata) -
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea Purpurea) -
Ground Plum (Astragalus Crassicarpus) -
Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus Maximiliani) -
Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca) -
Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis Palmata) -
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus Heterolepis)