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Use this brief guide when deciding what pollinator plants to purchase or avoid for your property in the District.
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DC NATIVE POLLINATOR PLANTS |
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Common Name |
Botanical Name |
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Flowers |
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Swamp Milkweed |
Asclepias incarnata |
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Common Milkweed |
Asclepias syriaca |
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Yellow Wild |
Baptisia tinctoria |
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Partridge Pea |
Chamaecrista fasciculata |
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Showy Tick |
Desmodium canadense |
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Three-nerved Joe-Pye Weed |
Eupatorium dubium |
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Common Boneset |
Eupatorium perfoliatum |
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Purple-node Joe-Pye Weed |
Eupatorium purpureum |
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Giant Sunflower |
Helianthus giganteus |
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Ox-eye Sunflower |
Heliopsis helianthoides |
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Round-head Bush-Clover |
Lespedeza capitata |
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Dense Blazing-star |
Liatris spicata |
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Shaggy Blazing-star |
Liatris graminifolia |
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Great Blue |
Lobelia siphilitica |
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Wild Blue |
Lupinus perennis |
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Wild Bergamot (aka Bee Balm) |
Monarda fistulosa |
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Spotted Horsemint (aka Bee Balm) |
Monarda punctata |
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Beardtongue |
Penstemon digitalis |
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Bigleaf Mountain Mint |
Pycnanthemum muticum |
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Common Mountain Mint |
Pycnanthemum virginianum |
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Black-Eyed Susan |
Rudbeckia hirta |
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Coneflower |
Echinacea angustifolia |
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Canada Goldenrod |
Solidago canadensis |
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Early Goldenrod |
Solidago juncea |
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New England Aster |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae |
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Hairy Heath Aster |
Symphyotrichum pilosum |
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Spiderworts |
Tradescantia virginiana |
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Blue Vervain |
Verbena hastata |
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New York Ironweed |
Vernonia noveboracensis |
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Golden Alexanders |
Zizia aurea |
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Big Bluestem |
Andropogon gerardii |
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Switch Grass |
Panicum virgatum |
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Little Bluestem |
Schizachyrium scoparium |
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Indian Grass |
Sorghastrum nutans |
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Eastern Gamagrass |
Tripsacum dactyloides |
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Canada Wild-rye |
Elymus canadensis |
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Virginia Wild-rye |
Elymus virginicus |
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Trees and Shrubs |
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Red Maple |
Acer rubrum |
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Black Cherry |
Prunus serotina |
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Allegheny Serviceberry |
Amelanchier laevis |
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Buttonbush |
Cephalanthus occidentalis |
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Winterberry Holly |
Ilex verticillata |
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Pawpaw |
Asimina triloba |
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Virginia Sweetspire |
Itea virginica |
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Flowering dogwood |
Cornus florida |
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Silky dogwood |
Cornus amomum |
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Redbud |
Cercis Canadensis |
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Mountain Laurel |
Kalima latifolia |
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Witchhazel |
Hamamelis virginiana |
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Spicebush |
Linder benzoin |
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Arrowwood viburnum |
Viburnum dentatum |
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Blackhaw viburnum |
Viburnum prunifolium |
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Highbush Blueberry |
Vaccinium corymbosum |
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DC INVASIVE POLLINATOR PLANTS |
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Common Name |
Botanical Name |
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Bush Honeysuckles |
Lonicera spp. |
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Butterfly Bush |
Buddleja davidii |
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Lesser Celandine |
Ficaria verna |
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Porcelainberry |
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata |
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Bradford Pear |
Pyrus calleryana |
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Oriental Bittersweet |
Celastrus orbiculatus |
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Beefsteak Plant |
Perilla frutescens |
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Japanese Barberry |
Berberis thunbergii |
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Wisteria |
Wisteris sinensis or W. floribunda |
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Chocolate Vine |
Akebia quinata |
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Periwinkle |
Vinca minor |
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Common Daylily |
Hemerocallis fulva |
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Spanish Bluebells |
Hyacinthoides hispanica |
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Winged Burning Bush |
Euonymus alatus |
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Norway Maple |
Acer platanoides |
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Wintercreeper |
Euonymus fortunei |
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Chinese Silvergrass |
Miscanthus sinensis |
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Doublefile Viburnum |
Viburnum plicatum |
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Italian Arum |
Arum italicum |
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Jetbead |
Rhodotypos scandens |
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Leatherleaf Mahonia |
Mahonia bealei |
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Heavenly Bamboo/Nandina |
Nandina domestica |