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