Native Plant Lists

Basic Lists to Get Started

• Pollinator Plants for Northeast by Season (Xerces Society of Invertebrate Conservation)

• Wildflowers for Pollinators through the Season (CT Agricultural Experiment Station, CAES)

• Sample List of Trees and Shrubs for Bees through the Season (CAES)

Herbaceous Perennial Plants

• Native Pollinator Plants by Season of Bloom (Wild Seed Project) 

• Plants for Specific Light and Soil Conditions (New York Botanical Gardens)

• Monarch Nectar Plants for Northeast (Xerces)

• Plants for Bees (Protect Our Pollinators, POP)

• Host Plants for Specialist Bees

• Creating a Pollinator Garden for Native Specialist Bees (Cornell B.G. and Cornell Univ.)

Shrubs and Trees

• Northeast Native Trees for Pollinators (Doug Tallamy’s Keystone Plants)

• Trees & Shrubs for Bees by Season (CAES)

• Early Season Plants for Queen Bumblebees

• Trees, Shrubs & Vines for Bees and other Pollinators (POP)

• Pollinators Supported by the Big “5” Trees (New England Wildflower Society)

• Native Trees, Shrubs & Vines for Specific Pollinators (POP)

Plants for Special Concerns

• Salt Resistant Plants for Coastal Areas (Rutgers)

• Plants for Erosion Control

• Shrubs for Difficult Sites

• Deer Resistant Plants

• Plants for Limestone Soils

• Rain Gardens

• Plants for Birds and Wildlife

• Best Trees and Shrubs for Birds (Cornell Labs) The Best Trees for Birds.docx

Find Plants Native to Specific Regions

• Keystone Native Plants for Eastern Temperate Forests – Ecoregion 8 (NWF-Garden for Wildlife - NWF GFW Plant List Ecoregion8.indd

•  Native Plant Finder by Zip Code (National Wildlife Fund)

•  Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center www.wildflower.org