Native Plant Lists

Basic Lists to Get Started

• Herbaceous Perennials for Pollinators

• Native Trees and Shrubs for Pollinators

• Native Ground Covers for Pollinators
• Spreading Plants for Pollinators
• Native Plants for Moist - Wet Soils
• Native Plants for Shade

• Top 10 Flowers for Native Bees (Tufts)

• Top 10 Shrubs for Native Bees (Tufts)

• Top 10 Trees for Native Bees (Tufts)

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Additional Plant Resources

• Easy Native Pollinator Plants for Sunny Places / Plantas Nativas Polinizadores para Lugares Soleados(Westchester Land Trust)

• Planting Milkweed for Monarchs / Sembrar Algodoncillo para Las Monarcas (WLT)

• Bumblebee-Friendly Gardening / Jardeneria Apta para Abejones(WLT)

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

• 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)

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

Planting for Bees at Risk

• Plants that attract specialist bees and bumble bees (POP)

• Plants that support MA bumble bee species at risk (UMass Dartmouth)

Plants for Special Conditions

• Salt Resistant Plants for Coastal Areas (Rutgers)

• Plants for Erosion Control

• Shrubs for Difficult Sites

• Deer Resistant Plants

• Plants for Limestone Soils

• Natives for Rain Gardens

• Plants for Birds and Wildlife

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

Find Plants Native to Specific Regions

• Keystone Native Plants for Eastern Temperate Forests – Ecoregion 8 

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

•  Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center