lacew
ings
soldier be
etles
syrphid
flies
scoliid and thynnid wa
sps
tachinid flies
potter and mason wasps
paper w
asps
long-horned be
es
mining be
es
yellowjackets
bumble
bees
leafcu
tter bees
sweat bees
Achillea millefolium
Euthamia graminifolia
Dalea purpurea
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Tradescantia ohiensis
Asclepias incarnata
Monarda fistulosa
Eryngium yuccifolium
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Vernonia gigantea
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
Helenium autumnale
Doellingeria umbellata
Ratibida pinnata
Verbena hastata
Ceanothus americanus
Parthenium integrifolium
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Solidago rigida
Veronicastrum virginicum
Asclepias syriaca
Heliopsis helianthoides
Erigeron strigosus
Rudbeckia hirta
Verbesina alternifolia
Coreopsis palmata
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Euphorbia corollata
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
Zizia aurea
Common Yarrow P, N
P, N
N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P, N
P
P, N
P, N
N
P, N
N
Grass-leaved Goldenrod
Purple Prairie Clover
Virginia Mountain Mint
Ohio Spiderwort
Swamp Milkweed
Wild Bergamot
Rattlesnake Master
Sweet Black-eyed Susan
Tall Ironweed
Pale Indian Plantain
Sneezeweed
Flat-topped Aster
Yellow or Gray-headed Coneflower
Blue Vervain
New Jersey Tea
Wild Quinine
Calico Aster
Common Boneset
Stiff Goldenrod
Culver’s Root
Common Milkweed
False Sunflower or Smooth Oxeye
Daisy Fleabane
Black-eyed Susan
Wingstem
Plains Coreopsis
Slender Mountain Mint
New England Aster
Flowering Spurge
Panicled Aster
Golden Alexanders
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Prepared for Marion County SWCD by Heather Holm. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under agreement number NR2052KYXXXXC013 and through funding provided to NACD by the USDA NRCS. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.
P = Pollen N = NectarFloral resource collected/consumed
WILDFLOWERS FOR BENEFICIAL INSECTSA Guide for Fruit and Vegetable GrowersEnhancing habitat that adjoins fields with native flowering plants will attract beneficial insects that provide two critical ecosystem services: pest insect population control and pollination. This guide provides information on native wildflowers that attract beneficial insects.
Zizia aurea
Symp
hyotrichum lan
ceola
um
Heliopsis helianthoide
s
Doelling
eria um
bellata
Verbena h
astata
Ratibida
pinnata
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Asclepia
s incarnata
Veronic
astrum virgin
icum
Solidago rigida
Helen
ium au
tumn
ale
Dalea
purpurea
Tradescantia oh
iensis
Pycnanthem
um virginianum
Ascle
pias syriac
a
Vernonia gig
antea
Rudbeckia subtom
entosa
Eutham
ia gram
inifolia
Coreopsis pa
lmata
Sym. no
vae-angliae
Pycnanthem
um tenuifolium
Parthenium
integrifolium
Eryngiu
m yuccifolium
Arnoglo
ssum
atriplicifolium
Verbesina
alternifolia
Rudbeckia hirta
Euphorbia
corollata
Ceanothus ame
ricanus
Symp
hyotrichum lateriflo
rum
Monarda fistulo
saErige
ron strigosus
Achillea
mille
folium
Golde
n Alexanders
Panic
led Aste
r
False Su
nflow
er
Flat-topped A
ster
Blue Ve
rvain
Yellow Coneflowe
r
Common Boneset
Swam
p Milkwe
ed
Culver’s Root
Stiff Golde
nrod
Sneezewe
ed
Purple Prairie Clover
Ohio Spide
rwort
Virgin
ia Mo
untain Mint
Common Milkwe
ed
Tall Ironw
eed
Sweet Blac
k-eyed Su
san
Grass-lea
ved G
oldenrod
Plains
Coreopsis
New Engla
nd Aste
r
Slender Mountain
Mint
Wild Quin
ine
Rattlesnake Master
Pale India
n Plan
tain
Wing
stem
Black-eyed Su
san
Flowe
ring S
purge
New Jersey Tea
Calico A
ster
Wild Bergamot
Daisy Fleabane
Common Yarrow
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DFL
OW
ERS
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BEN
EFIC
IAL
INSE
CTS:
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uide
for F
ruit
and
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etab
le G
row
ers
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Full sun, m
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soil
Full sun, m
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