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Minnesota Native Bee nesting plant material

List based off of "Stem Nesting Bees Handout" from the University of Minnesota ( ...more ↓

blue wild indigo 1
Baptisia australis
thistles 2
Cirsium
coneflowers 3
Echinacea
common boneset 4
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Joe-Pye weeds 5
Eutrochium
sunflowers 6
Helianthus
blazing-stars 7
Liatris
switchgrass 8
Panicum virgatum
mountain mint 9
Pycnanthemum
sumacs 10
Rhus
roses 11
Rosa
brambles 12
Rubus
elders 13
Sambucus
goldenrods 14
Solidago
Indiangrass 15
Sorghastrum nutans
American asters 10
Symphyotrichum
meadow-rues 16
Thalictrum
golden Alexander 17
Zizia aurea
round-headed bush clover 18
Lespedeza capitata
swamp milkweed 19
Asclepias incarnata
Smooth Ironweed 17
Vernonia fasciculata
wormwoods and sagebrushes 20
Artemisia
pale Indian plantain 21
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
grey-headed coneflower 22
Ratibida pinnata
cup plant 23
Silphium perfoliatum
grey-headed coneflower 22
Ratibida pinnata
false sunflower 17
Heliopsis helianthoides
Soft Wild Bergamot 24
Monarda fistulosa mollis
Hyssop 25
Agastache
anise hyssop 26
Agastache foeniculum
yellow giant hyssop 27
Agastache nepetoides
Culver's root 28
Veronicastrum virginicum

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