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Pollinator Plants of East Tennessee

A guide to the native plants useful as nectar and/or host plants in East Tennessee pollinator gardens. Created for Knoxville Zoo's Classroom Pollinator Project.

American Beautyberry 1
Callicarpa americana
New Jersey Tea 2
Ceanothus americanus
Virginia Sweetspire 3
Itea virginica
Common Spicebush 4
Lindera benzoin
Big Bluestem 5
Andropogon gerardii
Little Bluestem 6
Schizachyrium scoparium
Switchgrass 7
Panicum virgatum
Indiangrass 8
Sorghastrum nutans
Northern Dropseed 9
Sporobolus heterolepis
Anise Hyssop 10
Agastache foeniculum
Showy Milkweed 11
Asclepias speciosa
Butterfly Milkweed 12
Asclepias tuberosa
Whorled Milkweed 13
Asclepias verticillata
Blue False Indigo 14
Baptisia australis
Pink Turtlehead 15
Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'
Mouse-eared Coreopsis 16
Coreopsis auriculata
Large-flowered Tickseed 17
Coreopsis grandiflora
Lance-leaved Tickseed 18
Coreopsis lanceolata
Tall Coreopsis 13
Coreopsis tripteris
Threadleaf Tickseed 19
Coreopsis verticillata
Purple Coneflower 20
Echinacea purpurea
Dwarf Joe-Pye weed 21
Eutrochium dubium
Wandflower 22
Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'
Common Sneezeweed 23
Helenium autumnale
Purple-headed Sneezeweed 14
Helenium flexuosum
Dwarf Blazing Star
Liatris microcephala
Devil's Bite 15
Liatris scariosa
Blazing Star 24
Liatris spicata
Scaly Blazing Star 25
Liatris squarrosa
Great Blue Lobelia 16
Lobelia siphilitica
Bradbury's Bee Balm 26
Monarda bradburiana
Wild Bergamot 27
Monarda fistulosa
Spotted Bee Balm 28
Monarda punctata
Wild Quinine 29
Parthenium integrifolium
Foxglove Beardtongue 9
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red'
Moss-Phlox 30
Phlox subulata
Clustered Mountain Mint 31
Pycnanthemum muticum
Narrowleaf mountainmint 25
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Black-eyed Susan 32
Rudbeckia fulgida
Black-eyed-Susan 33
Rudbeckia hirta
Frostweed 34
Verbesina virginica

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