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.
Mouse-eared Coreopsis
Coreopsis auriculata (Mouse-ear Tickseed) is a plant species of the genus coreopsis in Asteraceae. Coreopsis species are commonly called Tickseeds. This species is perennial growing from 10–30 cm (4-12 inches) tall and sometimes to 60+ cm (30 inches). Pants with rounded yellow colored flowers bloom in spring and early summer. They are often stoloniferous, forming long ...more ↓
Large-flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae. The common name is large-flowered tickseed.
Lance-leaved Tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata, the Lance-leaved coreopsis, is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).
Tall Coreopsis
Coreopsis tripteris is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is native to eastern North America. Its common names include tall tickseed, tall coreopsis, and Atlantic coreopsis.
Threadleaf Tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata (thread-leaf coreopsis) is a species of flowering plant of the genus Coreopsis in the family Asteraceae, native to the southeastern United States. The common names are whorled coreopsis, thread-leaved tickseed, thread leaf coreopsis, and pot-of-gold.
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea (eastern purple coneflower or purple coneflower) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Echinacea of the family Asteraceae. Its cone-shaped flowering heads are usually, but not always, purple in the wild. It is native to eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwest ...more ↓
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale is a flowering plant native to North America. Common names include common sneezeweed and large-flowered sneezeweed.
Purple-headed Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum is a species of annual herb in the daisy family known by the common name purple sneezeweed. It is native to the eastern half of North America.
Blazing Star
Liatris spicata, the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather, is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America.
Wild Quinine
Parthenium integrifolium is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names wild quinine, American feverfew, and eastern feverfew. It is native to the eastern United States.
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida (orange coneflower) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern North America.
Black-eyed-Susan
Rudbeckia hirta, black-eyed Susan, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the central United States. It is one of a number of plants with the common name black-eyed Susan. Other common names for this plant include: brown-eyed Susan, brown Betty, gloriosa daisy, golden Jerusalem, Poorland daisy, ...more ↓
Frostweed
Verbesina virginica is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is native to the Southeastern United States, where it is found in calcareous soil, often in bottomland thickets and edges of woods....
