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syrphid

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scoliid and thynnid wa

sps

tachinid flies

potter and mason wasps

paper w

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long-horned be

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mining be

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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

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Purple Prairie Clover

Virginia Mountain Mint

Ohio Spiderwort

Swamp Milkweed

Wild Bergamot

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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.

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bellata

Verbena h

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pinnata

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Asclepia

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Veronic

astrum virgin

icum

Solidago rigida

Helen

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tumn

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Dalea

purpurea

Tradescantia oh

iensis

Pycnanthem

um virginianum

Ascle

pias syriac

a

Vernonia gig

antea

Rudbeckia subtom

entosa

Eutham

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inifolia

Coreopsis pa

lmata

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vae-angliae

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um tenuifolium

Parthenium

integrifolium

Eryngiu

m yuccifolium

Arnoglo

ssum

atriplicifolium

Verbesina

alternifolia

Rudbeckia hirta

Euphorbia

corollata

Ceanothus ame

ricanus

Symp

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Monarda fistulo

saErige

ron strigosus

Achillea

mille

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Purple Prairie Clover

Ohio Spide

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Common Milkwe

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