Goldenrod
Giant Swallowtail Butterfly
(Solidago rugosa)
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Flowers from August through October
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Attracted to goldenrod
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Grows well in meadows and wetlands
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Are the largest butterfly in much of the US
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Attracts butterflies and honeybees
Calico Aster
Goldfinch
(Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
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Flowers from September through October
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Likes to eat the seeds from asters
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Fruit is a dry seed with a tuft of dull white to pinkish
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Unlike other birds, goldfinches are strict vegetarians
hairs to carry them off in the wind
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Attracts the goldfinch
Common Milkweed
Monarch Butterfly
(Asclepias syriaca)
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Flowers from June through July
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Grows in sandy soils and other soil in sunny areas
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weed.
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Popular with butterflies
Monarch caterpillars feed almost exclusively on milk
Millions of monarch butterflies make the trip down to
Mexico to roost for the winter
Wild Bergamot
Honey Bee
(Monarda fistulosa)
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Flowers from June through September
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Also known as bee balm
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Attracts bees to the garden
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Attracted to wild bergamot
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Bees are the only insect in the world that make food
that humans can eat
Viceroy Butterfly
Purple Joe-Pye Weed
(Eutrochium purpureum)
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Flowers from July through August
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Attracted to purple joe-pye weed
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The flowers have a light vanilla fragrance
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The viceroy butterfly resembles the monarch
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Attracts the viceroy butterfly
butterfly, which helps defend it from predators.
Evening Primrose
Actias Luna Moth
(Oenothera biennis)
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Flowers from July through October
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The flower structure has an invisible nectar
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cause it blooms at night
guide pattern that is visible to its pollinators under UV
light
The luna moth is attracted to evening primrose be
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Luna moths are huge moths, with a wingspan of four
and a half
inches
Black-Eyed Susan
White Tailed Deer
(Rudbeckia sp.)
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Flowers from June to October
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Part of the sunflower family
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Deer love to eat black-eyed susans
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White-tail deer are good swimmers and will use large
streams and lakes to escape predators
Trumpet Honeysuckle
Hummingbird
(Lonicera sempervirens)
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Flowers from May to July
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These flowers are not fragrant, unlike the invasive
Japanese honeysuckle
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Hummingbirds are attracted to the honeysuckle’s tube
shaped flowers, which are perfect for their long,
pointed beaks