Spring Blooming Wildflowers

Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa) Full Sun

Green Milkweed (Asclepias viridis) Sun

Spider Milkweed (Asclepias asperula) Full Sun

Texas Vervain (Verbena halei) Full Sun

Lemon Beebalm (Monarda citriodora) Full Sun

Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Sun

Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) Full Sun

White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida) Full Sun

Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) Part Shade

Spotted Beebalm (Monarda punctata) Full Sun

Roundhead Prairie Clover (Dalea multiflora) Full Sun

Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum) Part Shade

Summer Blooming Wildflowers

Leadplant (Amorpha canescens) Some Shade

Baldwin’s Ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii) Full Sun

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Full Sun

Maximillion Sunflower (Helianthus maximilliani) Full Sun

Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor) Full Sun

American Star Thistle (Centaura americana) Part Shade

Dotted Blazing Star (Liatris punctata) Full Sun

Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea) Full Sun

Tall Thistle (Cirsium texanum)

Roundleaf Ragwort (Packera obovata) Part Shade

Leavenworth’s Eryngo (Eryngium leavenworthii) Part Shade

Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) Full Sun/Part Shade

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Full Sun

Praire Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya) Full Sun

Sawtooth Sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus) Full Sun

Stiff Sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus) Full Sun

Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) Part Shade

Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata) Part Shade

Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) Full Sun

Hoary Verbena (Verbena stricta) Full Sun

Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) Full Sun

Fall Blooming Wildflowers

Canada Goldenrod (Solidago altissima) Part Shade

Stiff Goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum) Full Sun

Gray Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) Part Shade

Willowleaf Aster (Symphyotrichum praealtum) Part Shade

Aromatic Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) Part Shade

Blue Sage (Salvia azurea) Part Shade

Spanish Gold (Grindelia papposa) Full Sun

Oklahoma Native Shrubs for Pollinator Habitat

Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Full Sun (moist areas only-ponds, bogs, streams, etc.)

American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) Full Sun/Part Shade

Winged Sumac (Rhus copallinum) Full Sun

Aromatic Sumac (Rhus aromatica) Part Shade

Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) Part Shade

Wooly Rose Mallow (Hibiscus lasiocarpos) Full Sun

Common Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) Part Shade

Spicebush (Liderna benzoin) Part Shade

Clove Currant (Ribes aureum) Part Shade

Roughleaf Dogwood (Cornus drummondii) Part Shade

Subshrubs

White Prairie Rose (Rosa foliolosa) Part Shade

Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Part Shade

Oklahoma Native Trees for Habitat

Blackjack Oak (Quercus marilandica) Part Shade

Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) Full Sun

White Oak (Quercus alba) Full Sun

Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana) Full Sun/Part Shade

Chickasaw/Sand Plum (Prunus angustifolia) Full Sun/Part Shade

Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) Full Sun

Oklahoma Redbud (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) Part Shade

Paw Paw (Asimina triloba) Full Sun/Part Shade

Doug Tallamy’s Top 20 Trees & Shrubs for Wildlife

(Listed in order of the Number of Species supported)

Oak

Willow

Cherry

Pine

Poplar

Birch

Blueberry

Maple

Hickory

Crabapple

Elm

Alder

Basswood

Hawthorn

Blackberry

Chinkapin Oak

Spruce

Fir

Ash

Viburnum