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Audubon experts recommend 138 native plants for Cook, IL, 60642.

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Common Milkweed

ANNUALS/PER.

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Waxwings
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Thrushes
+11

May attract

Waxwings
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Thrushes
Finches
Nuthatches

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Common Snowberry

SHRUBS

Common Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Waxwings
Chickadees & Titmice
+10

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Waxwings
Chickadees & Titmice
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Crows & Jays

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Common Winterberry

SHRUBS

Common Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Chickadees & Titmice
Vireos
Sparrows
+10

May attract

Chickadees & Titmice
Vireos
Sparrows
Crows & Jays
Cardinals & Grosbeaks

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Common Yarrow

ANNUALS/PER.

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Vireos
Chickadees & Titmice
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
+8

May attract

Vireos
Chickadees & Titmice
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Sparrows
Waxwings

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

 
Compassplant

ANNUALS/PER.

Compassplant

Silphium laciniatum

Sparrows
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Vireos
+3

May attract

Sparrows
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Vireos
Orioles
Wood Warblers
 
Coral-Berry

SHRUBS

Coral-Berry

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Woodpeckers
Wrens
+11

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Woodpeckers
Wrens
Nuthatches
Vireos

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nectar

 
Cup-Plant

ANNUALS/PER.

Cup-Plant

Silphium perfoliatum

Wood Warblers
Hummingbirds
Orioles
+4

May attract

Wood Warblers
Hummingbirds
Orioles
Waxwings
Vireos

Provides

Nectar

 
Dense Gayfeather

ANNUALS/PER.

Dense Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

Waxwings
Vireos
Hummingbirds
+4

May attract

Waxwings
Vireos
Hummingbirds
Orioles
Sparrows

Provides

Nectar

 
Downy Service-Berry

SHRUBS / TREES

Downy Service-Berry

Amelanchier arborea

Vireos
Wrens
Woodpeckers
+10

May attract

Vireos
Wrens
Woodpeckers
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Orioles

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Eastern Arborvitae

EVERGREEN / TREES

Eastern Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis

Wood Warblers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Chickadees & Titmice
+10

May attract

Wood Warblers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Chickadees & Titmice
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Crows & Jays

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

 
Eastern Hop-Hornbeam

TREES

Eastern Hop-Hornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

Nuthatches
Finches
Woodpeckers
+11

May attract

Nuthatches
Finches
Woodpeckers
Vireos
Crows & Jays

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Eastern Purple-Coneflower

ANNUALS/PER.

Eastern Purple-Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Chickadees & Titmice
Crows & Jays
Vireos
+8

May attract

Chickadees & Titmice
Crows & Jays
Vireos
Finches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

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