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

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Eastern Red-Cedar

EVERGREEN / TREES

Eastern Red-Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Chickadees & Titmice
Finches
Wrens
+11

May attract

Chickadees & Titmice
Finches
Wrens
Wood Warblers
Nuthatches

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Seeds

 
Eastern Wahoo

SHRUBS / TREES

Eastern Wahoo

Euonymus atropurpureus

Vireos
Orioles
Chickadees & Titmice
+10

May attract

Vireos
Orioles
Chickadees & Titmice
Thrushes
Nuthatches

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Eastern White Pine

EVERGREEN / TREES

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Nuthatches
Crows & Jays
+11

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Nuthatches
Crows & Jays
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Finches

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Seeds

 
Farewell-Summer

ANNUALS/PER.

Farewell-Summer

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Sparrows
Wrens
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
+11

May attract

Sparrows
Wrens
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Thrushes
Finches

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

Seeds

 
Few-Leaf Sunflower

ANNUALS/PER.

Few-Leaf Sunflower

Helianthus occidentalis

Crows & Jays
Chickadees & Titmice
Orioles
+10

May attract

Crows & Jays
Chickadees & Titmice
Orioles
Vireos
Thrushes

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

 
Fire-Pink

ANNUALS/PER.

Fire-Pink

Silene virginica

Wood Warblers
Hummingbirds
Waxwings
+4

May attract

Wood Warblers
Hummingbirds
Waxwings
Sparrows
Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Provides

Nectar

 
Foxglove Beardtongue

ANNUALS/PER.

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Wood Warblers
Sparrows
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
+11

May attract

Wood Warblers
Sparrows
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Woodpeckers
Vireos

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Nectar

 
Fragrant Sumac

SHRUBS / VINES

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Wrens
Waxwings
Wood Warblers
+10

May attract

Wrens
Waxwings
Wood Warblers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Woodpeckers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Freshwater Cord Grass

GRASSES

Freshwater Cord Grass

Spartina pectinata

Finches
Chickadees & Titmice
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
+4

May attract

Finches
Chickadees & Titmice
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Woodpeckers
Sparrows

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

Seeds

 
Frost Grape

VINES

Frost Grape

Vitis vulpina

Wrens
Nuthatches
Thrushes
+10

May attract

Wrens
Nuthatches
Thrushes
Chickadees & Titmice
Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Gray Dogwood

SHRUBS / TREES

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Woodpeckers
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Thrushes
+10

May attract

Woodpeckers
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Thrushes
Waxwings
Vireos

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Gray Goldenrod

ANNUALS/PER.

Gray Goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis

Finches
Wood Warblers
Thrushes
+11

May attract

Finches
Wood Warblers
Thrushes
Woodpeckers
Sparrows

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

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