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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

Woodpeckers
Vireos
Wood Warblers
+11

May attract

Woodpeckers
Vireos
Wood Warblers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Wrens

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Common Snowberry

SHRUBS

Common Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Wood Warblers
Nuthatches
+10

May attract

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Wood Warblers
Nuthatches
Woodpeckers
Wrens

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Common Winterberry

SHRUBS

Common Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Orioles
Wood Warblers
Sparrows
+10

May attract

Orioles
Wood Warblers
Sparrows
Woodpeckers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Common Yarrow

ANNUALS/PER.

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Orioles
Vireos
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
+8

May attract

Orioles
Vireos
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Sparrows
Crows & Jays

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

 
Compassplant

ANNUALS/PER.

Compassplant

Silphium laciniatum

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wood Warblers
Orioles
+3

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wood Warblers
Orioles
Waxwings
Sparrows
 
Coral-Berry

SHRUBS

Coral-Berry

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Waxwings
Sparrows
Vireos
+11

May attract

Waxwings
Sparrows
Vireos
Wood Warblers
Chickadees & Titmice

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nectar

 
Cup-Plant

ANNUALS/PER.

Cup-Plant

Silphium perfoliatum

Vireos
Sparrows
Waxwings
+4

May attract

Vireos
Sparrows
Waxwings
Hummingbirds
Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Provides

Nectar

 
Dense Gayfeather

ANNUALS/PER.

Dense Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

Vireos
Sparrows
Orioles
+4

May attract

Vireos
Sparrows
Orioles
Wood Warblers
Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Provides

Nectar

 
Downy Service-Berry

SHRUBS / TREES

Downy Service-Berry

Amelanchier arborea

Nuthatches
Waxwings
Vireos
+10

May attract

Nuthatches
Waxwings
Vireos
Wood Warblers
Orioles

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Eastern Arborvitae

EVERGREEN / TREES

Eastern Arborvitae

Thuja occidentalis

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Orioles
Wood Warblers
+10

May attract

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Orioles
Wood Warblers
Wrens
Vireos

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

 
Eastern Hop-Hornbeam

TREES

Eastern Hop-Hornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

Waxwings
Chickadees & Titmice
Sparrows
+11

May attract

Waxwings
Chickadees & Titmice
Sparrows
Nuthatches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Eastern Purple-Coneflower

ANNUALS/PER.

Eastern Purple-Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Chickadees & Titmice
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Waxwings
+8

May attract

Chickadees & Titmice
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Waxwings
Finches
Crows & Jays

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

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