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Audubon experts recommend 132 native plants for Mecklenburg, NC, 28227.

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Cardinal-Flower

ANNUALS/PER.

Cardinal-Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Waxwings
Wood Warblers
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
+11

May attract

Waxwings
Wood Warblers
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Hummingbirds
Chickadees & Titmice

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Nectar

 
Chestnut Oak

TREES

Chestnut Oak

Quercus montana

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wrens
Waxwings
+11

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wrens
Waxwings
Woodpeckers
Wood Warblers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Chinkapin Oak

TREES

Chinkapin Oak

Quercus muehlenbergii

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Crows & Jays
Orioles
+11

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Crows & Jays
Orioles
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Vireos

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Coastal-Plain Trumpetweed

ANNUALS/PER.

Coastal-Plain Trumpetweed

Eutrochium dubium

Vireos
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Wood Warblers
+10

May attract

Vireos
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Wood Warblers
Nuthatches
Sparrows

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

 
Cock-Spur Hawthorn

SHRUBS / TREES

Cock-Spur Hawthorn

Crataegus crus-galli

Vireos
Nuthatches
Sparrows
+10

May attract

Vireos
Nuthatches
Sparrows
Crows & Jays
Chickadees & Titmice

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Common Boneset

ANNUALS/PER.

Common Boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Waxwings
Orioles
Thrushes
+10

May attract

Waxwings
Orioles
Thrushes
Wood Warblers
Chickadees & Titmice

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

 
Common Buttonbush

SHRUBS

Common Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Waxwings
Thrushes
+11

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Waxwings
Thrushes
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Crows & Jays

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Common Milkweed

ANNUALS/PER.

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Orioles
Wood Warblers
Wrens
+11

May attract

Orioles
Wood Warblers
Wrens
Vireos
Sparrows

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Common Persimmon

TREES

Common Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

Nuthatches
Sparrows
Crows & Jays
+10

May attract

Nuthatches
Sparrows
Crows & Jays
Wood Warblers
Chickadees & Titmice

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Common Winterberry

SHRUBS

Common Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Woodpeckers
Nuthatches
Sparrows
+10

May attract

Woodpeckers
Nuthatches
Sparrows
Crows & Jays
Wood Warblers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Common Yarrow

ANNUALS/PER.

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Woodpeckers
Waxwings
Sparrows
+8

May attract

Woodpeckers
Waxwings
Sparrows
Crows & Jays
Orioles

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

 
Coral-Berry

SHRUBS

Coral-Berry

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Nuthatches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Hummingbirds
+11

May attract

Nuthatches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Hummingbirds
Sparrows
Orioles

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nectar

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