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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

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Waxwings
Wood Warblers
+11

May attract

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Waxwings
Wood Warblers
Finches
Crows & Jays

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Seeds

 
Eastern Wahoo

SHRUBS / TREES

Eastern Wahoo

Euonymus atropurpureus

Vireos
Waxwings
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
+10

May attract

Vireos
Waxwings
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Nuthatches
Crows & Jays

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Eastern White Pine

EVERGREEN / TREES

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Thrushes
Woodpeckers
+11

May attract

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Thrushes
Woodpeckers
Wrens
Nuthatches

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

Thrushes
Vireos
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
+10

May attract

Thrushes
Vireos
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Sparrows
Wrens

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

 
Fire-Pink

ANNUALS/PER.

Fire-Pink

Silene virginica

Wood Warblers
Waxwings
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
+4

May attract

Wood Warblers
Waxwings
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Sparrows
Vireos

Provides

Nectar

 
Foxglove Beardtongue

ANNUALS/PER.

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Wrens
Crows & Jays
Hummingbirds
+11

May attract

Wrens
Crows & Jays
Hummingbirds
Thrushes
Nuthatches

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Nectar

 
Fragrant Sumac

SHRUBS / VINES

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Nuthatches
Thrushes
Chickadees & Titmice
+10

May attract

Nuthatches
Thrushes
Chickadees & Titmice
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Vireos

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Freshwater Cord Grass

GRASSES

Freshwater Cord Grass

Spartina pectinata

Chickadees & Titmice
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Woodpeckers
+4

May attract

Chickadees & Titmice
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Woodpeckers
Nuthatches
Finches

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

Seeds

 
Frost Grape

VINES

Frost Grape

Vitis vulpina

Chickadees & Titmice
Crows & Jays
Wood Warblers
+10

May attract

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

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Gray Dogwood

SHRUBS / TREES

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Woodpeckers
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Orioles
+10

May attract

Woodpeckers
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Orioles
Sparrows
Nuthatches

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Gray Goldenrod

ANNUALS/PER.

Gray Goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis

Wrens
Woodpeckers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
+11

May attract

Wrens
Woodpeckers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Nuthatches
Orioles

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

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