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Audubon experts recommend 97 native plants for Des Moines, IA, 52601.

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Pecan

TREES

Pecan

Carya illinoinensis

Finches
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wrens
+11

May attract

Finches
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wrens
Chickadees & Titmice
Sparrows

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Pin Oak

TREES

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Thrushes
Sparrows
Waxwings
+11

May attract

Thrushes
Sparrows
Waxwings
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Crows & Jays

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Prairie Crabapple

SHRUBS / TREES

Prairie Crabapple

Malus ioensis

Sparrows
Wrens
Wood Warblers
+10

May attract

Sparrows
Wrens
Wood Warblers
Nuthatches
Chickadees & Titmice

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Quaking Aspen

TREES

Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides

Vireos
Wood Warblers
Wrens
+10

May attract

Vireos
Wood Warblers
Wrens
Waxwings
Chickadees & Titmice

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

 
Red Columbine

ANNUALS/PER.

Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wood Warblers
Vireos
+4

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wood Warblers
Vireos
Sparrows
Waxwings

Provides

Nectar

 
Red Mulberry

TREES

Red Mulberry

Morus rubra

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Waxwings
Vireos
+10

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Waxwings
Vireos
Thrushes
Woodpeckers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Redbud

TREES

Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Sparrows
Woodpeckers
+12

May attract

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Sparrows
Woodpeckers
Chickadees & Titmice
Orioles

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nectar

Nuts

 
River Birch

TREES

River Birch

Betula nigra

Orioles
Crows & Jays
Chickadees & Titmice
+11

May attract

Orioles
Crows & Jays
Chickadees & Titmice
Thrushes
Cardinals & Grosbeaks

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Rough-Leaf Dogwood

SHRUBS / TREES

Rough-Leaf Dogwood

Cornus drummondii

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Vireos
Sparrows
+10

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Vireos
Sparrows
Nuthatches
Wood Warblers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Shag-Bark Hickory

TREES

Shag-Bark Hickory

Carya ovata

Chickadees & Titmice
Finches
Waxwings
+11

May attract

Chickadees & Titmice
Finches
Waxwings
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Thrushes

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Showy Goldenrod

ANNUALS/PER.

Showy Goldenrod

Solidago speciosa

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wood Warblers
+11

May attract

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wood Warblers
Crows & Jays
Orioles

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Side-Oats Grama

GRASSES

Side-Oats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Woodpeckers
Crows & Jays
Finches
+4

May attract

Woodpeckers
Crows & Jays
Finches
Nuthatches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

Seeds

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