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

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Pale Purple-Coneflower

ANNUALS/PER.

Pale Purple-Coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Crows & Jays
+8

May attract

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Crows & Jays
Waxwings
Sparrows

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

 
Paper Birch

TREES

Paper Birch

Betula papyrifera

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Woodpeckers
+11

May attract

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Woodpeckers
Waxwings
Sparrows

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Pin Oak

TREES

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Woodpeckers
Finches
Sparrows
+11

May attract

Woodpeckers
Finches
Sparrows
Wrens
Vireos

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Prairie Crabapple

SHRUBS / TREES

Prairie Crabapple

Malus ioensis

Nuthatches
Orioles
Sparrows
+10

May attract

Nuthatches
Orioles
Sparrows
Thrushes
Wood Warblers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Prairie Dropseed

GRASSES

Prairie Dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis

Nuthatches
Finches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
+4

May attract

Nuthatches
Finches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Crows & Jays
Sparrows

Provides

Fruit

Nuts

Seeds

 
Pussy Willow

SHRUBS / TREES

Pussy Willow

Salix discolor

Waxwings
Vireos
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
+10

May attract

Waxwings
Vireos
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Crows & Jays
Woodpeckers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

 
Quaking Aspen

TREES

Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides

Wrens
Nuthatches
Vireos
+10

May attract

Wrens
Nuthatches
Vireos
Crows & Jays
Wood Warblers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

 
Red Bearberry

EVERGREEN / SHRUBS / VINES

Red Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Crows & Jays
Chickadees & Titmice
+10

May attract

Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Crows & Jays
Chickadees & Titmice
Vireos
Orioles

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

 
Red Columbine

ANNUALS/PER.

Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Sparrows
Vireos
+4

May attract

Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Sparrows
Vireos
Orioles
Wood Warblers

Provides

Nectar

 
Red Elder

SHRUBS

Red Elder

Sambucus racemosa

Crows & Jays
Hummingbirds
Wood Warblers
+11

May attract

Crows & Jays
Hummingbirds
Wood Warblers
Wrens
Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nectar

 
Red Maple

TREES

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Thrushes
Nuthatches
Orioles
+11

May attract

Thrushes
Nuthatches
Orioles
Finches
Waxwings

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

Nuts

 
Red Mulberry

TREES

Red Mulberry

Morus rubra

Woodpeckers
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
+10

May attract

Woodpeckers
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Thrushes
Chickadees & Titmice

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

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