Native Plants

Clasping Milkweed

Asclepias amplexicaulis
Location

Native to

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Type
Annuals/Per.

May Attract

Clasping Milkweed is thought to attract these families of birds
Family
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Family
Blackbirds and Orioles
Family
New World Sparrows
Family
Vireos
Family
Waxwings
Family
Wood Warblers

Local Nurseries

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Hummingbird Hill Native Plant Nursery

4190 Free Union Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901

(434) 939-7296

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Finches
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Cardinals & Grosbeaks
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TREES

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Vireos
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+11

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TREES

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Orioles
Finches
Wood Warblers
+11

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Vireos

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Waxwings
Woodpeckers
Thrushes
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Nuthatches
Wrens
Chickadees & Titmice
+10

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TREES

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Woodpeckers
Finches
Crows & Jays
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May attract

Woodpeckers
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SHRUBS / TREES

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Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Wrens
Woodpeckers
+10

May attract

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Wrens
Woodpeckers
Nuthatches
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SHRUBS / TREES

American Plum

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Woodpeckers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Sparrows
+10

May attract

Woodpeckers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
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