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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TREES

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Wood Warblers
Nuthatches
Waxwings
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TREES

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

Nuthatches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Wrens
+11

May attract

Nuthatches
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Wrens
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
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American Elm

TREES

American Elm

Ulmus americana

Waxwings
Woodpeckers
Wood Warblers
+11

May attract

Waxwings
Woodpeckers
Wood Warblers
Sparrows
Crows & Jays

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American Hazelnut

SHRUBS

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

Vireos
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Thrushes
+11

May attract

Vireos
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Thrushes
Waxwings
Nuthatches

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American Holly

EVERGREEN / SHRUBS / TREES

American Holly

Ilex opaca

Vireos
Thrushes
Chickadees & Titmice
+10

May attract

Vireos
Thrushes
Chickadees & Titmice
Orioles
Wrens

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Butterflies

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American Hornbeam

TREES

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Vireos
Thrushes
Orioles
+11

May attract

Vireos
Thrushes
Orioles
Woodpeckers
Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

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American Mountain-Ash

SHRUBS / TREES

American Mountain-Ash

Sorbus americana

Orioles
Woodpeckers
Chickadees & Titmice
+10

May attract

Orioles
Woodpeckers
Chickadees & Titmice
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Nuthatches

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

 
American Plum

SHRUBS / TREES

American Plum

Prunus americana

Woodpeckers
Orioles
Thrushes
+10

May attract

Woodpeckers
Orioles
Thrushes
Waxwings
Cardinals & Grosbeaks

Provides

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Fruit

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