Photographic Plant/Pollinator
Database
Alphabetical Index by Genus
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Includes some benefical (predator) insects: for more on beneficial insects
Some pest Insects are also pollinators or at least flower visitors: for more pest insect images
Database of caterpillar/food plant associations
This large project is under construction,
just begun August 20, 2001. It may take a couple years to fill out.
Why and How is this undertaken?
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Acer rubrum red maple, swamp maple
Ambrosia (Ragweed)
Arisaema (Jack in the Pulpit)*
Asclepias syriaca Common
milkweed
Asclepias variegata White
milkweed
Asimina parviflora Dwarf pawpaw
Aster novae-angliae
New England Aster
Baptisia cinerea Sandhills
baptisia
Barbarea verna Early winter
cress
Berchemia scandens (Alabama supplejack or vine rattan)**
Betula sp. (Birch) Possibly River Birch, Betula nigra
Bidens laevis Begger Tick,
Bur-marigold
Calycanthus floridus
Sweet-shrub
Cassia fasciculata
Partridge Pea . Family Leguminosae
Cercis (Red bud)
Circium horridulum
Yellow thistle
Conoclinium coelestinum Blue
mistflower
Coreopsis gladiata Tickseed
Cornus sp (Dogwood)*
Diospyros (Persimmon)
Eupatorium fistulosum Joe
Pye weed
Fragaria sp. (Strawberry)
Fraxinus sp. (Ash)
Gelsemium sempervirens (Yellow jessamine)
Gentiana autumnalis Pine
Barrens Gentian
Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey locust)
Gossypium hirsutum
Cotton
Hibiscus moscheutos
Swamp rose mallow, wild cotton
Ilex sp. (Holly/yaupon/possom haw/black
alder/winterberry)
Ipomoea quamoclit Cypress vine
Jaquemontia tamnifolia
Tie vine
Lantana camara
Liatris squarrosa Blazing
star
Liriodendron tulipifera
(Tulip poplar)*
Liquidambar (Sweetgum)
Lonicera (Honeysuckle)*
Magnolia virginica
Sweet bay
Melilotus officinalis White
Sweet Clover
Mikania scandens Climbing Hempweed
Monarda punctata Horse
mint
Nyssa aquatica (Tupelo gum)**
Nyssa sylvatica (Black gum)**
Oenothera tetragona Northern
sundrop
Passiflora incarnata Maypop (Northamerican passionflower)
Pinus sp (Pine)*
Polygala lutea Orange
milkwort
Prunus Plums and cherries
Pueraria lobata Kudzu (The
Vine that Ate the South)
Rexia mariana Pale meadow-beauty
Richardia scabra Mexican clover
Rhus copallina Winged sumac
Rumex (Dock)*
Salix (Willow)** male and female flower pics
Sambucus/Viburnum (Elderberry/Viburnum)
Saururus (Lizard's tail)**
Senna obtusifolia Sickle Pod
Solidago sp Goldenrod (Warning:
many pictures, may be slow to load)
Sparganium (Bur reed)*
Symplocos (Sweet leaf)
Toxicodendron/Rhus (Poison oak/ivy/sumac)** Poison ivy flower
Trifolium repens white
Dutch clover
Utricaceae (Nettle family)
Vaccinium arboreum
Sparkleberry
Verbena bonariensis
South American vervain
Viburnum nudum Possom haw
*Pollen has been found in South Carolina honey
**Large quantities of pollen have been found in South Carolina honey
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pictoral ones)
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and moths only)
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What's Buzzin' in My Garden General
pictoral to differentiate bees, wasps, syrphid flies, etc.
Plant Identification
Interactive online weed identification
Illinois
Wildflowers of North Carolina
Pictoral guide
Wildflowers of the Southeastern US
Photo Tree
Identification Virginia Tech
Miscellaneous
Notebook of a Digital
Naturalist: Making resources available to those who can't travel to
natural preserves