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Polliscaping* Polliscaping is landscape design through a pollinators eyes The purpose of all Polliscaping is to provide an environment in which pollinators not only survivethey THRIVE * Becki de Neui-Lynch, PhD ~ Linn County
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* Becki de Neui-Lynch, PhD ~ Linn County Master Gardener
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* Bees & & Wasps
Butt utterflies a and nd Mo Moths ths Flies ies Slugs Hum umans ns Ba Bats & & Other A Anima mals
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Actually, not a bee! A bee-mimic fly Blue Orchard Mason Bee
Nesters
Sweat Bee Honeybees [Colony Nesters] (Non-Native) Carpenter Bees Cuckoo Bees Bumble Bees, Native [Colony Nesters]
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Pollen (Protein) Nectar (Carbohydrates) Shelter Food & Shelter (Host Plants)
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5 Native Common M Milkweed
Supports over 400 species of insects, which in turn provide food for animals up the food chain
Non-Nativ ive “Exotic” Mexican Sunflower Hybridi dize zed N d Non-Nativ ive Hydrangea “Twist and Shout”
Nativar ( (Native-ish ish) Echinacea “Doubledecker”
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6 Mt Cuba Center, Delaware
Noelridge Park, Cedar Rapids Signs help spread the word
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Downy S Servicebe berry (Amelanchier arborea) Red ed M Maple ple (Acer rubrum) Pussy W Will illow (Salix discolor)
Dia iablo Nin inebark ( (Nativar) (Physocarpus opulifolius) Arrowo
Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum)
But uttonbus ush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
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Sun: Full, Partial Soil: Alkaline/ Medium-Dry, Dry Height: 6 inches
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Sun: Partial, Shade Soil: Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry Height: 6 inches
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Sun: Full, Partial Soil: Well-drained, dry to wet-mesic Height: 8 inches
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Sun: Full, Partial Height: 4 Feet Soil Moisture: Moist-to-Medium Dry Soil: Fertile loam, or some gravel
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Sun: Full, partial Soil: Medium Wet-to Dry Height: 4 feet
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Sun: Full, Partial Soil Moisture: Medium-to-Dry Height: 2 feet
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Sun: Full Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry Height: 4 feet
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Sun: Full, Partial Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry Height: 5 feet
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(Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Sun: Full, Partial Soil Moisture: Wet to Medium-Dry Height: 5 feet
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Resource Guide on monarchresearch.org (Habitat Programs)
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