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Plant | Height | Month May-Nov | Characteristics
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| M | J | J | A | S | O | N |
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Cinnamon Fern | 2-5 ft | | | | | | | | habitat for small birds,
provides nesting material
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Blue Mist Flower | 1-3 ft | | | B | B | B, S | B, S | S | nectar-rich flower,
attracts native pollinators
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Broadleaf Cattail | 9 ft | | | B | B | S | S | | provides nesting sites and
seeds for birds and insects
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Hollow Joe Pye Weed | 4-7 ft | | | B | B | B, S | S | S | attractive to native bees
and butterflies
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New York Ironweed | 4-7 ft | | | B | B | B, S | B, S | S | attracts butterflies
and native pollinators
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Swamp Rose Mallow | 5-8 ft | | B | B | B | B, S | B, S | S | attracts hummingbirds,
butterflies, songbirds
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Blue Vervain | 2-5 ft | | B | B | B | B, S | B, S | S | attracts butterflies,
songbirds, moths
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Swamp Milkweed | 3-5 ft | | B | B | B | | | | hosts 10+ butterfly species
Attracts monarch butterflies
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Blue Lobelia | 1-3 ft | | | B | B | B | | | attracts hummingbirds,
songbirds, butterflies
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Cardinal Flower | 2-4 ft | | | B | B | B | B | | attracts hummingbirds
Hosts 5+ butterfly species
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Foxglove Beardtongue | 3-5 ft | B | B | B | | | | | attracts hummingbirds,
butterflies, pollinators
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Boneset | 4-6 ft | | | B | B | B, F | | | small dry fruit, attracts
butterflies, bees, pollinators
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Spice Bush | 6-10 ft | B | | F | F | F | F | | can bloom in April
Attracts buterflies, birds
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Sweet Pepperbush | 3-8 ft | | | B | B | B | F | F | attracts hummingbirds
Provides dry fruit in winter
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Button Bush | 6-15 ft | | B | | | | | | attracts hummingbirds,
birds, butterflies, insects
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American Holly | 30+ ft | B | B | | | | F | | can bloom as early as April
Red berries feed birds
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Inkberry Holly | 4-8 ft | B | B | | | | F | | attracts songbirds,
native pollinators
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Black Elderberry | 5-12 ft | | B | B | | F | F | | attracts butterflies, birds,
native insects
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