Kress Garden Inventory

All Four Small Kress Audubon Garden Signs

Have you visited the Kress Native Plant Garden at the Todd Wildlife Sanctuary? If so, you may be curious about the names and wildlife-attracting benefits of these beautiful native plants. Take a look below for a list of the plants. In addition to the birds, most are also attractive to pollinators, and some also provide food for the caterpillars. More information coming soon!

Image	Common Name/ Scientific Name	May Attract
	Allegheny serviceberry Amelanchier laevis Attributes: Shrubs, Trees, Fruit, Butterflies, Caterpillars	Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	American elder Sambucus canadensis Attributes: Shrubs, Fruit	Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Waxwings
	Aromatic aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium	Finches, Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa (photinia melanocarpa) Attributes: Shrubs, Fruit	Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Vireos, Waxwings
	Black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta Attributes: Annuals/Per., Butterflies, Caterpillars	Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Boneset Eupatorum perfoliatum	Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Brown-eyed susan Rudbeckia triloba Attributes: Annuals/Per. Butterflies, Caterpillars	Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Butterflyweed (Butterfly Milkweed) Asclepias tuberosa Attributes: Annuals/Per., Nectar, Fruit, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Nuts	Finches, Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Hummingbirds, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis Attributes: Annuals/Per., Nectar, Butterflies, Caterpillars	Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Hummingbirds, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Dotted horsemint Monarda punctata	Hummingbirds
	Eastern beebalm Monarda bradburiana	Hummingbirds
	Eastern bluestar Amsonia tabernaemontana s. salicifolia	COMING SOON
	Eastern Joe-Pye weed Eutrochium dubium	COMING SOON
	Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea Attributes: Annuals/Per.	Sparrows, Orioles, Wood Warblers, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Vireos, Waxwings
	Green (Winter King) hawthorn Crataegus viridis*	COMING SOON
	Hairy beardtongue Penstemon hirsutus – Attributes: Annuals/Per., Nectar, Butterflies, Caterpillars	Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Hummingbirds, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Heart-leaved aster Symphyotrichum cordifolium	COMING SOON
	Helen's flower (Common sneezeweed) Helenium autumnale	COMING SOON
	Highbush Cranberry Viburnum Viburnum opulus var. trilobum Attributes: Shrubs, Trees, Fruit, Butterflies, Caterpillars	Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Hollow stem Joe-Pye weed Eutrochium fistulosum	COMING SOON
	Lanceleaf tickseed Coreopsis lanceolata Attributes: Annuals/Per., Seeds	Finches, Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Vireos, Waxwings
	Little False bluestem Schizacharium scoparium Attributes: Grasses, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Seeds	Finches, Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Marsh marigold Caltha palustris -	COMING SOON
	New England aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Attributes: Annuals/Per., Butterflies, Caterpillars, Seeds	Finches, Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Nodding pink onion Allium cernuum	COMING SOON
	Northern blazing star Liatris scariosa	COMING SOON
	Pink tickseed Coreopsis rosea	COMING SOON
	Prairie coneflower Ratibida pinata	COMING SOON
	Red chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia (Photinia pyrifolia) Attributes: Shrubs, Fruit	Sparrows, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Vireos, Waxwings
	Red elderberry (Red Elder) Sambucus racemosa Attributes: Shrubs, Nectar, Fruit, Butterflies, Caterpillars	Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Hummingbirds, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Red mulberry Morus rubra (D) Attributes: Trees, Fruit, Butterflies, Caterpillars	Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Red osier dogwood Cornus sericea Attributes: Shrubs, Trees, Fruit, Butterflies, Caterpillars	Finches, Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Rock harlequin corydalis Heliopsis helianthoides	COMING SOON
	Seaside goldenrod Solidago sempervirens Attributes: Annuals/Per., Succulents, Butterflies, Caterpillars	Finches, Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Shadblow serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis	COMING SOON
	Short-toothed mountain mint Pycnanthemum muticum	COMING SOON
	Silky dogwood Cornus amomum Attributes: Shrubs, Fruit, Butterflies, Caterpillars	Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Spicebush Lindera benzoin	COMING SOON
	Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata – Attributes: Annuals/Per., Fruit, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Nuts	Finches, Chickadees & Titmice, Sparrows, Cardinals & Grosbeaks, Woodpeckers, Orioles, Crows & Jays, Thrushes, Wood Warblers, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Wrens, Vireos, Waxwings
	Tall blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica	COMING SOON
	Tall white beardtongue Penstemon digitalis –	COMING SOON
	Virginia mountain-mint Pycnanthemum virginianum – Attributes: Annuals/Per.	Sparrows, Orioles, Wood Warblers, Mockingbirds & Thrashers, Vireos, Waxwings
	Wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa	COMING SOON
	Wild blue indigo Baptisia australis	COMING SOON
	Wild columbine Aquilegia canadensis- columbine	COMING SOON
	Winterberry Ilex verticillata	COMING SOON
IMAGE COMING SOON	Witherod vibernum Viburnum cassinoides*	COMING SOON

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