Wingstem or Yellow Ironweed (Verbesina alternifolia), a major late season pollinator resource and larval host plant.

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Steeplebush or Hardhack (Spiraea tomentosa), grows in sandy soils, dry or wet. At least a half a dozen Lepidoptera species including several Sphinx moths utilize this plant as a larval host.

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Great St. John’s Wort (Hypericum ascyron). This plant provides only pollen and no nectar to the bumblebees that pollinate it. A major larval host plant for over a half a dozen butterfly species.

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