Photo of a Cut-leaved Anemone plant.355
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Cut-leaved Anemone

Anemone multifida Poir.

Photo of a Western Red Lily plant.940
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Western Red Lily

Lilium philadelphicum L.

Photo of a Western Red Lily plant.940
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Western Red Lily

Lilium philadelphicum L.

Photo of a Pink-flowered Onion plant.354
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Pink-flowered Onion

Allium stellatum Fraser

Photo of a Pink-flowered Onion plant.354
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Pink-flowered Onion

Allium stellatum Fraser

Photo of a Common Yarrow plant.351
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Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium L.

Photo of a Rough Agalinus plant.352
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Rough Agalinis

Agalinus aspera (Dougl. ex Benth.) Britt.

Photo of a Rough Agalinus plant.352
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Rough Agalinis

Agalinus aspera (Dougl. ex Benth.) Britt.

Photo of a Cut-leaved Anemone plant.355
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Cut-leaved Anemone

Anemone multifida Poir.

Photo of a Common Yarrow plant.351
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Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium L.

Virtual Prairie Tours

An open field of plain prairie

Observe wild plants and pollinators in their natural habitats.

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Plant & Pollinator Gallery

Tour the wild plant and pollinator gallery to see photographs of important and rare species.


Photo of a Dwarf Milkweed plant.
Photo of a common sawfly.
Photo of a Northern Bedstraw plant.
Photo of a bumblebee with a full pollen basket on an aster flower head.
Photo of a Wild Bergamot plant.
Photo of a Hare-footed Locoweed plant.
Photo of a mature male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (front view).
Photo of a Stiff Sunflower plant.
Photo of a mosquito on a Shrubby Cinquefoil flower.
Photo of a Sand Verbena plant.
Photo of a march fly on bark.
Photo of a Western Prairie Fringed Orchid plant.
Photo of a Sand Verbena plant.

Photo of a mining bee on Golden Alexander flowers.
Photo of a Prairie Groundsel plant.
Photo of a Western Red Lily plant.
Photo of a common sawfly.
Photo of a Lilac-flowered Beardtongue plant.
Photo of a Selfheal plant.
Photo of an Acadian Hairstreak butterfly on a leaf.
Photo of a preserved specimen of Eugnoriste, back view.
Photo of a Soapweed plant.
Photo of a White Cinquefoil plant.
Photo of a Black-eyed Susan plant.
Photo of a Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on a Dotted Blazingstar flower head.
Photo of a Gold-edged Gem moth (Schinia avemensis), back view.
Photo of a Gaillardia plant.
Photo of a blow fly on Smooth Ox-eye flower head.
Photo of a Western Silvery Aster plant.
Photo of a flower fly on Golden Alexander flowers.
Photo of a Seneca Root plant.
Photo of a flesh fly on wood.
Photo of a Lance-leaved Psoralea plant.
Photo of a soldier beetle.
Photo of a Rigid Goldenrod plant.
Photo of a mosquito on a Shrubby Cinquefoil flower.
Photo of a Mormon Metalmark butterfly.
Photo of a Wild Bergamot plant.
Photo of a Poweshiek Skipperling butterfly on a Black-eyed Susan flower head.
Photo of a Purple Prairie-clover plant.
Photo of a preserved specimen of an Oxytorinae species, side view.
Photo of a Dwarf Milkweed plant.
Photo of a Hairy Prairie-clover plant.
Photo of a leafcutter bee on a Black-eyed Susan flower head.
Photo of a Common Yarrow plant.

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FUN FACT: Did you know… some flowers trick insects into pollinating them by smelling nice but not supplying nectar?
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FAQ

All your questions about pollination are answered here.

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Did you know... some flowers trick insects into pollinating them by smelling nice but not supplying nectar?