Photo of a Common Yarrow plant.351
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Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium L.

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

Allium stellatum Fraser

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

Lilium philadelphicum L.

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 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 Common Yarrow plant.351
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Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium L.

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

Allium stellatum Fraser

Photo of a Rough Agalinus plant.352
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Rough Agalinis

Agalinus aspera (Dougl. ex Benth.) Britt.

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 preserved specimen of Chaetopsis, back view.
Photo of a Seneca Root plant.
Photo of a Mormon Metalmark butterfly on an aster flower head.
Photo of a Cabbage White butterfly on an aster flower head.
Photo of a Western Silvery Aster plant.
Photo of a yellow-faced bee on a Shrubby Cinquefoil flower.
Photo of a White Flower Moth.
Photo of a Black Swallowtail butterfly on a thistle flower head.
Photo of a flower fly on Golden Alexander flowers.
Photo of a Rough Agalinus plant.
Photo of a Dotted Blazingstar plant.
Photo of a Dakota Skipper butterfly.
Photo of a Slender Mouse-ear Cress plant.

Photo of a Mormon Metalmark butterfly.
Photo of a Yucca Moth on a Soapweed flower.
Photo of a yellowjacket wasp on a thistle flower head.
Photo of a Rigid Goldenrod plant.
Photo of a Cabbage White butterfly on an aster flower head.
Photo of a Prairie Coneflower plant.
Photo of a Canada Goldenrod plant.
Photo of a Common Yarrow plant.
Photo of a Closed Gentian plant.
Photo of a Narrow-leaved Sunflower plant.
Photo of a Spotted Cucumber Beetle on a Nuttall's Sunflower head.
Photo of a Red-blue Checkered Beetle on a Common Yarrow flower head.
Photo of a Blue-eyed Grass plant.
Photo of a Flodman's Thistle plant.
Photo of a Prairie Rose plant.
Photo of a White Prairie-clover plant.
Photo of a Slender Mouse-ear Cress plant.
Photo of a Showy Milkweed plant.
Photo of a beewolf on a Shrubby Cinquefoil flower.
Photo of a bee fly on a Western Silvery Aster flower head.
Photo of a sweat bee on a Dandelion flower head.
Photo of a Monarch butterfly on a Dotted Blazingstar flower head.
Photo of a preserved specimen of Eugnoriste, back view.
Photo of a Soapweed plant.
Photo of a cuckoo bee on a fleabane flower head.
Photo of an Ottoe Skipper butterfly.
Photo of a braconid wasp on a leaf.
Photo of a Lilac-flowered Beardtongue plant.
Photo of a preserved specimen of a Grass Fly species, back view.
Photo of a Wild Bergamot plant.
Photo of a Shrubby Cinquefoil plant.
Photo of an American Vetch plant.
Photo of a Skeletonweed 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?