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 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.

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 Rough Agalinus plant.352
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Rough Agalinis

Agalinus aspera (Dougl. ex Benth.) Britt.

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

Lilium philadelphicum 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 Harebell plant.
Photo of a Yucca Moth on a Soapweed flower.
Photo of a Many-flowered Aster plant.
Photo of a Tiny Cryptanthe plant.
Photo of a Silverleaf Psoralea plant.
Photo of a minute black scavenger fly on a twig.
Photo of a Daisy Fleabane plant.
Photo of a fruit fly on a leaf.
Photo of a Smooth Wild Strawberry plant.
Photo of a Pink-flowered Onion plant.
Photo of a Hummingbird Clearwing moth feeding on flower nectar.
Photo of a leafcutter bee on a Black-eyed Susan flower head.
Photo of a Hare-footed Locoweed plant.

Photo of a stable fly on a finger.
Photo of a Hare-footed Locoweed plant.
Photo of a Pale Yellow Dune Moth (Copablepharon grandis), back view.
Photo of a parasitic fly on yarrow flower heads.
Photo of an Upland White Goldenrod plant.
Photo of a preserved specimen of an Oxytorinae species, side view.
Photo of a Cabbage White butterfly on an aster flower head.
Photo of a Showy Milkweed plant.
Photo of a fruit fly on a leaf.
Photo of a yellowjacket wasp on a thistle flower head.
Photo of a march fly on bark.
Photo of a Western Silvery Aster plant.
Photo of an owlet moth hovering over a flower.
Photo of a Silverleaf Psoralea plant.
Photo of a White Prairie-clover plant.
Photo of a Hoary Puccoon plant.
Photo of a Hummingbird Clearwing moth feeding on flower nectar.
Photo of a Showy Goldenrod plant.
Photo of a White Cinquefoil plant.
Photo of a Gaillardia plant.
Photo of a Spotted Cucumber Beetle on a Nuttall's Sunflower head.
Photo of a scathophagid fly on a leaf.
Photo of a Cut-leaved Anemone plant.
Photo of a Prairie Rose plant.
Photo of a Many-flowered Aster plant.
Photo of a Common Wood-nymph butterfly on thistle flower head.
Photo of a Prairie Coneflower plant.
Photo of a Harebell plant.
Photo of a Hairy Golden-aster plant.
Photo of a Closed Gentian plant.
Photo of an American Vetch plant.
Photo of an Ascending Purple Milk-vetch plant.
Photo of a Swamp Milkweed plant.

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FUN FACT: Did you know… bumblebees are kept in greenhouses to pollinate tomatoes?

FAQ

All your questions about pollination are answered here.

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POLLINATION
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CHALLENGE

Wild species need your help! Learn what you can do.

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Games &
Activities

Build your own pollinator, test your pollination IQ and explore The Manitoba Museum's dioramas.

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Resources to help you plan a trip to a prairie preserve, create a pollinator friendly garden or farm, or help students learn about pollination.

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Le saviez-vous? Les maraîchers serristes gardent des bourdons pour polliniser les tomates.