Bird Habitat
All species listed here provide food, cover, or nesting materials for birds, and all are native to eastern Nebraska. This list is for siting reference; we do not grow all plants listed.

Wildflowers
Common Name | Latin Name |
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columbine | Aquilegia canadensis |
tall thistle | Cirsium altissimum |
flodman’s thistle | Cirsium flodmanii |
stiff tickseed | Coreopsis palmata |
golden tickseed | Coreopsis tinctoria |
narrow-leaved coneflower | Echinacea angustifolia |
common sunflower | Helianthus annus |
maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani |
stiff sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus |
sunchoke | Helianthus tuberosus |
beebalm | Monarda fistulosa |
black-eyed susan | Rudbeckia hirta |
sochan, cutleaf coneflower | Rudbeckia laciniata |
rosinweed | Silphium integrifolium |
cup plant | Silphium perfoliatum |
Vines & Shrubs
Common Name | Latin Name |
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American bittersweet | Celastrus scandens |
silky dogwood | Cornus amomum |
roughleaf dogwood | Cornus drummondii |
Virginia creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
woodbine | Parthenocissus vitacea |
chokecherry | Prunus virginiana |
fragrant sumac | Rhus aromatica |
smooth sumac | Rhus glabra |
gooseberry | Ribes missouriense |
peachleaf willow | Salix amygdaloides |
black willow | Salix nigra |
elderberry | Sambucus canadensis |
riverbank grape | Vitis riparia |
Grasses & Sedges
Common Name | Latin Name |
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big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii |
bicknel’s sedge | Carex bicknellii |
short-beak sedge | Carex brevior |
heavy sedge | Carex vulpinoidea |
switchgrass | Panicum virgatum |
little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium |
indian grass | Sorghastrum nutans |
