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Plants that native bees nest beneath, within, or harvest parts from to construct their nests. This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy bluestem Brushy bluestem | |
| Andropogon hallii | Sand bluestem | |
| Andropogon ternarius | Splitbeard bluestem | |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge bluestem Broom-sedge | |
| Artemisia californica | Coastal sagebrush California sagebrush | |
| Artemisia campestris | Field sagewort | |
| Artemisia cana | Silver sagebrush Coaltown sagebrush Dwarf sagebrush Hoary sagebrush Silvery sagebrush | |
| Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis | Field sagewort Northern Wormwood | |
| Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata | Field sagewort | |
| Artemisia douglasiana | Douglas mugwort Douglas' sagewort | |
| Artemisia dracunculus | Tarragon | |
| Artemisia filifolia | Sand sagebrush Silver sagebrush Silvery wormwood Sand sage | |
| Artemisia frigida | Prairie sagewort Prairie sagebrush Fringed sage Pasture sage | |
| Artemisia ludoviciana | Louisiana artemisia Louisiana sage White sage Prairie sage Silver sage White sagebrush Louisiana wormwood Silver wormwood Louisiana sagewort Gray sagewort Cudweed sagewort Mugwort wormwood | |
| Artemisia nova | Black sagebrush | |
| Artemisia palmeri | San Diego sagebrush San Diego sagewort | |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple three-awn Red threeawn | |
| Aristida purpurea var. longiseta | Red three-awn Fendler three-awn | |
| Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi | Blue threeawn | |
| Aristida purpurea var. purpurea | Purple threeawn Red threeawn | |
| Artemisia pycnocephala | Beach sagebrush Beach wormwood Sand hill sage | |
| Artemisia stelleriana | Dusty Miller Oldwoman | |
| Artemisia tilesii ssp. elatior | Tilesius' wormwood Aleutian Mugwort | |
| Artemisia tridentata | Big sagebrush Great Basin sagebrush | |
| Artemisia vulgaris | Common wormwood Mugwort | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy grama | |
| Bromus kalmii | Arctic brome Prairie brome Wild chess | |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud Redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. canadensis | Eastern redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. mexicana | Mexican redbud | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas redbud | |
| Cercis orbiculata | California redbud Western redbud Arizona redbud Pata de vaca | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert willow Flowering willow Willow-leaved catalpa Trumpet flower | |
| Cirsium arizonicum | Arizona thistle | |
| Cirsium brevistylum | Clustered thistle Indian thistle Short-style thistle | |
| Cirsium canescens | Prairie thistle | |
| Cirsium cymosum | Peregrine thistle | |
| Cirsium discolor | Field thistle | |
| Cirsium drummondii | Dwarf thistle | |
| Cirsium edule | Edible thistle | |
| Cirsium engelmannii | Engelmann's thistle | |
| Cirsium flodmanii | Flodman's thistle | |
| Cirsium foliosum | Elk thistle | |
| Cirsium hillii | Hill's Thistle Hollow-rooted Thistle Prairie Thistle | |
| Cirsium horridulum | Yellow thistle | |
| Cirsium mohavense | Mojave thistle | |
| Cirsium muticum | Swamp thistle | |
| Cirsium neomexicanum | New Mexico thistle Utah thistle | |
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