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  Ecoregional Planting Guide Cards
 **Pollinator Planting Guide Cards - by Ecoregion**
*Download and print a copy of the*card appropriate for your region*.*
These regionally specific Native Pollinator Garden Recipe Cards are designed with easy to follow guidelines for creating home pollinator gardens that provide diverse and colorful herbaceous floral displays and resources across growing seasons. The recommendation for each of the plant species was determined through an extensive vetting process with native plant and pollinator authorities to ensure they meet the unique environmental characteristics and resource needs of pollinator species associated with each region.
The cards provide guidelines for smaller spaces, approximately 3’ x 6’; however, we encourage expanding your pollinator gardens over time by including other valuable habitat resources such as native flowering shrubs and/or trees, native bunch grasses, and sedges. Native shrubs and trees provide some of the earliest spring pollen and nectar resources available to pollinators and many serve as host plants for Lepidoptera species (butterflies and moths). Bunch grasses and sedges, in addition to residual woody debris and leaf litter provide necessary nesting and overwintering habitat. Some native grasses and sedge species are also host plants for Lepidoptera species.
Look for the recommended plant species where native plants are sold (including native plant nurseries and plant sales sponsored by native plant societies, nature centers, and conservation districts).
The garden recipe cards were produced through collaborative effort as part of the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Pollinator Habitat Installations Task Force.
Happy habitat planting!

Alaska Pollinator Planting GuideAK
Alaska Card
Plan your native pollinator garden with this step-by-step card...
Great Plains Region CardND, SD, NE, KS, OK
Great Plains Region Card
Plan your native pollinator garden with this step-by-step pollinator card...
Intermountain Region CardCO, MT, NV, UT, WY
Intermountain Region Card
Plan your native pollinator garden with this step-by-step pollinator card...
Midwest Region CardIA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MO, MN, OH, WI
Midwest Region Card
Plan your native pollinator garden with this step-by-step card...
Northeast Region CardCT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY..
Northeast Region Card
Plan your native pollinator garden with this step-by-step pollinator card...
Northwest Region CardID, OR, WA
Northwest Region Card
Plan your native pollinator garden with this step-by-step pollinator card...
Southeast Pollinator Garden Card with hexagonal images of flowersNC, TN, AR, SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, FL
Southeast Region Card
Plan your native pollinator garden with this step-by-step pollinator card...
Southwest Region CardAZ, NM
Southwest Region Card
Plan your native pollinator garden with this step-by-step pollinator card...
Texas Region Card TX
Texas Region Card
Plan your native pollinator garden with this step-by-step pollinator card...
 Last updated: March 15, 2022
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