North American Keystone Plants - BETA
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Prairie Coreopsis
Coreopsis palmata
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Large Flower Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
Cobweb Thistle
Cirsium occidentale
Cascade Penstemon
Penstemon serrulatus
Western Columbine
Aquilegia formosa
White Spruce
Picea glauca
Saskatoon Serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
Black Spruce
Picea mariana
Maryland Golden-Aster
Chrysopsis mariana
Desert Marigold
Baileya multiradiata
Bear Oak
Quercus ilicifolia
Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Goodding’s Willow
Salix gooddingii
Sand Laurel Oak
Quercus hemisphaerica
Pitch Pine
Pinus rigida
River Birch
Betula nigra
Deerbrush
Ceanothus integerrimus
Our keystone tool uses ecoregions rather than state-by-state native plant lists. Most plants shown are native to a large portion of the ecoregion โ and all are highly beneficial to local insects, birds, and wildlife. Learn more about ecoregions here.
