Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary
The Sanctuary is also a stop over place for migrating butterflies. Look closely that tree isn’t moving, there are hundreds of butterflies resting.
Common Milkweed
Butterfly food
Toxic to humans
Yarrow
Favorite of Butterflies
Ragweed
Butterfly food
Swamp Milkweed
Favorite of Butterflies
Aster
Nectar for butterflies, seeds for songbirds
Joe pye-weed
wetlands plant
Coreopis
Attracts Butterflies
False Nettle
butterfly caterpillars feast on foliage
Wild Lupine
some butterflies are dependent on these
Peppergrass
nectar plant for butterflies
Panicum spp.
wetland plant
Skippers like these
Mock-orange
Lepidoptera use as food
Sweet Vernal Grass
food for skippers
Lamb’s Quarters
Butterfly food
Yellow Tulip / Poplar
attracts butterflies & hummingbirds
White Sweet Clover
attracts bees & butterflies
Alfalfa
honeybees like this, butterflies like nectar
Dandelion
nectar source for cabbage Common sulphur & others
Sweet everlasting
food for butterflies
Bramble
leaves are food for butterflies, berries for birds
Hop clover
food & nectar source
sulphurs, red admirals
White clover
food & nectar source for butterflies
Red clover
food & nectar source for butterflies
Common vetch
Common Sulphur eat leaves
Wisteria
host plants for Skippers
Common Chicory
wildflower nectar & food source for butterflies
Snakeroot
attracts bees, butterflies & birds
Vetch
food and nectar source for Sulphurs, Gray Hairstreak
Cow Vetch
birds like seeds, butterflies like nectar
Wild lupine
attracts butterflies
Whorled Loosestrife
attracts butterflies
Black-eyed Susan
nectar & food for butterflies
Plants for Butterflies
