Plant Pollinator-Friendly Plant Species

By Sound Native Plants Staff | April 8, 2024 |
Cartoon person watering flowers

Supporting our pollinators is a vital ecosystem service that we humans can provide! Pollinators, such as bees, beetles, butterflies, and moths, help plants grow fruits and seeds — without them, we would not have food to eat. Urbanization, mono crop agriculture, light pollution, and many other features of this modern world limit pollinator habitat and…

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Vine Maples as Foliage Trees for Rubies & Bees

By Sound Native Plants Staff | October 3, 2025 |
Photo of Acer circinatum leaves in full fall color

Want to add shade and color to your landscape while helping native-pollinators? Acer circinatum by Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington on Flickr Consider vine maple! Vine maple (Acer circinatum) decorates mountain streams with splashes of glowing red and orange in the fall. This shrubby maple’s palmate, deeply divided leaves, borne in tiered branches,…

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