A directory of featured plants in the Slippery Rock Area Parks and Recreation Pollinator Garden
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Cultivar | Bloom time | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue False Indigo | Baptisia australis | Blooms May to June | Host to the Wild Indigo Duskywing | |
| Sweet Bay Magnolia | Magnolia virginiana | Blooms May to June | Host to Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and Spicebush Swallowtail | |
| Fringe Tree | Chionanthus virginicus | Blooms May to June | Host to Laurel Sphinx Moth | |
| Staghorn Sumac | Rhus typhina | Blooms in June | Host to Hairstreak Butterflies | |
| Gray Dogwood | Cornus racemosa | Blooms in May to June | Host to Spring Azure | |
| Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | Husker Red' | Blooms April to June | |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia fulgida | Blooms June to October | Host to Wavy-lined Emerald Moth | |
| New York Ironweed | Vernonia noveboracensis | Blooms August to September | ||
| Golden Ragwort | Packera aurea | Blooms in April | ||
| Common Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | Blooms June to September | Host to Painted Lady | |
| Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | Blooms June to August | Host to many butterfly species | |
| Common Milkweed | Ascelpias syriaca | Blooms in June to August | Host to Monarch butterflies and many native bee species | |
| Bee Balm | Monarda didyma | Blooms July to August | Host to Orange Mint Moth and Hermit Sphinx Moth | |
| Blazing Star | Liatris spicata | Blooms July to August | ||
| Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana | Blooms June to September | ||
| Garden Phlox | Phlox paniculata | Blooms June to August | ||
| Canada Goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | Blooms August to September |
