Late season North American native pollinator plants for the California Sierra Foothills

• Pollinator Partnership ecoregional planting guides

  Why plant choice must be narrowed to an ecoregion rather than treated as continent-wide.

• Find Your Roots native plant selection tool

  The recommended next step for a ZIP-code and ecoregion-specific plant list.

• Planting for Pollinators

  Support for planning a succession of bloom from early spring through fall.

• Recommended Plants: California Sierra Foothills Region

  Exact California Sierra Foothills species, bloom periods, and ecological roles.

• National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder methodology

  Ranks locally native plant genera by the butterflies and moths they host, connecting host plants to caterpillars and the birds that eat them.

• The ecological role of native-plant landscaping in residential yards to birds during the nonbreeding period

  Connects native tree and shrub cover and leaf litter with winter bird abundance and feeding activity in residential yards.

• Soft Landings: layered habitat beneath native trees

  Guidance for combining native trees, understory plants, and leaf litter into sheltered habitat where insects can complete their life cycles.

• Nesting & Overwintering Habitat for Pollinators & Other Beneficial Insects

  Guidance for retaining natural nesting and overwintering features such as stems, seed heads, wood, soil, and leaf litter.

• Creating a multi-purpose landscape

  Connects fruit- and seed-bearing plants, retained flower heads, shrubs, and grasses with food, shelter, and winter structure for birds.

For a finer geographic match, use the Pollinator Partnership Find Your Roots tool.