Achillea millefolium (yarrow)
Host plant to: American Ladies, Fritillaries + Checkerspots
Allium
Host plant to: Bees + Butterflies
Althaea officinalis (marshmallow)
Host plant to: Bees
Amelanchier arborea (downy serviceberry)
Host plant to: Red-spotted Purple, Red-spotted Purple, 100 species of caterpillars, Cedar Waxwings, American Robins, Baltimore Orioles, Ruffed Grouse, Thrushes, Towhees, Mourning Doves, Eastern Bluebirds, Northern Flicker, Cardinals, Hermit Thrush, Hairy Woodpeckers
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
Host plant to: Monarch Butterfly, Queen Butterfly, Bees + Hummingbirds
Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed)
Host plant to: Monarch Butterfly, Queen Butterfly, Soldier Butterfly, Hummingbirds
Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea)
Host plant to: Mottled Duskywing, Spring Azure, + Summer Azure butterflies
Cephalanthus occidentalis (buttonbush)
Host plant to: Titan Sphinx moth, Hydrangea Sphinx moth, skippers, hummingbirds + bees
Clethra alnifolia (summersweet)
Host plant to: Sweet Pepperbush Nola Moth, Large Lace Border, Unicorn catepillar, butterflies, bees + hummingbirds
Conoclinium coelestinum (blue mistflower)
Host plant to: Lined Ruby Tiger Moth + Clymene Moth
Cornus sericea (red osier dogwood)
Host plant to: spring azure butterfly, various moths + bees
Cosmos bipinnatus (cosmos)
Host plant to: lacewings, hoverflies, tachninid flies + various bees
Dianthus barbatus (sweet william)
Not technically a host plant, but birds enjoy the seeds, and pollinators enjoy various parts of the plant
Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
Host plant to: Silvery Checkerspot Butterfly + various butterfly/moth species
Erigeron philadelphicus (fleabane)
Host plant to: Lynx flower moth, northern metalmark, speyer's cucullia, wavy-lined emerald + various bees/flies/butterflies
Eryngium yuccifolium (rattlesnake master)
Host plant to: black swallowtail butterfly, monarchs + songbirds
Hydrangea paniculata (hydrangea little lime punch)
Not a host plant, more for ornamental purposes
Hydrangea macrophylla (endless summer hydrangea)
Not a host plant, more for ornamental purposes
Liatris spicata (dense blazing star)
Host plant to: Glorious Flower Moth, Three-lined Flower Moth, and Blazing Star Borer Moth, bees, birds + various insects
Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot)
Host plant to: Raspberry pyrausta butterfly, various bees + butterflies
Muhlenbergia capillaris (pink muhly grass)
Host plant to: various moths + butterflies
Nepeta (catmint)
Host plant to: Hermit sphinx moth, False crocus geometer moth + various other winged creatures
Orange lilies
Not a host plant, but attractive to pollinators like bees + butterflies
Pachysandra terminalis
Not a host plant, and grows very aggressively. Used for groundcover in shaded areas where plants struggle to grow
Peony
Not a host plant, more for ornamental purposes
Phlox paniculata (garden phlox)
Host plant to: various butterfly + moth larvae
Pink profusion salvia
Not a host, but bumblebees + butterflies love to feed on their blooms
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (narrow leaved mountain mint)
Host plant to: Gray Hairstreak Butterfly
Rhododendron
Host plant to:
Columbia silkmoth + bees
Rudbeckia hirta (black eyed susan)
Host plant to:
Silvery Checkerspot, Gorgone Checkerspot, Bordered Patch, Wavy-lined Emerald moth + goldfinches
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (elderberry)
Host plant to:
Polyphemus moth, Cecropia moth, and at least 27 other moth and butterfly species
Solidago rugosa (wrinkleleaf goldenrod)
Host plant to: various insects, several moth and butterfly caterpillars, leaf beetles, and leafhoppers, eastern goldfinch, indigo bunting and swamp sparrow
Sunflowers
Host plant to:
Painted Lady, Silvery Checkerspot, Bordered Patch, bees, beetles, hummingbirds, various birds + flies
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (new england aster)
Host plant to:
Taxus (yew)
Host plant to: Thrushes, waxwings + various moths
Thymus serpyllum (creeping thyme)
Host plant to: Common blue butterfly, Large blue butterfly + bees
Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry)
Host plant to:
Brown Elfin butterfly, Striped Hairstreak butterfly, Spring Azure butterfly, Henry's Elfin butterfly, Red-spotted Purple butterfly, Frosted Elfin butterfly, Polyphemus moth, Beggar moth, Huckleberry sphinx moth, bumble bees, small, solitary bees, carpenter bees +honey bees
Viola soraria (violet)
Host plant to:
Great Spangled Fritillary, Coronis Fritillary, Mormon Fritillary, Variegated Fritillary, Edwards' Fritillary, Aphrodite Fritillary, Meadow Fritillary, Silver-bordered Fritillary, various bees + birds