Golden Ragwort in full bloom in the spring

A Wildlife Habitat

  Provides:

• Food

• Water

• Shelter

• Nesting Sites

Coreopsis, blanket flower, beardtongue and blue wild indigo in June

Our Habitat Offers:

        Native Plants which provide food:

• Nectar plants for butterflies, hummingbirds, bees and other wildlife

• Host plants (leaves) for caterpillars and other wildlife

• Seeds for birds and other wildlife

• Berries for birds and other wildlife

          Water for butterflies, birds, frogs and other wildlife

        Shelter in bushes and other native plants, as well as in birdhouses, under rocks, in the soil and in the mulch

          Nesting Sites among the plants, under rocks and in birdhouses

Purple muhly grass beginning to bloom in the fall

False aster (Boltonia), brown-eyed Susan, cup plant in late summer

Our Habitat

helps with:

®                Erosion

®                Conservation

®                Preserving wildlife

®                Filtering water before it enters the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

®                Teaching biology, ecology and other sciences, as well as fosters an awareness of our environment

®                Beautification of our campus

®                Encourages relationships among students, faculty and the local community

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Native Plants in the Habitat

Brown-eyed Susan and summer phlox blooming in July/August