The plants they can't live without

2 lifeline plants for 4 species at risk in Newfoundland and Labrador

A lifeline plant is a native plant a named species at risk depends on to survive, the milkweed a monarch caterpillar can't live without. Every one below is documented in COSEWIC/SARA or US listing sources and grows in Newfoundland and Labrador. See which ones you already grow.

Supporting 3 bird species and 1 bat at risk.

Purple Joe-Pye-WeedEutrochium purpureum

A forage plant for the Little Brown Bat

Little Brown BatEndangeredBat · forageCOSEWIC / SARA
Bank SwallowThreatenedBird · forageCOSEWIC / SARA
Barn SwallowThreatenedBird · forageCOSEWIC / SARA

White SprucePicea glauca

Food and shelter the Olive-sided Flycatcher depends on

Olive-sided FlycatcherThreatenedBird · forageCOSEWIC / SARA

Relationships are drawn from COSEWIC/SARA assessments, the US Endangered Species Act listings, and academic host-plant references. Every plant shown grows natively in Newfoundland and Labradorand exists in the Hortus catalogue. Status links go to the assessing body.