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The plants they can't live without
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 Saskatchewan. See which ones you already grow.
Supporting 10 bird species, 2 butterfly species, 1 bat, 1 bee and 1 beetle at risk.
A larval host — Monarch Butterfly caterpillars develop on it
A forage plant for the Little Brown Bat
A forage plant for the Little Brown Bat
Food and shelter the Bank Swallow depends on
Food and shelter the Bobolink depends on
A larval host — Dakota Skipper caterpillars develop on it
A larval host — Dakota Skipper caterpillars develop on it
A forage plant for the Dakota Skipper
Food and shelter the Bobolink depends on
Food and shelter the Sprague's Pipit depends on
Food and shelter the Eastern Whip-poor-will depends on
A forage plant the Western Bumble Bee depends on
Food and shelter the Canada Warbler depends on
A forage plant the Western Bumble Bee depends on
Food and shelter the Bobolink depends on
A forage plant the Western Bumble Bee depends on
Food and shelter the Olive-sided Flycatcher depends on
Relationships are drawn from COSEWIC/SARA assessments, the US Endangered Species Act listings, and academic host-plant references. Every plant shown grows natively in Saskatchewanand exists in the Hortus catalogue. Status links go to the assessing body.