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Rudbeckia hirta
A grassland bird losing its grasslands. Native bunchgrasses bring back the insects and cover it needs.
⚠ Supports a species at riskWho this brings back
Supports 5 species at risk.
A grassland bird losing its grasslands. Native bunchgrasses bring back the insects and cover it needs.
A bubbling song of summer meadows, now threatened. Native grasses rebuild the habitat it raises its young in.
It perches on tall spruces and sallies out to catch flying insects. Native blooms keep its prey in the air.
Its slow 'pee-a-wee' call is heard less each year. It needs the flying insects native blooms feed.
Our native ladybugs are being pushed out. Native plants give them aphids to hunt and cover to overwinter.
Where it grows
Prairies, old fields, and roadsides.
Other plants the Eastern Meadowlark needs