Investigate the common plants found in your Habitat Learning Lab.
Click on the plant’s name below to learn:
On each species’ webpage, you can download:
Use the Plant Purpose Chart to learn which native plants provide food sources for backyard wildlife including butterflies, caterpillars, native bees, other pollinators, hummingbirds, and other songbirds!
Learn which plants are native and why it is important to Plant Native Plants instead of non-native species whenever possible.
For additional suggestions about which species to include in your Habitat Lab, visit our Plant Suggestions webpage.
Use this chart to learn the differences between these species:
Milkweed Comparison Chart
Similar Species
Although moss, algae, mushrooms
(fungi) and lichens are often thought of as plants, they do not have the same shape and structure as common plants like wildflowers, bushes or trees. These differences have led to these groups of organisms being classified into four different Kingdoms (or categories).
Click on the charts to view them in a new, larger window. Click on the names of the charts (in maroon) to download them.
