Photo of a Rough Agalinus plant.352
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Rough Agalinis

Agalinus aspera (Dougl. ex Benth.) Britt.

Photo of a Common Yarrow plant.351
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Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium L.

Photo of a Pink-flowered Onion plant.354
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Pink-flowered Onion

Allium stellatum Fraser

Photo of a Western Red Lily plant.940
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Western Red Lily

Lilium philadelphicum L.

Photo of a Rough Agalinus plant.352
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Rough Agalinis

Agalinus aspera (Dougl. ex Benth.) Britt.

Photo of a Western Red Lily plant.940
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Western Red Lily

Lilium philadelphicum L.

Photo of a Cut-leaved Anemone plant.355
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Cut-leaved Anemone

Anemone multifida Poir.

Photo of a Pink-flowered Onion plant.354
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Pink-flowered Onion

Allium stellatum Fraser

Photo of a Cut-leaved Anemone plant.355
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Cut-leaved Anemone

Anemone multifida Poir.

Photo of a Common Yarrow plant.351
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Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium L.

Virtual Prairie Tours

An open field of plain prairie

Observe wild plants and pollinators in their natural habitats.

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Plant & Pollinator Gallery

Tour the wild plant and pollinator gallery to see photographs of important and rare species.


Photo of a preserved specimen of Limnia, side view.
Photo of a mosquito on a Shrubby Cinquefoil flower.
Photo of a Flat-top Goldenrod plant.
Photo of a minute black scavenger fly on a twig.
Photo of a Stiff Sunflower plant.
Photo of a White Evening-primrose plant.
Photo of a Skeletonweed plant.
Photo of a yellowjacket wasp on a thistle flower head.
Photo of a Tiny Cryptanthe plant.
Photo of a Slender Mouse-ear Cress plant.
Photo of a Gattinger's Agalinus plant.
Photo of a Purple Coneflower plant.
Photo of a Hoary Puccoon plant.

Photo of a leafcutter bee on a Black-eyed Susan flower head.
Photo of a preserved specimen of a Grass Fly species, back view.
Photo of a White Evening-primrose plant.
Photo of a Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on a Dotted Blazingstar flower head.
Photo of a beewolf on a Shrubby Cinquefoil flower.
Photo of a braconid wasp on a leaf.
Photo of a cuckoo bee on a fleabane flower head.
Photo of a Stiff Sunflower plant.
Photo of a Canada Goldenrod plant.
Photo of a Seneca Root plant.
Photo of a thick-headed fly on a sunflower head.
Photo of a Smooth Fleabane plant.
Photo of a Pale Yellow Dune Moth (Copablepharon grandis), back view.
Photo of a Prairie Rose plant.
Photo of a Saline Shootingstar plant.
Photo of a flesh fly on wood.
Photo of a flower fly on Golden Alexander flowers.
Photo of a Spiked Lobelia plant.
Photo of a Hairy Golden-aster plant.
Photo of a preserved specimen of Protopiophila latipes side view.
Photo of a Selfheal plant.
Photo of an Ascending Purple Milk-vetch plant.
Photo of a Swamp Milkweed plant.
Photo of a Shrubby Cinquefoil plant.
Photo of an Acadian Hairstreak butterfly on a leaf.
Photo of a Poweshiek Skipperling butterfly on a Black-eyed Susan flower head.
Photo of a fruit fly on a leaf.
Photo of a Meadow Blazingstar plant.
Photo of a Smooth Fleabane plant.
Photo of a Pale Comandra plant.
Photo of a Western Blue Flag plant.
Photo of a Purple Coneflower plant.
Photo of a mining bee on Golden Alexander flowers.

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FUN FACT: Did you know… orchid and milkweed pollen are contained in tiny sacs called “pollinia”?

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Wild species need your help! Learn what you can do.

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Build your own pollinator, test your pollination IQ and explore The Manitoba Museum's dioramas.

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Resources to help you plan a trip to a prairie preserve, create a pollinator friendly garden or farm, or help students learn about pollination.

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Le saviez-vous? Le pollen de l’orchidée et de l’asclépiade est contenu dans de petits globules appelés pollinies.