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.

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

Lilium philadelphicum L.

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

Allium stellatum Fraser

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 Rough Agalinus plant.352
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Rough Agalinis

Agalinus aspera (Dougl. ex Benth.) Britt.

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

Anemone multifida Poir.

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.

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 Lilac-flowered Beardtongue plant.
Photo of a beewolf on a Shrubby Cinquefoil flower.
Photo of a Monarch butterfly on a Dotted Blazingstar flower head.
Photo of a Shrubby Cinquefoil plant.
Photo of a Pale Yellow Dune Moth (Copablepharon grandis), back view.
Photo of a Silverleaf Psoralea plant.
Photo of a mature male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (front view).
Photo of a Common Wood-nymph butterfly on thistle flower head.
Photo of a Skeletonweed plant.
Photo of a Riddell's Goldenrod with flower flies and an ambush bug on its flowers.
Photo of a preserved specimen of Limnia, side view.
Photo of a Prairie Groundsel plant.
Photo of a Western Silvery Aster plant.

Photo of a yellowjacket wasp on a thistle flower head.
Photo of a Skeletonweed plant.
Photo of an owlet moth hovering over a flower.
Photo of a Wild Bergamot plant.
Photo of a Shrubby Cinquefoil plant.
Photo of a Spiked Lobelia plant.
Photo of a Prairie Rose plant.
Photo of a flower fly on Golden Alexander flowers.
Photo of a White Evening-primrose plant.
Photo of a preserved specimen of Crinurina, side view.
Photo of a Nuttall's Blister Beetle on milk-vetch flowers.
Photo of a preserved specimen of Chaetopsis, back view.
Photo of a fruit fly on a leaf.
Photo of a Poweshiek Skipperling butterfly on a Black-eyed Susan flower head.
Photo of a Small White Lady's-slipper plant.
Photo of a preserved specimen of an Oxytorinae species, side view.
Photo of a Three-flowered Avens plant.
Photo of a preserved specimen of Protopiophila latipes side view.
Photo of a Smooth Fleabane plant.
Photo of a Silverleaf Psoralea plant.
Photo of a Cut-leaved Anemone plant.
Photo of a Pale Yellow Dune Moth (Copablepharon grandis), back view.
Photo of a Showy Milkweed plant.
Photo of a Hairy Prairie-clover plant.
Photo of a Gattinger's Agalinus plant.
Photo of a beewolf on a Shrubby Cinquefoil flower.
Photo of a Northern Bedstraw plant.
Photo of a Hare-footed Locoweed plant.
Photo of a Purple Milk-vetch plant.
Photo of a Prairie Rose plant.
Photo of a Yucca Moth on a Soapweed flower.
Photo of a Black Swallowtail butterfly on a thistle flower head.
Photo of a Silverleaf Psoralea plant.

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FUN FACT: Did you know… birds have a poor sense of smell so most bird-pollinated plants are not fragrant?

FAQ

All your questions about pollination are answered here.

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POLLINATION
CONSERVATION
CHALLENGE

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

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Games &
Activities

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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Did you know... birds have a poor sense of smell so most bird-pollinated plants are not fragrant?