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 Western Red Lily plant.940
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Western Red Lily

Lilium philadelphicum L.

Photo of a Common Yarrow plant.351
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Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium L.

Photo of a Rough Agalinus plant.352
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Rough Agalinis

Agalinus aspera (Dougl. ex Benth.) Britt.

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 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 Cut-leaved Anemone plant.355
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Cut-leaved Anemone

Anemone multifida Poir.

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 Dakota Skipper butterfly.
Photo of a Purple Milk-vetch plant.
Photo of a Monarch butterfly on a Dotted Blazingstar flower head.
Photo of a Daisy Fleabane plant.
Photo of a Swamp Milkweed plant.
Photo of a Yucca Moth on a Soapweed flower.
Photo of a preserved specimen of Chaetopsis, back view.
Photo of a Tiny Cryptanthe plant.
Photo of a Many-flowered Aster plant.
Photo of a soldier beetle.
Photo of a Slender Mouse-ear Cress plant.
Photo of a White Evening-primrose plant.
Photo of a preserved specimen of Eugnoriste, back view.

Photo of a yellowjacket wasp on a thistle flower head.
Photo of a Smooth Wild Strawberry plant.
Photo of a Purple Prairie-clover plant.
Photo of a Golden Alexander plant.
Photo of a Purple Prairie-clover plant.
Photo of a Smooth Aster plant.
Photo of an Alumroot plant.
Photo of a Blue-eyed Grass plant.
Photo of a Stiff Sunflower plant.
Photo of a bumblebee with a full pollen basket on an aster flower head.
Photo of Shining Flower Beetles on a thistle flower head.
Photo of a blow fly on Smooth Ox-eye flower head.
Photo of a Small White Lady's-slipper plant.
Photo of a Western Silvery Aster plant.
Photo of a Smooth Aster plant.
Photo of a Common Wood-nymph butterfly on thistle flower head.
Photo of a mature male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (front view).
Photo of a bee fly on a Western Silvery Aster flower head.
Photo of an owlet moth hovering over a flower.
Photo of a yellow-faced bee on a Shrubby Cinquefoil flower.
Photo of a flesh fly on wood.
Photo of a Poweshiek Skipperling butterfly on a Black-eyed Susan flower head.
Photo of a Long-leaved Bluets plant.
Photo of a flesh fly on wood.
Photo of a Western Spiderwort plant.
Photo of a Slender Mouse-ear Cress plant.
Photo of a Harebell plant.
Photo of a White Evening-primrose plant.
Photo of a Cabbage White butterfly on an aster flower head.
Photo of a Pale Comandra plant.
Photo of a Swamp Milkweed plant.
Photo of a White Cinquefoil plant.
Photo of a mining bee on Golden Alexander flowers.

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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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Le saviez-vous? Les oiseaux, dont l’odorat n’est pas très développé, pollinisent surtout des fleurs inodores.