Minnesota Pollinator Resources Tables

These tables feature information on the value to native pollinators of plant species found in native plant communities in Minnesota. They are designed to aid management and restoration of native plant communities, highlighting the role of native plant communities in supporting Minnesota's insect pollinators.

The tables are based on plant lists for native plant community classes originally published in field guides describing the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' (MNDNR) statewide native plant community classification. The plant lists were generated from data recorded in representative vegetation plots across Minnesota, supplemented here with information on the value of each plant for native insect pollinators. Each list includes:

native plant community class code and name
characteristic native plants, sorted by life-form
frequency of each plant in the vegetation plots
average percent cover (as a range) of each plant in the vegetation plots
primary agent of pollination (animal, wind, or water)
information on nest value of plant for pollinators
blooming period (early, mid, or late growing season)
supplemental notes on pollinator nest values, plant habitat and plant range

More information about the native plant communities and plant lists appears in descriptions and fact sheets in the MNDNR publications Field Guide to the Native Plant Communities of Minnesota: The Prairie Parkland and Tallgrass Aspen Parklands Provinces and Field Guide to the Native Plant Communities of Minnesota: The Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province, and Field Guide to the Native Plant Communities of Minnesota: The Laurentian Mixed Forest Province. Fact sheets and other information about the MNDNR's native plant community classification are available online

The Minnesota DNR has supported pollinators for many years through conservation and management of native plant communities. The pollinator resource tables will continue to be updated as more survey and research data become available on the ecological value of native plant communities for pollinators.

For additional information about the MNDNR's work with native insect pollinators, please contact:

Christina Locke, Pollinator Conservation Coordinator
[email protected]
651-259-5074

FD: Fire-Dependent System Pollinator Resources

FDn12	Northern Dry-Sand Pine Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDn22	Northern Dry-Bedrock Pine (Oak) Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDn32	Northern Poor Dry-Mesic Mixed Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDn33	Northern Dry-Mesic Mixed Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDn43	Northern Mesic Mixed Forest Pollinator Resources
FDc12	Central Poor Dry Pine Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDc23	Central Dry Pine Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDc24	Central Rich Dry Pine Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDc25	Central Dry Oak-Aspen (Pine) Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDc34	Central Dry-Mesic Pine-Hardwood Forest Pollinator Resources
FDs27	Southern Dry-Mesic Pine-Oak Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDs36	Southern Dry-Mesic Oak-Aspen Forest Pollinator Resources
FDs37	Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDs38	Southern Dry-Mesic Oak-Hickory Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDw24	Northwestern Dry-Mesic Oak Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDw34	Northwestern Mesic Aspen-Oak Woodland Pollinator Resources
FDw44	Northwestern Wet-Mesic Aspen Woodland Pollinator Resources

MH: Mesic Hardwood System Pollinator Resources

MHn35	Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Pollinator Resources
MHn44	Northern Wet-Mesic Boreal Hardwood-Conifer Forest Pollinator Resources
MHn45	Northern Mesic Hardwood (Cedar) Forest Pollinator Resources
MHn46	Northern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest Pollinator Resources
MHn47	Northern Rich Mesic Hardwood Forest Pollinator Resources
MHc26	Central Dry-Mesic Oak-Aspen Forest Pollinator Resources
MHc36	Central Mesic Hardwood Forest (Eastern) Pollinator Resources
MHc37	Central Mesic Hardwood Forest (Western) Pollinator Resources
MHc38	Central Mesic Cold-Slope Hardwood-Conifer Forest Pollinator Resources
MHc47	Central Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest Pollinator Resources
MHs37	Southern Dry Pine-Oak Forest Pollinator Resources
MHs38	Southern Mesic Oak-Basswood Forest Pollinator Resources
MHs39	Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest Pollinator Resources
MHs49	Southern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest Pollinator Resources
MHw36	Northwestern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest Pollinator Resources

FF: Floodplain Forest System Pollinator Resources

FFn57	Northern Terrace Forest Pollinator Resources
FFn67	Northern Floodplain Forest Pollinator Resources
FFs59	Southern Terrace Forest Pollinator Resources
FFs68	Southern Floodplain Forest Pollinator Resources

WF: Wet Forest System Pollinator Resources

WFn53	Northern Wet Cedar Forest Pollinator Resources
WFn55	Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp Pollinator Resources
WFn64	Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp Pollinator Resources
WFs57	Southern Wet Ash Swamp Pollinator Resources
WFw54	Northwestern Wet Aspen Forest Pollinator Resources

FP: Forested Rich Peatland System Pollinator Resources

FPn62	Northern Rich Spruce Swamp (Basin) Pollinator Resources
FPn63	Northern Cedar Swamp Pollinator Resources
FPn71	Northern Rich Spruce Swamp (Water Track) Pollinator Resources
FPn72	Northern Rich Tamarack Swamp (Eastern Basin) Pollinator Resources
FPn81	Northern Rich Tamarack Swamp (Water track) Pollinator Resources
FPn82	Northern Rich Tamarack Swamp (Western Basin) Pollinator Resources
FPs63	Southern Rich Conifer Swamp Pollinator Resources
FPw63	Northwestern Rich Conifer Swamp Pollinator Resources

AP: Acid Peatland System Pollinator Resources

APn80	Northern Spruce Bog Pollinator Resources
Apn81	Northern Poor Conifer Swamp Pollinator Resources
APn90	Northern Open Bog Pollinator Resources
APn91	Northern Poor Fen Pollinator Resources

CT: Cliff/Talus System Pollinator Resources

data not currently available.

RO: Rock Outcrop System Pollinator Resources

ROs12

Southern Bedrock Outcrop Pollinator Resources

LK: Lakeshore System Pollinator Resources

data not currently available.

RV: River Shore System Pollinator Resources

UP: Upland Prairie System Pollinator Resources

UPn12	Northern Dry Prairie Pollinator Resources
UPn13	Northern Dry Savanna Pollinator Resources
UPn23	Northern Mesic Prairie Pollinator Resources
UPs13	Southern Dry Prairie Pollinator Resources
UPs14	Southern Dry Savanna Pollinator Resources
UPs23	Southern Mesic Prairie Pollinator Resources

OP: Open Rich Peatland System Pollinator Resources

OPn81	Northern Shrub Shore Fen Pollinator Resources
OPn91	Northern Rich Fen (Water Track) Swamp Pollinator Resources
OPn92	Northern Rich Fen (Basin) Swamp Pollinator Resources
OPn93	Northern Extremely Rich Fen Pollinator Resources
OPp91	Prairie Rich Fen Pollinator Resources
OPp93	Prairie Extremely Rich Fen Pollinator Resources

WM: Wet Meadow/Carr System Pollinator Resources

WMn82	Northern Wet Meadow/Carr Pollinator Resources
WMs83	Southern Seepage Meadow/Carr Pollinator Resources
WMs92	Southern Basin Wet Meadow/Carr Pollinator Resources
WMp73	Prairie Wet Meadow/Carr Pollinator Resources

MR: Marsh System Pollinator Resources

MRn83	Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh Pollinator Resources
MRn93	Northern Bulrush-Spikerush Marsh Pollinator Resources
MRp83	Prairie Mixed Cattail Marsh Pollinator Resources
MRp93	Prairie Bulrush-Arrowhead Marsh Pollinator Resources

WP: Wetland Prairie System Pollinator Resources

WPn53	Northern Wet Prairie Pollinator Resources
WPs54	Southern Wet Prairie Pollinator Resources