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Table 3 Attractive plant species for bees in urban environments

From: A review of diversity of bees, the attractiveness of host plants and the effects of landscape variables on bees in urban gardens

References

Country

Garden

Attractive species

[25]

USA

Urban garden

Asteraceae, and Lamiaceae

[66]

USA

Urban garden

Ornamental plants

[72]

Egypt

Urban garden

Achillea santolina, Chenopodium album, Beta vulgaris, Foeniculum vulgare

[30]

UK

Urban garden

Borago officinalis, Lavandula * intermedia ‘Grosso’

[34]

UK

Urban garden

Sedum, Origanum

[33]

UK

Urban garden

Aster

[29]

UK

Urban garden

Iberis, Alstromeria, Tradescantia

[2]

USA

Urban garden

Asclepias tuberosa and A. fascicularis

[91]

USA

Urban garden

Harvestable crops and ornamental flowers

[87]

Philippine

Urban garden

Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) and Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae)

[4]

UK

Urban garden

Cirsium arvense, Taraxacum agg, Rubus fruticosus agg, Ranunculus repens

[83]

UK

Urban garden

Calamintha nepeta, Helenium autumnale, and Geranium rozanne

[55]

USA

Urban garden

Non-native, perennial, ornamental

[45]

Poland

Urban garden

Lonicera

[19]

France

Urban garden

H. maximum, C. jacea, L. corniculatus

[17]

USA

Urban garden

Borago, Phacelia, milkweed

[99]

USA

Urban garden

Ascelpias curassavica

[43]

Ukraine

Urban garden

Rhinanthus vernalis, Echium vulgare, Cirsium arvense, Trifolium pratensis,

[90]

Poland

Urban garden

Asteraceae, Fabaceae, and Lamiaceae

[93]

Australia

Urban garden

Brassica rapa and Ocimum basilicum

[100]

USA

Urban garden

Ruderal plant

[62]

Germany

Urban garden

Bidens ssp., Coreopsis ssp. and Euphorbia hypericifolia

[3]

USA

Urban garden

A. incarnate, A. tuberosa