Pollinator Habitat Gardens
This map displays where the pollinator habitat gardens reside. We have a shade and a sun garden. To find them, instructions and map below:
- Starting between the entrances of the UMass Chan Medical School and the Albert Sherman Center, follow the courtyard between them towards North Road.
- Take a right at the back of the medical school building into the library parking lot.
- You will find the shade garden along the glass walls of the library.
- From this garden, follow along the back of the medical school building, you will see the volley ball and tennis courts. Take the stairs down towards them.
- Along the left, you will see the raise garden beds. The last one on the left is the sun garden.
- Note, the other beds are part of the students commuity gardens.
Recommended native plant list for use on campus
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple |
| Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow |
| Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny serviceberry |
| Anemone cylindrica | Tall windflower |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Red columbine |
| Aruncus dioicus | Goat's beard |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly milkweed |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam |
| Castanea pumila | Chinquapin |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey tea |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge pea |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf coreopsis |
| Deschampsia flexuosa | Red twig dogwood |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Wavy hairgrass |
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple coneflower |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common boneset |
| Eurybia divaricata | White wood aster |
| Euthamia graminifolia | Grass-leaved goldenrod |
| Eutrochium fistulosum | Joe Pye weed |
| Gaylussacia baccata | Black huckleberry |
| Gleditsia triacanthos | Skyline honeylocust |
| Hamamelis virginiana | American witchhazel |
| Helenium autumnale | Common sneezeweed |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp sunflower |
| Hypericum punctatum | Spotted St. John's wort |
| Ilex opaca | American holly |
| Iris cristata | Dwarf crested iris |
| Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead lespedeza |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great blue lobelia |
| Liatris spicata | Dense blazing star |
| Mimulus ringens | Allegheny monkeyflower |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot |
| Packera aurea | Golden ragwort |
| Penstemon digitalis | Smooth beard tongue |
| Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy beardtongue |
| Phlox divaricate | Woodland phlox |
| Polemonium reptans | Jacob's ladder |
| Polygnatum biflorum | Solomon's seal |
| Prunella vulgaris | Common selfheal |
| Prunus americana | American plum |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia mountain mint |
| Ratibida pinnata | Gray-headed coneflower |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac |
| Ribes americanum | American black currant |
| Rosa virginiana | Virginia rose |
| Rubus occidentalis | Black raspberry |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Cutleaf coneflower |
| Sambucus nigra | Black elderberry |
| Senna hebecarpa | American senna |
| Silene caroliniana | Wild pinks/Catchfly |
| Solidago caesia | Wreath goldenrod |
| Solidago nemoralis | Old field goldenrod |
| Solidago rigida | Stiff goldenrod |
| Solidago rugosa | Wrinkleleaf goldenrod |
| Spiraea tomentosa | Steeplebush |
| Sporobolus heterolepsis | Prarie dropseed |
| Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Blue wood aster |
| Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth blue aster |
| Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Calico aster |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England aster |
| Tiarella cordifolia | Heartleaf foamflower |
| Tilia americana | American basswood |
| Verbena hastata | Swamp verbena |
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's root |
| Viburnum prunifolium | Blackhaw |