Flowering Plants
Visited
by Archilochus colubris
Archilochus colubris Linnaeus: Trochilidae, Apodiformes
(this is the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, which sucks nectar from flowers; sometimes the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird will suck nectar from the floral perforations of other birds or insects; observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Hilty, Larson & Barrett, Macior, Wesselingh & Arnold, Bertin, Edwards & Jordan, Reynolds et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha; this is the only hummingbird in the database)
Aceraceae: Acer platanoides sn (WR); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias incarnata np (Rb), Asclepias purpurascens np (Rb), Asclepias sullivanti np (Rb), Asclepias tuberosa np (H); Asteraceae: Helianthus grosseserratus sn (WR), Liatris pycnostachya sn (H), Silphium terebinthinaceum (Rb); Balsaminaceae: Impatiens capensis fq (Rb, Gr, Brt), Impatiens pallida (Rb); Berberidaceae: Berberis thunbergii sn (WR); Bignoniaceae: Campsis radicans sn fq sn@prf (Rb, Brt); Boraginaceae: Mertensia virginica (Rb); Campanulaceae: Lobelia cardinalis fq (Rb, Gr, Brt), Lobelia × speciosa (Rb, Gr); Caprifoliaceae: Lonicera canadensis (Brt), Lonicera dioica fq (Rb, Gr), Lonicera oblongifolia sn (Gr), Lonicera reticulata sn (Gr), Lonicera sempervirens (Rb, Brt, Lvl), Lonicera tartarica (Gr); Caryophyllaceae: Silene regia fq (H, Brt), Silene virginica fq (Brt, Ry); Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea purpurea (Rb); Fabaceae: Amphicarpaea bracteata comosa (Rb), Baptisia leucantha sn (WR), Gymnocladus dioicus (Rb), Robinia pseudoacacia fq (Rb), Trifolium pratense (Rb, Gr); Grossulariaceae: Ribes aureum (Brt); Hippocastanaceae: Aesculus hippocastanum (Rb), Aesculus parviflora (WR), Aesculus pavia (Brt); Iridaceae: Iris brevicaulis (WA), Iris fulva fq (WA); Lamiaceae: Monarda bradburiana (Rb), Monarda didyma (Brt), Monarda fistulosa (Rb, H, Brt), Teucrium canadense (Rb); Liliaceae: Lilium philadelphicum (EJ), Polygonatum commutatum (Rb, Gr, WR), Polygonatum pubescens (Gr); Loganiaceae: Spigelia marilandica (Brt); Malvaceae: Abutilon theophrastii (Rb), Hibiscus lasiocarpos (Rb); Melastomataceae: Rhexia virginica exp np (LBt); Onagraceae: Oenothera biennis fq (Rb), Oenothera clelandii (Gr); Polemoniaceae: Phlox glaberrima sn (WR); Ranunculaceae: Aquilegia canadensis (Rb, Gr, Brt, Mc), Cimicifuga racemosa sn (WR), Delphinium tricorne (Rb, Mc); Rosaceae: Pentaphylloides floribunda sn (WR); Scrophulariaceae: Aureolaria grandiflora (Rb), Castilleja coccinea (Rb, Brt), Castilleja sessiliflora (Brt), Penstemon digitalis (Rb), Physostegia virginiana (Rb), Scrophularia marilandica (Rb); Solanaceae: Datura stramonium tatula (Rb); Verbenaceae: Verbena stricta sn (WR)