Dunbar Cave Butterfly Garden was created with the goal of developing a natural habitat for butterflies, moths, bees and other pollinators using plants native to the area. The Montgomery Master Garden Association has partnered with the Tennessee Forestry Department to helping upkeep and continue planting and creating this habitat.
take a tour at the butterfly garden
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Welcome to the Garden
Explore on your own by clicking any dot on the map, or follow along from this card to learn about the plants and pollinators in this garden.
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White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoidesHost plant for the Pearl Crescent butterfly. Flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies. Songbirds and small mammals eat the seeds [1].
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Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureumMany species of butterflies, moths, bees, and flies visit the flowers [2]. It is larval host to the eupatorium borer moth, the red groundling moth, the ruby tiger moth, and the three-lined flower moth [3].
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Hibiscus ‘Luna White’
Hibiscus moscheutosIt is a larval host for the common checkered skipper, the gray hairstreak, the Io moth, and the pearly wood nymph [4].
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Zinnia
Zinnia elegansButterflies commonly attracted to zinnias include swallowtails, monarch, painted and American ladies, and red admiral [5].
Text
[1] North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox.
[2] Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
[3] The Xerces Society (2016), Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects, Timber Press.
[4] Penn State Extension
Images
All Dunbar Cave Garden Images by Adriana De La Cuadra.
[1] Pearl Crescent, Phyciodes tharos. Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, Wikimedia.
[2] Aster miner bee, Andrena asteris. Peterwchen, Wikimedia.
[3] Eupatorium borer moth, Carmenta bassiformis. AmaryllisGardener, Wikimedia.
[4] Red groundling moth, Perigea xanthioides. Public domain image.
[5] Three-lined flower moth, Schinia trifascia.
[6] Ruby tiger moth, Phragmatobia fuliginosa. Hectonichus, Wikimedia.
[7] Common checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis. Kaldari, Wikimedia.
[8] Gray hairstreak, Strymon melinus. Jengod, Wikimedia.
[9] Lo moth, Automeris io. Patric Coin, Wikimedia.
[10] Pearly wood-nymph, Eudryas unio. Ruigeroeland, Wikimedia.
[11] Tiger Swalowtail, Papilio appalachiensis. Glacierman, Wikimedia.
[12] Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui. Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia.
[13] Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta. Charlesjsharp, Wikimedia.
[14] Monach, Danaus plexippus. Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, Wikimedia.
[1] North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox.
[2] Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
[3] The Xerces Society (2016), Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects, Timber Press.
[4] Penn State Extension
Images
All Dunbar Cave Garden Images by Adriana De La Cuadra.
[1] Pearl Crescent, Phyciodes tharos. Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, Wikimedia.
[2] Aster miner bee, Andrena asteris. Peterwchen, Wikimedia.
[3] Eupatorium borer moth, Carmenta bassiformis. AmaryllisGardener, Wikimedia.
[4] Red groundling moth, Perigea xanthioides. Public domain image.
[5] Three-lined flower moth, Schinia trifascia.
[6] Ruby tiger moth, Phragmatobia fuliginosa. Hectonichus, Wikimedia.
[7] Common checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis. Kaldari, Wikimedia.
[8] Gray hairstreak, Strymon melinus. Jengod, Wikimedia.
[9] Lo moth, Automeris io. Patric Coin, Wikimedia.
[10] Pearly wood-nymph, Eudryas unio. Ruigeroeland, Wikimedia.
[11] Tiger Swalowtail, Papilio appalachiensis. Glacierman, Wikimedia.
[12] Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui. Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia.
[13] Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta. Charlesjsharp, Wikimedia.
[14] Monach, Danaus plexippus. Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, Wikimedia.