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*Wild hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | y | Sum | S | DM | Pur | 2' |
*Ramps | Allium tricoccum | | Spr | PS | WM | Wh | 1' |
*Wild Onion | Allium canadense | | Sum | PS | WM | Wh | 1' |
*Pusseytoes | Anternnaria plantaginifolia | | Spr | S/PS | WM | Wh | G |
Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | | Spr | PS | DM | Red | 2' |
*Jack-in-the-pulpet | Arisaema triphyllum | | Spr | PS/Sh | WM | Gr | 1' |
*Wild ginger | Asarum canadense | | Spr | PS | WM | R | G |
Butterfly weed | Asclepias tuberosa | y | Sum | S | DM | Org | 2' |
Tall milkweed | Asclepias hirtella | | Sum | S | DM | Gr | 4' |
Rose/swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | y | Sum | PS | WM | Pink | 5' |
Purple milkweed | Asclepias purpurascens | y | Sum | S | WM | Pur | 2'-3' |
Ball/showy milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | y | Sum | PS | DM | Wh | 4' |
Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | y | Sum | S | WM-D | Wh | 3' |
Sullivant milkweed | Asclepias sulivantii | y | Sum | PS | M | Pur | 3' |
Whorled milkweed | Asclepias verticillata | y | Sum | PS | DM | Wh | 2' |
Spider milkweed | Asclepias viridis | y | Sum | PS | M | Wh | 3' |
**Silkweed milkweed | Asclepias curassavica | y | Sum | S | M | PurOr | 4' |
*False goatsbeard | Astilbe biternata | | Spr | PS | WM | Wh | 1-2' |
Wild white indigo | Baptisia alba | | LSpr | S | M | Wh | 5' |
Wild blue indigo | Baptisia australis | y | LSpr | S | M | Pur | 5' |
Turtlehead | Chelone gabra | y | Sum | PS | W | Wh | 5' |
*Spring beauty | Claytonia virginica | | Spr | PS | M | Wh | G |
*Virgin's bower | Clematis virginiana | y | Sum | S | M | Wh | V |
Blue mist flower | Conoclinium coelestinum | | fall | PS/S | M | Pur | 2' |
Native lily of the valley | Convallaria majuscule | | Spr | PS/S | M | Wh | G |
Coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata | y | Sum | S | DM | Yel | 6' |
Coreopsis, plains | Coreopsis tintoria | y | Sum | S | D | Yel | 2' |
*Honey vine milkweed | Cynanchum leave | y | Sum | S | M | Wh | V |
Prairie clover | Dalea purpurea | y | Sum | S | M | Pur | 2' |
*Crinkleroot toothwort | Dentaria diphylla | | Spr | PS | WM | Wh | G |
Illinois bundleflower | Desmanthus illinoensis | y | Sum | PS | DM | Yel | 5' |
Showy tick trefoil | Desmodium canadense | | Sum | PS | M | Pur | 5' |
*Dutchman's britches | Dicentra cucullaria | | Spr | PS | M | Wh | G |
Purple coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | y | Sum | S | M | Pur | 4' |
Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | y | Sum | PS | WM | Pink | 2' |
*Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | y | Sum | PS | WM | Wh | 3-4' |
White Snakeroot | Eupatorium rugosum | y | Aut | PS | M | Wh | 4' |
White snakeroot, red | Eupatorium rugosum | y | Aut | PS | M | Wh, R | 4' |
*White wood aster | Eurybia divaricata | y | Aut | PS/S | M | Wh | 4' |
Spotted Joe Pye | Eutrochium maculatum | y | Sum | PS | WM | Pink | 5' |
Sweet Joe Pye | Eutrochium purpureum | y | Sum | PS | M | Pink | 7' |
Hollow Joe Pye | Eutrochium fistulosum | y | Sum | PS | M | Pink | 5' |
*Yellow trout lily | Erythronium americanum | | Spr | PS | M | Yel | G |
Queen of the Prairie | Filipendula rubra | y | Sum | PS | WM | Pink | 5' |
*Wild strawberry | Fragaria virginiana | | Spr | PS | WM | Wh | V |
*Indian blanket | Gaillardia pulchella | y | Sum | S | M | Org | 2-3' |
*Wandflower | Galax aphelia | | Spr | PS | WM | Wh | 4-6" |
*Biennial bee blossom | Gaura biennia | y | Sum | S | M | Pink | 3' |
Wild Geranium | Geranium maculatum | | Spr | PS | WM | Pur | 1' |
**Hairy balls milkweed | Gomphocarpus physocarpus | y | Sum | S | M | Wh | 3-4' |
*Downy rattlesnake orchid | Goodyera pubescens | | Spr | PS | WM | Wh | 1" |
Sneezeweed | Helenium autumnale | | Fall | PS | WM | Yel | 4' |
Showy/Oxeye sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus | y | Sum | S | DM | Yel | 5' |
Swamp/gray sunflower | Helianthus angustifolius | | Fall | PS | W | Yel | 5' |
*Ashy sunflower | Helianthus mollis | y | Sum | S | M | Yel | 3-5' |
*False sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | y | Sum | S | WM | Yel | 3-5" |
*Sharp toothed hepatica | Hepatica acutiloba | | Spr | PS | WM | Wh-Bl | G |
Rose Mallow | Hibiscus moscheutos | y | Sum | PS | WM | Wh | 5' |
*Yellow star grass | Hypoxis hirsuta | | Spr | S/PS | M | Yel | G |
*Dwarf crested iris | Iris cristata | | Spr | S/PS | M | Pur | G |
*Blackberry/leopard lily | Iris domestica | y | Spr | PS | M | Pur | 6" |
Wild Blue Flag Iris | Iris virginica | | Spr | PS | WM | Pur | 2' |
Pink marsh mallow | Kosteletzkya virginica | | Sum | S | W | Pink | 5' |
Button/Rough Blazing Star | Liatris aspera | y | Sum | PS | DM | Pur | 3' |
Prairie Blazing Star | Liatris pycnostachya | y | Sum | PS | WM | Pur | 4' |
Gayfeather | Liatris spicata | y | Sum | PS | WM | Pur | 5' |
*Michigan lily | Lilium michiganense | y | Sum | S | M | Org | 6' |
Cardinal flower | Lobelia cardinalis | y | Sum | PS | W | Red | 4' |
Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | y | Sum | PS | WM | Bl | 3' |
*Wild/sundial lupin | Lupinus perennis | y | Sum | S | M | Pur | 4' |
False Solomon's Seal | Maianthemum racemosum | | Spr | PS | WM | Wh | 3' |
Monkey flower | Mimulis ringens | | Sum | PS | WM | Pur | 2' |
4-o'clocks | Mirabilis multiflora | y | Spr/Sum | S/PS | M | Pink | 18" |
Bradbury's Monarda | Monarda bradburiana | | LSpr | PS | M | Pink | 3' |
Red beebalm | Monarda dydama | y | Sum | S | M | R | 4' |
Wild Beebalm/Bergamont | Monarda fistulosa | y | Sum | PS | M | Pur | 4' |
*Glade mallow | Napea dioica | y | Sum | S | M | Pink | 5' |
Prickly pear | Opuntia humifusa | | Sum | S | D | Yel | 1' |
*Allegheny mountain spurge | Pachysandra procumbent | | Spr | Sh/PS | WM | Wh | G |
*Prairie beardtongue eco | Penstemon cobaea | y | Sum | S | M | Pur | 3' |
*Foxglove beardtongue gov | Penstemon digitalis | y | Sum | S | M | Pur | 2' |
*Mayapple | Podophyllum peltatum | | Spr | Sh/PS | WM | Wh | 1-2' |
Solomon Seal | Polygonatum ordoratum | | Spr | PS | WM | Wh | 2' |
*Appalachian mint | Pycnanthemum flexuosum | y | Sum | S | WM | Wh | 1-2' |
*Mountain mint (short toothed) | Pycnanthemum muticum | y | Sum | S | M | Wh | 1-2' |
*Common mountain mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | y | Sum | S | M | Wh-Bl | 1-2' |
Grey headed coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | y | Sum | PS | DM | Yel | 6' |
Black-eyed susan | Rudbeckia hirta | | Sum | PS | M | Yel | 3' |
Green headed coneflower | Rudbeckia laciniata | y | Sum | PS | M | Yel | 4' |
Sweet black-eyed susan | Rudbeckia submentosa | | Aut | PS | M | Yel | 5' |
Branched coneflower | Rudbeckia triloba | y | Aut | PS | M | Yel | 5' |
Wild Quinine | Parthenium integrifolium | | Sum | P | M | Wh | 4' |
Foxglove beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | y | Sum | PS | M | Wh | 3' |
*Hairy beardtongue | Penstemon hirsutus | y | E.Sum | S | M | Lav | 2' |
*Bloodroot | Sanguinaria canadensis | | Spr | Sh/PS | WM | Wh | G |
Senna | Senna hepecarpa | y | Sum | PS | M | Yel | 5' |
Royal Catchfly | Silene regina | y | Sum | PS | M | Red | 3' |
*Rosinweed | Siliphium integrifolium | y | Sum | S | M | Yel | 6-7' |
*Compass plant | Siliphium laciniatum | y | Sum | S | M | Yel | 6'-12' |
Cup plant | Siliphium perfoliatum | y | Sum | PS | M | Yel | 8' |
*Prairie dock | Siliphium terebinthinaceum | y | Sum | S | M | Yel | 3'-10' |
Blue-stemmed goldenrod | Solidago caesis | y | Aut | S | M | Yel | 2'-4' |
Canada goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | | Aut | S | M | Yel | 5' |
*Ohio goldenrod | Solidago ohioensis | y | Aut | S | M | Yel | 4-5' |
Stiff goldenrod | Solidago rigida | y | Aut | PS | M | Yel | 4' |
Celandine poppy | Stylophorum diphyllum | | Spr | PS | M | Yel | 6" |
Wood aster, blue | Symphyotrichum cordifolium | | Aut | PS | M | Bl | 3' |
Wood aster, white | Symphyotrichum ericoides | | Aut | PS | M | Wh | 6"-3' |
Smooth Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum laevis | y | Aut | S | M | Pur | 4' |
New England aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | y | Aut | PS | M | Pur | 3' |
Sky blue aster | Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | | Aut | S | DM | Pur | 2' |
Ohio spiderwort/bluejacket | Tradescantia ohiensis | | Sum | PS | DM | Blue | 2' |
*Large flowered trillium | Trillium grandiflora | | Spr | Sh/PS | WM | Wh | 1' |
Bellwort | Uvularia grandiflora | | Spr | PS | WM | Yel | 1-2' |
Spreading bellwort | Uvularia sessilifolia | | Spr | PS | WM | Yel | 1' |
*Blue vervain | Verbena hastata | y | Sum | S | M | Pur | 3-5' |
*Wingstem | Verbesina alternifolia | y | LSum | S | WM | Yel | 3-8' |
Common ironweed | Veronia fasciculatus | y | LSum | S | M | Pur | 6' |
*New York ironweed | Veronia noveboracensis | y | LSum | S | M | Pur | 4' |
Violet, purple | Viola sororia | | Spr | Sh/PS | DM | Pur | G |
*Violet, confederate | Viola sororia var. priceana | | Spr | Sh/PS | DM | Wh/pur | G |
Violet, purple and white | Viola striata | | Spr | Sh/PS | DM | PurW | G |
Violet, white | Viola canadensis | | Spr | Sh/PS | DM | Wh | G |
Violet, yellow | Viola pubescens | | Spr | Sh/PS | DM | Yel | G |
*Golden alexander | Zizia aurea | y | ESum | S | M | Yel | 3-4' |
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Grasses | | | | | | | |
Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | y | Aut | S | M | BG | 4' |
*Side oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | y | Sum | PS | DM | Pink | 3' |
*Bearded sedge | Carex comosa | | LSpr | PS | W | Gold | 1'-3' |
*Fringed sedge | Carex crinita | | LSpr | Shade | W | Gold | 1'-3' |
*Mace sedge | Carex gray | | LSpr | PS | W | Gold | 1'-3' |
*Creeping blue sedge | Carex laximulmis | | Sum | PS | DM | Gr | 6" |
Seersucker sedge | Carex plantaginea | | Spr | PS | DM | Gr | 6" |
*Purple love grass | Eragrostis spectabilis | | Sum | S | M | Pur | 3' |
*Bottlebrush grass | Hysteria spatula | y | Sum | PS | M | Gold | 2'-5' |
Switchgrass | Panicum virginiatum | y | Aut | S | M | Br | 5' |
Prairie dropseed grass | Sporobolus heterolepis | | Aut | PS | M | Br | 4' |
Little bluestem grass | Schyzachyrium scoperium | y | Aut | PS | M | Br | 2' |
*Indian grass | Sorghastrum nutans | y | Aut | S | M | Br | 4'-6' |
River Oat Grass | Uniola latifolia | y | Aut | PS | M | Br | 4' |
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Annuals | | | | | | | |
Cupid's Dart | Catananche carulea | | annual | S | M | Pur | 2' |
Basket flower, white | Centaurea americana | | annual | S | M | Wh | 4' |
Basket flower, purple | Centaurea americana | | annual | S | M | Pur | 4' |
Partridge Pea | Chameacrista fasciculate | y | annual | S | M | Yel | 1-3' |
Daisy fleabane | Erigeron strigosus | y | annual | S | M | Wh | 1-3' |
**Bronze fennel | Foeniculum vulgare | y | annual | S | M | Bro | 2-3' |
Gilia's Bee's Home | Gilia capitata | | annual | S | M | Pur | 2' |
*Jewel weed/touch me not, or | Impatiens capensis | y | annual | S | W | Org | 3' |
*Jewel weed/touch me not, yet | Impatiens pallida | y | annual | S | M | Yel | 3' |
*Wild red 4 o'clocks | Mirabilis jalapa | y | annual | S | M | Red | 2-3' |
Clasping coneflower | Rudbeckia amplexicaulis | | annual | S | M | Yel | 3' |
**Mexican sunflower | Tithonia rotundifolia | y | annual | S | M | Org/Yel | 5' |
**Verbena | Verbena bonariensis | y | annual | S | M | Pur | 2-3' |
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Trees/Scrubs | | | | | | | |
Silver maple | Acer saccharinum | | Sum | S | WM | Gr | 30' |
Black maple | Acer nigrum | | Sum | S | D | Gr | 20' |
Bottlebrush buckeye | Aesculis parviflora | | Sum | PS | DM | Wh | 10' |
River birch | Betula nigra | | Sp | S | W | Gr | 20' |
Buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | | Sum | PS | WM | Wh | 15'x7' |
Hackberry | Celtis occidentalis | | Sum | S | D | Wh | 30' |
Button bush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | | Spr | PS | WM | Wh | 5' |
Red twig dogwood | Cornus sericea | | Sum | PS | WM | Wh | 4' |
Persimon | Diospyros virginiana | | Sum | S-PS | M | Wh | 20' |
Black walnut | Juglans negra | | Sum | S | D | Nuts | 40' |
Spice bush | Lindera benzoin | | Sp | S | D | Gr | 8'x6' |
Sweet bay magnolia | Magnolia virginiana | y | Sum | PS | WM | Wh | 10'x4' |
Star magnolia | Magnolia stellata | | Sp | PS | D | Wh | 8' |
Saucer magnolia | Magnolia x soulageant | | Sp | S | DM | Pink | 12' |
Crabapple | Malus coronaria | y | Sp | PS | D | Pink | 10' |
*Wild plum | Prunus americanus | y | Sum | S | WM | Wh | 15' |
*Burr oak | Quercus macrocarpa | | Spr | S | M | Gre | 50' |
*Red oak | Quercus rubra | | Spr | S | M | Gre | 50' |
*Pin oak | Quercus palustres | y | Spr | S | M | Gre | 50' |
Black elderberry | Sambucus nigra | | Sum | S | DM | Wh | 8'x6' |
Sassafrass | Sassafras albidum | | Sum | S | M | Wh | 20' |
Nanny berry | Viburnum lento | | Sp | S | D | Wh | 8'x6' |
updated 2/6/18 | | | | | | | |