Plant Selector
Use this tool to help choose the best native plants for your particular situation. Choose as many of the criteria as you want from the fields below and the plants matching your needs will be chosen from the total list.Criteria
Plant List
There are 252 plants matching your criteria| Type | Sun Exposure | Soil Moisture | Height | Color | Blooms | |
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Alumroot Heuchera richardsonii |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial Shade |
Dry |
6 Inches | Green | May-June |
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American High-Bush Cranberry Viburnum trilobum |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium Wet |
16 Feet | White | May-June |
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American Lotus Nelumbo lutea |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Lake plant |
6 Inches | Yellow | July-September |
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Aromatic Aster Aster oblongifolius |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
18 Inches | Purple | September-October |
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Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet Lake plant |
42 Inches | White | July-August |
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Azure Sky (Blue) Aster Aster oolentangiensis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
4 Feet | Blue | September-October |
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Bebbs Sedge Carex bebbii |
Grass |
Sun |
Medium |
12 Inches | May-June | |
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Bebb Willow Salix bebbiana |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun |
Medium Wet |
20 Feet | None | |
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Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
6 Feet | July-September | |
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Bird's Foot Violet Viola pedata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry Medium |
6 Inches | Purple | May-June |
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Black Ash Fraxinus nigra |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun |
Medium Wet |
90 Feet | None-October | |
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Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial Shade |
Dry Medium Wet |
6 Feet | White | May-June |
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Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
2 Feet | Yellow | June-September |
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Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Dry Medium |
10 Inches | White | April-May |
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Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Dry Medium |
2 Feet | Green | April-May |
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Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium campestre |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
6 Inches | Blue | May-June |
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Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet Lake plant |
3 Feet | Purple | June-July |
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Blue Grama Bouteloua gracilis |
Grass |
Sun |
Dry |
12 Inches | June-September | |
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Blue-joint Grass Calamagrostis canadensis |
Grass |
Sun |
Medium Wet |
4 Feet | August-September | |
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Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
3 Feet | Blue | July-October |
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Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
3 Feet | Purple | May-June |
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Blue Vervain Verbena hastata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
42 Inches | Purple | July-September |
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Blue wood aster Symphyotrichum cordifolium |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Dry |
3 Feet | Blue | September-October |
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Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
36 Inches | White | June-August |
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Bottlebrush Grass Elymus hystrix |
Grass |
Sun Partial Shade |
Dry Medium |
48 Inches | Green | May-June |
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Bottlebrush Sedge Carex comosa |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Wet Lake plant |
32 Inches | None | |
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Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
24 Inches | Blue | August-October |
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Broadleaved Spring Beauty Claytonia caroliniana |
Flower/Forb |
Partial |
Medium |
1 Inches | Pink | May |
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Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
24 Inches | Orange | June-August |
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Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
12 Feet | White | June-August |
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Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
24 Inches | White | May-July |
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Canada Milkvetch Astragalus canadensis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
3 Feet | White | June-July |
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Canada Violet Viola candensis |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
10 Inches | White | May |
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Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
4 Feet | August-October | |
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Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
36 Inches | Red | July-October |
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Cinnamon Fern Osmundo cinnamomea |
Flower/Forb | Shade |
Medium |
36 Inches | None | |
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Columbine Aquilegia canadensis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial Shade |
Dry |
3 Feet | Red | May-July |
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Common Bur-Reed Sparganium eurycarpum |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet |
6 Inches | None-October | |
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Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
42 Inches | Pink | July |
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Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Feet | White | June-August |
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Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
66 Inches | Yellow | July-August |
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Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
20 Inches | Yellow | July-August |
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Cotton Grass Eriophorum angustifolium |
Grass |
Sun |
Medium Wet |
24 Inches | White | May-June |
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Cottonwood Populus deltoides |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
90 Feet | None | |
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Cream Gentian Gentiana flavida |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
18 Inches | White | September-October |
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Cream Wild Indigo Baptisia bracteata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry Medium |
24 Inches | White | June-July |
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Crooked-stemmed Aster Aster prenanthoides |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
3 Feet | Purple | September-October |
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Culvers Root Veronicastrum virginicum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
6 Feet | White | June-August |
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Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
6 Feet | Yellow | July-September |
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Cylindric Blazingstar Liatris cylindrica |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
18 Inches | Purple | August-October |
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Dotted Blazingstar Liatris punctata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
24 Inches | Purple | August-October |
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Dotted Mint - Spotted Bee Balm Monarda punctata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Feet | Purple | July-September |
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Downy Wood Mint Blephilia ciliata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
3 Feet | Purple | June-July |
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Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria |
Flower/Forb | Shade |
Medium |
1 Inches | White | May-June |
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Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial Shade |
Dry |
4 Feet | Yellow | June-August |
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Dwarf Crested Iris Iris cristata |
Flower/Forb |
Partial |
Medium |
12 Inches | Purple | May-June |
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Eastern Wahoo Euonymus atropurpurea |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
12 Feet | None | |
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Ebony Spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Dry Medium |
8 Inches | Green | May-October |
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Elderberry Sambucus racemosa |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial Shade |
Dry Medium Wet |
12 Feet | White | April-June |
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False Indigo Amorpha fruticosa |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial Shade |
Medium |
12 Feet | Purple | May-June |
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False Solomon's Seal Smilacina racemosa |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
3 Feet | White | May-July |
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Fire Weed Epilobium angustifolium |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Dry |
4 Feet | Pink | July-August |
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Flat Topped Aster Doellingeria umbellata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
4 Feet | White | August-September |
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Flowering Spurge Euphorbia corollata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
24 Inches | White | July-August |
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Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
24 Inches | May-June | |
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Fragrant Hyssop Agastache foeniculum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
4 Feet | Purple | July-September |
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Fringed Sedge Carex crinita |
Grass |
Sun Partial Shade |
Medium |
3 Feet | None-October | |
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Fringed Sedge Carex lacustris |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet Lake plant |
30 Inches | None | |
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Giant Bur-reed Sparganium eurycarpum |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Wet Lake plant |
42 Inches | None | |
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Golden Alexander Zizia aurea |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
3 Feet | Yellow | May-July |
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Golden Aster Chrysopsis camporum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Feet | Yellow | June-August |
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Gray Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
18 Inches | Yellow | August-September |
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Great St. Johnswort Hypericum pyramidatum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
6 Feet | Yellow | July-September |
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Green Bulrush Scirpus atrovirens |
Grass |
Sun |
Wet |
5 Feet | None-October | |
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Green-headed Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
4 Feet | Yellow | July-September |
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Ground Plum Astragalus crassicarpus |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
8 Inches | Purple | July-October |
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Hackberry Celtis occidentalis |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
50 Feet | None-October | |
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Hairy Penstemon Penstemon hirsutus |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
18 Inches | Purple | May-June |
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Hairy Wood Mint Blephilia hirsuta |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
3 Feet | White | June-July |
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Hardstem Bulrush Scirpus acutus |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Wet Lake plant |
72 Inches | Orange | August-September |
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Harebell Campanula rotundifolia |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
12 Inches | Purple | June-September |
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Hawthorn Crataegus spp. |
Tree/Shrub |
Partial Shade |
Dry Medium |
15 Feet | White | May-June |
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Hay Scented Fern Dennstasdtia punctilobula |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
18 Inches | None | |
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Hazelnut Corylus americana |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
12 Feet | None | |
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Heart-leaved Golden Alexander Zizia aptera |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Feet | Yellow | May-June |
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Heath Aster Symphyotrichum ericoides |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
3 Feet | White | September-October |
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Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Feet | Purple | June-September |
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Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana |
Tree/Shrub | Shade |
Dry Medium |
30 Feet | None | |
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Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
4 Feet | July-September | |
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Interrupted Fern Osmunda claytoniana |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
3 Feet | None | |
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Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
5 Feet | Pink | August-September |
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Ironwood Ostrya virginiana |
Tree/Shrub |
Partial Shade |
Dry |
30 Feet | None | |
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Jack in the Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
24 Inches | Green | May-June |
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Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptans |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Dry |
18 Inches | Blue | May-June |
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Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
66 Inches | Pink | August-September |
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June Grass Koeleria macrantha |
Grass |
Sun |
Dry |
12 Inches | May-July | |
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Kalm's Brome Bromus kalmii |
Grass |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Feet | July-September | |
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Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
24 Inches | None | |
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Lake Sedge Carex lacustris |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet Lake plant |
3 Feet | June-September | |
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Large Flower Bellwort Uvularia grandiflora |
Flower/Forb | Shade |
Medium |
24 Inches | Yellow | May |
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Large Leaved Aster Aster macrophylum |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
2 Feet | White | August-September |
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Leadplant Amorpha canescens |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
3 Feet | Purple | June-July |
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Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
3 Feet | July-September | |
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Long Beaked Sedge Carex sprengelii |
Grass |
Partial Shade |
Medium Wet |
18 Inches | None-October | |
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Longleaf bluet Hedyotis longifolia |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
8 Inches | White | June-September |
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Maidenhair Fern Adiantum pedatum |
Flower/Forb | Shade |
Dry |
12 Inches | None | |
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Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial Shade |
Medium Wet |
18 Inches | Yellow | May-June |
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Marsh Milkweed Asclepias incarnata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet |
3 Feet | Pink | June-August |
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Maximilian Sunflower Helianthus maximiliani |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
5 Feet | Yellow | August-September |
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May Apple Podophyllum peltatum |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
15 Inches | White | May-June |
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Meadowsweet Spirea alba |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun |
Dry Medium |
5 Feet | White | July-August |
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Michigan (Turk's Cap) Lily Lilium michiganense |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
4 Feet | Orange | June-August |
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Missouri Violet Viola missouriensis |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
6 Inches | Purple | May |
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Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
3 Feet | Purple | June-July |
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Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
3 Feet | White | July-September |
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Nannyberry Viburnum lentago |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium Wet |
15 Feet | White | May-June |
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Narrow Leaved Spleenwort Athyrium pycnocarpon |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
24 Inches | Green | May-October |
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New England Aster Aster novae-angliae |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
5 Feet | Purple | August-October |
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New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
30 Inches | White | June-July |
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Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
10 Feet | White | May-August |
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Nodding Onion Allium cernuum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
18 Inches | Pink | June-July |
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Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
1 Feet | White | June-August |
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Northern Blazing Star Liatris ligulistylis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
3 Feet | Purple | July-September |
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Northern White-Cedar Thuja occidentalis |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial Shade |
Medium Wet |
40 Feet | None | |
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Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
4 Feet | Pink | July-August |
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Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris |
Flower/Forb | Shade |
Medium |
24 Inches | None | |
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Oxeye Heliopsis helianthoides |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
4 Feet | Yellow | July-September |
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Pagoda Dogwood Cornus alternifolia |
Tree/Shrub |
Partial Shade |
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10 Feet | White | None |
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Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
36 Inches | Pink | July-August |
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Pale-Spike Lobelia Lobelia spicata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
18 Inches | Blue | August-September |
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Panicled Aster Aster simplex |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
6 Inches | White | September-October |
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Paper Birch Betula papyrifera |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
65 Feet | None | |
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Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
18 Inches | Yellow | July-September |
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Pasque Flower Pulsatilla patens |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
4 Inches | White | April-May |
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Path Rush Juncus tenuis |
Grass |
Sun |
Medium |
12 Inches | May-October | |
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Pennsylvania sedge Carex pensylvanica |
Grass |
Sun Partial Shade |
Dry |
9 Inches | None-October | |
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Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Wet Lake plant |
48 Inches | Purple | None-October |
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Pin Cherry Prunus pensylvanica |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial Shade |
Dry Medium |
25 Feet | White | May-June |
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Porcupine Sedge Carex hystericina |
Grass |
Sun |
Wet |
36 Inches | None-October | |
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Prairie Blazingstar Liatris pycnostachya |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
4 Feet | Purple | July-August |
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Prairie cinquefoil Potentilla pensylvanica |
Flower/Forb |
Partial |
Dry |
18 Inches | Yellow | July-September |
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Prairie Cinquefoil Potentilla arguta |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
3 Inches | White | July-August |
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Prairie Coneflower Ratibida pinnata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
48 Inches | Yellow | July-October |
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Prairie Cordgrass Spartina pectinata |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet |
72 Inches | None-October | |
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Prairie Crabapple Malus ioensis |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
25 Feet | White | May-June |
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Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
72 Inches | Yellow | July-August |
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Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
30 Inches | August-October | |
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Prairie Groundsel Sececio plattensis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
18 Inches | Yellow | May-June |
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Prairie Larkspur Delphinium virescens |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Feet | White | June-August |
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Prairie Phlox Phlox pilosa |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
24 Inches | Pink | June-July |
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Prairie Sage Artemisia ludoviciana |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
18 Inches | Green | May-October |
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Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial Shade |
Dry |
6 Inches | Pink | May-June |
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Purple Coneflower Echinacea angustifolia |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
3 Feet | Purple | July-September |
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Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
14 Inches | Purple | July-September |
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Purple Prairie Clover Petalostemum purpureum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
18 Inches | Pink | July-August |
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Purple-stemmed Aster Aster puniceus |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
5 Feet | Blue | September-October |
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Pussytoes Antennaria neglecta |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
3 Inches | White | May-June |
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Pussy Willow Salix discolor |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun |
Medium Wet |
30 Feet | April-May | |
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Queen of the Prairie Filipendula rubra |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium Wet |
72 Feet | Pink | August |
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Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
42 Inches | Green | July-August |
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Red Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial Shade |
Dry Medium Wet |
12 Feet | White | May-June |
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Riddell's Goldenrod Solidago riddellii |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
3 Feet | Yellow | August-September |
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Rigid Goldenrod Solidago rigida |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
5 Feet | Yellow | September-October |
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River Birch Betula nigra |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet |
65 Feet | None | |
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River Bulrush Scirpus fluviatilis |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet Lake plant |
6 Feet | None | |
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Rough Blazingstar Liatris aspera |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
42 Inches | Purple | August-September |
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Roundheaded Bushclover Lespedeza capitata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
3 Feet | White | August-September |
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Round Lobed Hepatica Hepatica americana |
Flower/Forb | Shade |
Dry Medium |
6 Inches | White | May |
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Royal Catchfly Silene regia |
Flower/Forb |
Partial |
Medium |
3 Feet | Red | July-August |
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Royal Fern Osmunda regalis |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
6 Feet | None | |
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Rue Anemone Anemonella thalictroides |
Flower/Forb | Shade |
Dry Medium |
10 Inches | White | May |
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Sand Sedge Carex muhlenbergii |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
18 Inches | May-June | |
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Scribner's Panic Grass Panicum oligosanthes |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
12 Inches | July-October | |
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Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
36 Inches | None | |
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Serviceberry Amelanchier spp. |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
25 Feet | White | April-June |
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Sharp Lobed Hepatica Hepatica acutiloba |
Flower/Forb | Shade |
Dry Medium |
6 Inches | White | May |
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Shooting-Star Dodecatheon meadia |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
12 Inches | White | May-June |
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Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
4 Feet | Yellow | August-September |
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Showy Milkweed Asclepia speciosa |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry Medium |
4 Feet | Pink | July-August |
|
Showy Mountain-Ash Sorbus decora |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium Wet |
30 Feet | None | |
|
Showy Penstemon Penstemon grandiflorus |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Feet | Purple | June-July |
|
Showy Sunflower Helianthus laetiflorus |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
4 Feet | Yellow | August-September |
|
Showy Tick-Trefoil Desmodium canadense |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
6 Feet | Pink | July-August |
|
Showy Trillium Trillium grandiflorum |
Flower/Forb | Shade |
Dry Medium |
18 Inches | White | May-June |
|
Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa, Dasiphora fructosa |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun |
Dry Medium |
3 Feet | Yellow | May-September |
|
Side Oats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula |
Grass |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Feet | July-October | |
|
Silky Aster Aster sericeus |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
18 Inches | Purple | September-October |
|
Silky Prairie Clover Dalea villosum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
18 Inches | Purple | July-August |
|
Silky Wildrye Elymus villosus |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
3 Feet | August-October | |
|
Silver Maple Acer saccharinum |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
60 Feet | None-October | |
|
Slenderleaf False Foxglove Agalinis tenuifolia |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry Medium |
18 Inches | Pink | August-September |
|
Slender Penstemon Penstemon gracilis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
12 Inches | Purple | June-July |
|
Smooth Blue Aster Aster laevis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Feet | Purple | September-October |
|
Smooth Penstemon Penstemon digitalis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
3 Feet | White | June-July |
|
Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
6 Feet | Yellow | August-October |
|
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus |
Tree/Shrub |
Partial Shade |
Dry Medium |
2 Feet | White | June-July |
|
Snowy Wood Rush Luzula nivea |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet |
14 Inches | May-June | |
|
Soft Rush Juncus effusus |
Grass |
Sun |
Medium Wet Lake plant |
32 Inches | None | |
|
Softstem Bulrush Scirpus validus |
Grass |
Sun |
Wet Lake plant |
72 Inches | None | |
|
Solomon Seal Polygonatum biflorum |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Dry Medium |
White | May-July | |
|
Speckled alder Alnus incana |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet |
24 Feet | None-October | |
|
Spiderwort Tradescantia bracteata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
24 Inches | Purple | June-August |
|
Spike Rush Eleocharis acicularis |
Grass |
Sun |
Medium Wet Lake plant |
6 Inches | July | |
|
Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
4 Inches | White | May |
|
Starry False Solomon Seal Smilacina stellata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
18 Inches | White | May-June |
|
Steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
5 Feet | Pink | July |
|
Stiff Gentian Gentianella quinquefolia |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
18 Inches | Purple | September-October |
|
Swamp Birch Betula pumila |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Wet |
None | ||
|
Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
60 Feet | None-October | |
|
Sweet Coneflower Rudbeckia subtomentosa |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
4 Feet | Yellow | July-August |
|
Sweet Everlasting Gnaphalium obtusifolium |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Inches | White | July-September |
|
Sweet Flag Acorus calamus |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Wet Lake plant |
32 Inches | Green | May-July |
|
Sweet Grass Hierochloe odorata |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
24 Inches | None-October | |
|
Sweet Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
6 Feet | Pink | July-August |
|
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
5 Feet | July-October | |
|
Tall Bellflower Campanula americana |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
3 Feet | Blue | June-September |
|
Tall Meadow Rue Thalictrum dasycarpum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
4 Feet | White | June-July |
|
Tamarack Larix laricina |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet |
60 Feet | None | |
|
Thimble Flower Anemone cylindrica |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
18 Inches | White | June-July |
|
Thinleaved Coneflower Rudbeckia triloba |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
3 Feet | Yellow | July-August |
|
Three-square Bulrush Scirpus pungens |
Grass |
Wet Lake plant |
4 Feet | None | ||
|
Torrey's Rush Juncus torreyi |
Grass |
Sun |
Medium |
12 Inches | May-October | |
|
Turtlehead Chelone glabra |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
2 Feet | White | July-September |
|
Tussock Sedge Carex stricta |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Medium Wet Lake plant |
30 Inches | None | |
|
Upright Coneflower Ratibida columnifera |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Feet | Yellow | July-September |
|
Virginia bluebells Mertensia virginica |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Dry Medium |
24 Inches | Blue | May-June |
|
Virginia Waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Dry Medium |
18 Inches | Purple | May |
|
Virginia Wildrye Elymus virginicus |
Grass |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
42 Inches | August-October | |
|
Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
10 Feet | White | July-August |
|
Water Plantain Alisma triviale |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Medium |
3 Feet | White | May-September |
|
Western Sunflower Helianthus occidentalis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
4 Feet | Yellow | August-September |
|
White Baneberry Actea pachypoda |
Flower/Forb | Shade |
Medium |
24 Inches | White | May-June |
|
White Prairie Clover Dalea candidum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
3 Inches | White | July-August |
|
White Snakeroot Ageratina altissima |
Flower/Forb |
Partial |
Medium |
3 Feet | White | July-August |
|
White Upland Aster Solidago ptarmicoides |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
18 Inches | White | August-September |
|
White Wild Indigo Baptisia alba |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
5 Feet | White | June-July |
|
Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
2 Feet | White | June-August |
|
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
3 Feet | Purple | July-August |
|
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry Medium |
18 Inches | Purple | May-June |
|
Wild Ginger Asarum canadense |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Dry |
8 Inches | Red | May-June |
|
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley Maianthemum canadense |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
6 Inches | White | June-July |
|
Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry |
24 Inches | Purple | May-June |
|
Wild Onion Allium stellatum |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Dry |
24 Inches | Pink | July-September |
|
Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis |
Flower/Forb |
Sun |
Dry Medium |
18 Inches | Purple | July-September |
|
Wild Rose Rosa woodsii |
Tree/Shrub |
Sun |
Dry |
4 Feet | Pink | June-July |
|
Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana |
Flower/Forb |
Sun Partial |
Medium |
6 Inches | White | May-June |
|
Winterberry Ilex verticillata |
Tree/Shrub |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
12 Feet | None-October | |
|
Wood Fern Dryopteris marginalis |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
12 Inches | None | |
|
Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus |
Flower/Forb | Shade |
Medium |
42 Inches | Yellow | July-October |
|
Woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus |
Grass |
Sun |
Medium Wet Lake plant |
4 Feet | Green | May-September |
|
Yellow Violet Viola pubescens |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Medium |
4 Inches | Yellow | May |
|
Zig-zag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis |
Flower/Forb |
Partial Shade |
Dry Medium |
2 Feet | Yellow | August-October |