This tool contains information on plants native to MN that are generally commercially available. It is meant to help project planners identify plants that are most likely to thrive given each project’s unique mix of site characteristics and design criteria. It contains a number of optional filters to help select appropriate plants. There is no need to mark every checkbox or define every range in each filter category; you can just use the filter categories that best help “define” your project site and design intentions. Hover your mouse over a filter category for its definition, or learn more about the terminology and data sources used by the Plant Finder through the link below.
About the Plant Finder MAP OF MN ECOREGIONS MN NATIVE PLANT NURSERIES
Name | Type | Height | Light Exposure | Soil Moisture | Bloom Color |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abies balsamea
|
Tree |
50 -
50 to 60 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Red, Brown |
Actaea pachypoda
|
Forb |
1 -
1.5 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
White |
Forb |
3 -
3 to 5 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White |
|
Actaea rubra
|
Forb |
1 -
1.5 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Adiantum pedatum
|
Fern |
1 -
1 foot |
Shade |
Dry |
Green |
Aquilegia canadensis
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Red |
Arisaema dracontium
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Wet |
Green |
Arisaema triphyllum
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Aronia melanocarpa
|
Shrub |
3 -
3 to 8 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Asarum canadense
|
Forb |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Pink |
Asplenium platyneuron
|
Fern |
0 -
8 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Green |
Athyrium filix-femina
|
Fern |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Bromus ciliatus
|
Grass |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
Yellow |
Caltha palustris
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow |
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow, Green, Brown |
|
Carex eburnea
|
Grass |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Green, Brown |
Carex grayi
|
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium, Wet |
Green |
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Wet |
Green |
|
Grass |
0 -
6 to 18 inches |
Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White, Red, Green |
|
Carex radiata
|
Grass |
0 -
.5 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
Green |
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White, Green, Brown |
|
Grass |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White, Yellow, Green |
|
Carex tribuloides
|
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Wet |
Green |
Carex typhina
|
Grass |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Wet |
Green |
Caulophyllum thalictroides
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Green |
Chelone obliqua
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Shade |
Medium, Wet |
Pink |
Claytonia virginica
|
Forb |
0 -
3 to 8 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Pink |
Cornus racemosa
|
Shrub |
10 -
10 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
White |
Shrub |
6 -
6 to 12 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
White |
|
Dicentra cucullaria
|
Forb |
1 -
1 foot |
Shade |
Medium |
White |
Diervilla lonicera
|
Shrub |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Yellow |
Dirca palustris
|
Shrub |
6 -
6 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow |
Dryopteris marginalis
|
Fern |
1 -
1 foot |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Elymus hystrix
|
Grass |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Green |
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
|
Fragaria vesca
|
Forb |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White, Yellow |
Forb |
1 -
1 foot |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Pink |
|
Helianthus strumosus
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 6 feet |
Shade |
Medium |
Yellow |
Heuchera richardsonii
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Green |
Hydrophyllum virginianum
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Purple |
Ilex verticillata
|
Shrub |
12 -
12 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White, Yellow |
Forb |
2 -
2 to 5 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium, Wet |
Yellow, Red, Orange |
|
Maianthemum canadense
|
Forb |
0 -
6 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White |
Maianthemum racemosum
a.k.a. False Solomon's Seal, Smilacina racemosum
|
Forb |
1 -
1.5 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Matteuccia struthiopteris
|
Fern |
2 -
2 to 6 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Mertensia virginica
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Blue |
Onoclea sensibilis
|
Fern |
2 -
2 to 4 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
|
Osmunda claytoniana
|
Fern |
3 -
3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Osmunda regalis
|
Fern |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Tree |
25 -
25 to 30 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Red, Green, Brown |
|
Packera aurea
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium, Wet |
Yellow |
Phlox divaricata
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Purple |
Picea mariana
|
Tree |
30 -
30 to 35 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow, Red, Brown |
Podophyllum peltatum
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White |
Polemonium reptans
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Blue |
Polygonatum biflorum
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Polystichum acrostichoides
|
Fern |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Green |
Prunus serotina
|
Tree |
50 -
50 to 60 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
White |
Ranunculus pensylvanicus
|
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Wet |
Yellow |
Rhus aromatica
|
Shrub |
3 -
3 to 6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Shrub |
12 -
12 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
|
Sanguinaria canadensis
|
Forb |
1 -
1 foot |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Solidago flexicaulis
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Forb |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow, Orange |
|
Symphoricarpos albus
|
Shrub |
2 -
2 to 5 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium, Wet |
White, Pink |
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Blue |
Symphyotrichum shortii
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 4 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Purple, Blue |
Thalictrum thalictroides
|
Forb |
0 -
6 inches |
Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Pink |
Tiarella cordifolia
|
Forb |
0 -
6 to 18 inches |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Tradescantia ohiensis
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Shade |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
Purple |
Trillium grandiflorum
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Uvularia grandiflora
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Shade |
Medium |
Yellow |
Viola canadensis
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White |
Viola missouriensis
|
Forb |
0 -
3 to 6 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Blue |
Viola pubescens
|
Forb |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow |
Forb |
0 -
3 to 8 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White, Purple |
This project was supported by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center through an appropriation from the Clean Water Fund established by Minnesota Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment and from the Minnesota Stormwater Research Council. Information and photos were collected or supplied from many sources, including Plants for Stormwater Design: Species Selection for the Upper Midwest, the USDA and USFHA Ecoregional Revegetation Application, Minnesota Wildflowers, and the DNR Minnesota Biological Survey with funding from ENRTF. The State of Minnesota and DNR hold a copyright to the pollinator information provided.