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. If you’d like to filter plants by their native range, we suggest using Ecoregion—you can find a map of MN’s ecoregions here. After you’ve come up with a list of plants, we have a growing list of Native Plant nurseries around the state here.
Name | Type | Height | Light Exposure | Soil Moisture | Bloom Color | Lifespan |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abies balsamea
|
Tree |
50 -
50 to 60 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Red, Brown |
Perennial |
Acer rubrum
|
Tree |
40 -
40 to 70 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium, Wet |
Red |
Perennial |
Acer saccharinum
|
Tree |
50 -
50 to 80 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Yellow, Red |
Perennial |
Actaea pachypoda
|
Forb |
1 -
1.5 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Forb |
3 -
3 to 5 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White |
Perennial | |
Actaea rubra
|
Forb |
1 -
1.5 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Adiantum pedatum
|
Fern |
1 -
1 foot |
Shade |
Dry |
Green |
Perennial |
Aesculus glabra
|
Tree |
20 -
20 to 40 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Yellow, Green |
Perennial |
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial | |
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
White, Pink, Green |
Perennial | |
Ageratina altissima
|
Forb |
2 -
2 to 4 feet |
Part Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Agrimonia gryposepala
|
Forb |
2 -
2 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Agrostis perennans
|
Grass |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Allium canadense
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
White, Purple |
Perennial |
Allium cernuum
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Pink |
Perennial |
Allium stellatum
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Pink |
Perennial |
Alnus incana
|
Shrub |
15 -
15 to 25 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Yellow, Red |
Perennial |
Amelanchier arborea
|
Tree |
15 -
15 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Amelanchier laevis
|
Tree |
25 -
25 to 30 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Amorpha canescens
|
Shrub |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial |
Amorpha fruticosa
|
Shrub |
0 -
8 to 12 inches |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Amorpha nana
|
Shrub |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Purple, Red, Blue |
Perennial |
Anaphalis margaritacea
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
White, Yellow |
Perennial |
Andropogon gerardii
|
Grass |
6 -
6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Red, Brown |
Perennial |
Anemone canadensis
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium, Wet |
White |
Perennial |
Anemone cylindrica
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Anemone virginiana
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White, Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Angelica atropurpurea
|
Forb |
7 -
7 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Antennaria neglecta
|
Forb |
1 -
1 foot |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1 foot |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial | |
Aquilegia canadensis
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Red |
Perennial |
Arisaema dracontium
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Arisaema triphyllum
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Aronia melanocarpa
|
Shrub |
3 -
3 to 8 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Artemisia ludoviciana
|
Forb |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Asarum canadense
|
Forb |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Pink |
Perennial |
Asclepias exaltata
|
Forb |
5 -
5 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Pink |
Perennial | |
Asclepias speciosa
|
Forb |
2 -
2 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White, Pink |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Medium, Wet |
Pink |
Perennial | |
Asclepias syriaca
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Pink |
Perennial |
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Orange |
Perennial | |
Asclepias verticillata
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Asplenium platyneuron
|
Fern |
0 -
8 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Astragalus canadensis
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Astragalus crassicarpus
|
Forb |
2 -
2 foot |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Athyrium filix-femina
|
Fern |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Baptisia australis
|
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun |
Medium, Wet |
Purple, Blue |
Perennial |
Baptisia bracteata
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Forb |
2 -
2.5 to 5 feet |
Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial | |
Betula nigra
|
Tree |
50 -
50 to 75 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium, Wet |
Yellow, Red |
Perennial |
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial | |
Blephilia hirsuta
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Forb |
3 -
3 to 6 feet |
Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial | |
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Bouteloua gracilis
|
Grass |
1 -
1 foot |
Sun |
Dry |
Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Bromus ciliatus
|
Grass |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Green |
Perennial | |
Grass |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Callirhoe involucrata
|
Forb |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Pink |
Perennial |
Caltha palustris
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Campanula rotundifolia
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial |
Carex bebbii
|
Grass |
1 -
1 foot |
Sun |
Medium |
White, Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Grass |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
White, Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Grass |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Medium, Wet |
Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow, Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Carex eburnea
|
Grass |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Carex grayi
|
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium, Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Carex hystericina
|
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Carex interior
|
Grass |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Carex lacustris
|
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Carex lupulina
|
Grass |
4 -
4 to 5 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Carex muehlenbergii
|
Grass |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Green |
Perennial |
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial | |
Grass |
0 -
6 to 18 inches |
Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White, Red, Green |
Perennial | |
Carex radiata
|
Grass |
0 -
.5 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White, Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Grass |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White, Yellow, Green |
Perennial | |
Grass |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Medium, Wet |
Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Carex tribuloides
|
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Carex typhina
|
Grass |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Grass |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Wet |
Yellow, Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Carex vulpinoidea
|
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Tree |
25 -
25 to 30 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Yellow, Red, Green |
Perennial | |
Caulophyllum thalictroides
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Green |
Perennial |
Ceanothus americanus
|
Shrub |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Celtis occidentalis
|
Tree |
40 -
40 to 50 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White, Yellow, Green |
Perennial |
Cephalanthus occidentalis
|
Shrub |
12 -
12 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Chamerion angustifolium
|
Forb |
4 -
4 to 6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Pink |
Perennial |
Chelone glabra
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Chelone obliqua
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Shade |
Medium, Wet |
Pink |
Perennial |
Forb |
4 -
4 to 7 feet |
Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White, Pink |
Biennial, Perennial | |
Claytonia caroliniana
|
Forb |
0 -
3 to 8 inches |
Part Sun |
Medium |
Pink |
Perennial |
Claytonia virginica
|
Forb |
0 -
3 to 8 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Pink |
Perennial |
Clematis virginiana
|
Vine |
6 -
6 to 20 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Coreopsis lanceolata
|
Forb |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Coreopsis palmata
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Cornus alternifolia
|
Tree |
15 -
15 to 25 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White, Yellow |
Perennial |
Cornus amomum
|
Shrub |
6 -
6 to 12 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium, Wet |
White |
Perennial |
Cornus racemosa
|
Shrub |
10 -
10 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
White |
Perennial |
Shrub |
6 -
6 to 12 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
White |
Perennial | |
Corylus americana
|
Shrub |
12 -
12 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Green |
Perennial |
Dalea candida
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Dalea purpurea
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial |
Dalea villosa
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial |
Forb |
2 -
2 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial | |
Desmodium canadense
|
Forb |
4 -
4 to 5 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Pink |
Perennial |
Dicentra cucullaria
|
Forb |
1 -
1 foot |
Shade |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Diervilla lonicera
|
Shrub |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Dirca palustris
|
Shrub |
6 -
6 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1 foot |
Sun |
Medium |
White, Purple, Pink |
Perennial | |
Forb |
1 -
1 foot |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial | |
Doellingeria umbellata
|
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Dryopteris marginalis
|
Fern |
1 -
1 foot |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial | |
Echinacea pallida
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial |
Echinacea paradoxa
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Echinacea purpurea
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Grass |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Sun |
Medium |
Green |
Perennial | |
Eleocharis palustris
|
Grass |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Wet |
Brown |
Perennial |
Elymus canadensis
|
Grass |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Elymus hystrix
|
Grass |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Green |
Perennial |
Elymus villosus
|
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Elymus virginicus
|
Grass |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Eragrostis spectabilis
|
Grass |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Red |
Perennial |
Eriophorum angustifolium
|
Grass |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Eryngium yuccifolium
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Euonymus atropurpureus
|
Shrub |
12 -
12 to 20 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium, Wet |
Purple, Red |
Perennial |
Forb |
5 -
5 to 6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Pink |
Perennial | |
Eupatorium perfoliatum
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Euphorbia corollata
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial | |
Euthamia graminifolia
|
Forb |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium, Wet |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Forb |
5 -
5 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial | |
Filipendula rubra
|
Forb |
5 -
5 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Pink |
Perennial |
Fragaria vesca
|
Forb |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White, Yellow |
Perennial |
Fragaria virginiana
|
Forb |
0 -
6 inches |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Fraxinus nigra
|
Tree |
80 -
80 to 90 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Purple, Red |
Perennial |
Galium boreale
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Gentiana andrewsii
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Blue |
Perennial |
Forb |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial | |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Blue |
Perennial | |
Geranium maculatum
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1 foot |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Pink |
Perennial | |
Gleditsia triacanthos
|
Tree |
40 -
40 to 50 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow, Green |
Perennial |
Glyceria canadensis
|
Grass |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Glyceria grandis
|
Grass |
3 -
3 to 5 feet |
Sun |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Hamamelis virginiana
|
Shrub |
10 -
10 to 20 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Hedyotis longifolia
|
Forb |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Helenium autumnale
|
Forb |
0 -
6 inches |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Helianthus laetiflorus
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Helianthus maximiliani
|
Forb |
4 -
4 to 5 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Helianthus occidentalis
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Helianthus pauciflorus
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Helianthus strumosus
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 6 feet |
Shade |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Heliopsis helianthoides
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Heuchera richardsonii
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Green |
Perennial |
Hibiscus laevis
|
Forb |
5 -
5 to 7 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Wet |
White, Pink, Red |
Perennial |
Hierochloe odorata
|
Grass |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Hydrophyllum virginianum
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Hypericum pyramidatum
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Ilex verticillata
|
Shrub |
12 -
12 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White, Yellow |
Perennial |
Iris cristata
|
Forb |
0 -
3 to 8 inches |
Part Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Iris versicolor
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Juncus canadensis
|
Grass |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Wet |
Green |
Perennial |
Juncus effusus
|
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Juncus tenuis
|
Grass |
1 -
1 foot |
Sun |
Medium |
White, Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Juncus torreyi
|
Grass |
1 -
1 foot |
Sun |
Medium |
Red, Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Juniperus virginiana
|
Tree |
10 -
10 to 30 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow, Green |
Perennial |
Grass |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Green |
Perennial | |
Lespedeza capitata
|
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial | |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial | |
Forb |
3 -
3 to 5 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial | |
Liatris punctata
|
Forb |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial |
Liatris pycnostachya
|
Forb |
4 -
4 to 5 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Liatris spicata
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 6 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Orange |
Perennial | |
Lobelia cardinalis
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Red |
Perennial |
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Blue |
Perennial | |
Lobelia spicata
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Blue |
Perennial |
Lupinus perennis
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Blue |
Perennial |
Lycopus americanus
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Wet |
White |
Perennial |
Maianthemum canadense
|
Forb |
0 -
6 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Maianthemum racemosum
a.k.a. False Solomon's Seal, Smilacina racemosum
|
Forb |
1 -
1.5 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Matteuccia struthiopteris
|
Fern |
2 -
2 to 6 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Mertensia virginica
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Blue |
Perennial |
Mimulus ringens
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Blue |
Perennial |
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Purple |
Perennial | |
Monarda punctata
|
Forb |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial |
Nelumbo lutea
|
Forb |
0 -
6 inches |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Onoclea sensibilis
|
Fern |
2 -
2 to 4 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Shrub |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial | |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial | |
Osmunda claytoniana
|
Fern |
3 -
3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Osmunda regalis
|
Fern |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Tree |
25 -
25 to 30 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Red, Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Packera aurea
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium, Wet |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Biennial, Perennial | |
Panicum virgatum
|
Grass |
4 -
4 to 6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1.5 to 3 feet |
Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial | |
Pedicularis canadensis
|
Forb |
1 -
1 foot |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow, Red |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial | |
Penstemon gracilis
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Pink |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Pink |
Perennial | |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial | |
Phlox divaricata
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Phlox pilosa
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Pink |
Perennial |
Physocarpus opulifolius
|
Shrub |
5 -
5 to 8 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Physostegia virginiana
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Pink |
Perennial |
Picea glauca
|
Tree |
80 -
80 to 100 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow, Purple, Brown |
Perennial |
Picea mariana
|
Tree |
30 -
30 to 35 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow, Red, Brown |
Perennial |
Tree |
120 -
120 to 150 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Red |
Perennial | |
Podophyllum peltatum
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Polemonium reptans
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Blue |
Perennial |
Polygonatum biflorum
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Polystichum acrostichoides
|
Fern |
2 -
2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Pontederia cordata
|
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun |
Wet |
Purple |
Perennial |
Populus deltoides
|
Tree |
80 -
80 to 90 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Red |
Perennial |
Populus tremuloides
|
Tree |
40 -
40 to 100 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Red, Green |
Perennial |
Potentilla arguta
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Prenanthes alba
|
Forb |
2 -
2 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
White, Pink |
Perennial |
Forb |
0 -
2 to 12 inches |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Purple |
Perennial | |
Prunus americana
|
Tree |
20 -
20 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Pink |
Perennial |
Prunus pumila
|
Tree |
5 -
5 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Prunus serotina
|
Tree |
50 -
50 to 60 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Prunus virginiana
|
Shrub |
20 -
20 to 25 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Pycnanthemum virginianum
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Quercus alba
|
Tree |
80 -
80 to 100 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Quercus bicolor
|
Tree |
50 -
50 to 60 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White, Green |
Perennial |
Quercus ellipsoidalis
|
Tree |
80 -
80 to 100 feet or more |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Red, Green |
Perennial |
Quercus macrocarpa
|
Tree |
50 -
50 to 100 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Tree |
70 -
70 to 80 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial | |
Ranunculus pensylvanicus
|
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Wet |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Ratibida columnifera
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Ratibida pinnata
|
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Rhus aromatica
|
Shrub |
3 -
3 to 6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Shrub |
2 -
2 to 6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Green |
Perennial | |
Rosa arkansana
|
Shrub |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
White, Yellow, Pink |
Perennial |
Rosa blanda
|
Shrub |
5 -
5 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Pink |
Perennial |
Rudbeckia hirta
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Biennial, Perennial |
Forb |
4 -
4 to 6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
Yellow |
Perennial | |
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial | |
Rudbeckia triloba
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Ruellia humilis
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Forb |
3 -
3 to 6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium, Wet |
Pink, Red, Green |
Perennial | |
Sagittaria latifolia
|
Forb |
2 -
2 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Wet |
White |
Perennial |
Shrub |
20 -
20 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial | |
Salix discolor
|
Shrub |
6 -
6 to 15 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium, Wet |
White, Yellow |
Perennial |
Salix humilis
|
Shrub |
8 -
8 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Salix interior
|
Shrub |
5 -
5 to 22 feet |
Sun |
Wet |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Shrub |
5 -
5 to 12 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium, Wet |
White |
Perennial | |
Shrub |
12 -
12 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial | |
Sanguinaria canadensis
|
Forb |
1 -
1 foot |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial | |
Schizachyrium scoparium
|
Grass |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Red, Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Schoenoplectus acutus
|
Grass |
6 -
6 feet |
Sun |
Wet |
Orange |
Perennial |
Grass |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Orange, Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Grass |
5 -
5 feet |
Sun |
Medium, Wet |
Yellow, Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Scirpus cyperinus
|
Grass |
3 -
3 to 5 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Yellow, Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Grass |
6 -
6 feet |
Sun |
Wet |
Orange, Green, Brown |
Perennial | |
Forb |
3 -
3 to 6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial | |
Silene regia
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Part Sun |
Medium |
Pink |
Perennial |
Silene virginica
|
Forb |
1 -
12 to 18 inches |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Red |
Perennial |
Silphium laciniatum
|
Forb |
6 -
6 to 9 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Silphium perfoliatum
|
Forb |
8 -
8 to 10 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Forb |
6 -
6 to 7 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial | |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
|
Forb |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium, Wet |
Blue |
Perennial |
Sisyrinchium campestre
|
Forb |
0 -
6 inches |
Sun |
Dry |
Blue |
Perennial |
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Purple, Blue |
Perennial | |
Solidago flexicaulis
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Solidago nemoralis
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Solidago ptarmicoides
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Solidago riddellii
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 5 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Forb |
4 -
4 to 5 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial | |
Solidago speciosa
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 5 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Forb |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial | |
Sorghastrum nutans
|
Grass |
5 -
5 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Green |
Perennial |
Sparganium eurycarpum
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium, Wet |
White, Yellow |
Perennial |
Spartina pectinata
|
Grass |
6 -
6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White, Purple, Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Shrub |
5 -
5 to 6 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial | |
Spiraea tomentosa
|
Shrub |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Pink |
Perennial |
Sporobolus heterolepis
|
Grass |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White, Purple, Green, Brown |
Perennial |
Staphylea trifolia
|
Shrub |
8 -
8 to 15 feet |
Part Sun |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
White, Yellow |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow, Orange |
Perennial | |
Symphoricarpos albus
|
Shrub |
2 -
2 to 5 feet |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Medium, Wet |
White, Pink |
Perennial |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
|
Shrub |
2 -
2 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White, Pink, Green |
Perennial |
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry |
Blue |
Perennial |
Symphyotrichum ericoides
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
White |
Perennial |
Symphyotrichum laeve
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Blue |
Perennial |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Purple |
Perennial | |
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Blue |
Perennial | |
Symphyotrichum prenanthoides
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Forb |
2 -
2 to 3 feet |
Sun |
Wet |
White, Purple, Pink |
Perennial | |
Symphyotrichum sericeum
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow, Purple, Pink |
Perennial |
Symphyotrichum shortii
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 4 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Purple, Blue |
Perennial |
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Yellow, Pink |
Perennial | |
Thalictrum dasycarpum
|
Forb |
4 -
4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Thalictrum dioicum
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Part Sun |
Medium |
White, Green |
Perennial |
Thalictrum thalictroides
|
Forb |
0 -
6 inches |
Shade |
Dry, Medium |
Pink |
Perennial |
Tree |
10 -
10 to 40 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Yellow, Green |
Perennial | |
Tiarella cordifolia
|
Forb |
0 -
6 to 18 inches |
Sun, Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Tree |
50 -
50 to 80 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
White, Yellow |
Perennial | |
Tradescantia bracteata
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial |
Tradescantia ohiensis
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Shade |
Dry, Medium, Wet |
Purple |
Perennial |
Trillium grandiflorum
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 2 feet |
Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Uvularia grandiflora
|
Forb |
2 -
2 feet |
Shade |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Shrub |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Sun |
Medium, Wet |
White, Purple, Red |
Perennial | |
Valeriana edulis
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Wet |
White |
Perennial |
Verbena hastata
|
Forb |
3 -
3 to 4 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Verbena stricta
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Purple |
Perennial |
Vernonia fasciculata
|
Forb |
5 -
5 feet |
Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Veronicastrum virginicum
|
Forb |
6 -
6 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Viola canadensis
|
Forb |
1 -
1 to 3 feet |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
White |
Perennial |
Viola missouriensis
|
Forb |
0 -
3 to 6 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Blue |
Perennial |
Viola pedata
|
Forb |
0 -
3 to 6 inches |
Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Viola pedatifida
|
Forb |
0 -
4 to 8 inches |
Sun |
Medium |
Purple |
Perennial |
Viola pubescens
|
Forb |
0 -
6 to 12 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Forb |
0 -
3 to 8 inches |
Part Sun, Shade |
Dry, Medium |
White, Purple |
Perennial | |
Zizia aptera
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun |
Dry |
Yellow |
Perennial |
Zizia aurea
|
Forb |
3 -
3 feet |
Sun, Part Sun |
Dry, Medium |
Yellow |
Perennial |
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.