Native Plants


NATIVE FORBS
Common Name
Agrimony
Anise Hyssop
American Lopseed
Aster
Beardtongue
Beebalm
Bellwort
Big Leaved Aster
Bishop's Cap
Blazingstar
Blue Cohosh
Blue Vervain
Bloodroot
Bluebead Lily
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Bottle Gentian
Butterfly Milkweed
Bunchberry
Canada May Flower
Cinquefoil
Coralroot
Corydalis
Cranberry
Cup Plant
Early Meadow Rue
Enchanter's Nightshade
Evening Primrose
False Indigo
Field Pussytoes
Figwort
Fireweed
Fringed Milkwort
Gentian
Geum
Ginger
Golden Alexanders
Goldenrod
Ground Cherry
Grass Pink
Gray Headed Coneflower
Harebell
Heart Leaved Aster
Hyssop
Illinois Bundle Flower
Indian Paintbrush
Indian Pipe
Jewelweed
Joe Pye Weed
Lousewort
Lupine
Marsh Marigold
Maximilian Sunflower
Meadow Rue
Michigan Lily
Milkweed
Nodding Trillium
Pale Indian Plantain
Pale Purple Coneflower
Partridge Pea
Pasque Flower
Pearly Everlasting
Pink Lady's Slipper
Poke Milkweed
Prairie Smoke
Primrose
Purple Prairie Clover
Ragwort
Rattlesnake Master
Rose Pogonia
Round Headed Bush Clover
Rue Anemone
Self-Heal
Sharp Lobed Hepatica
Showy Orchid
Silky Aster
Sneezeweed
Solomon's Seal
Spiderwort
Spikenard
Starflower
Stiff Goldenrod
Sundew
Sweet Cicely
Thimbleweed
Tick Trefoil
Toadflax
Touch Me Not
Toothwort
Trillium
Trout Lily
Twayblade
Vervain
Violets
Viriginia Waterleaf
White Avens
White Lettuce
White Snakeroot
White Turtlehead
Wood Betony
Wild Bergamot
Wild Columbine
Wild Geranium
Wild Petunia
Wild Sarsaparilla
Wingstem
Wintergreen
Yellow Lady Slipper
Zig Zag Goldenrod
Latin Name
Actaea
Actinomeris
Agastache
Ageratina
Agrimonia
Amsonia
Anaphalis
Anemone
Antennaria
Apocynum
Aquilegia
Arailia
Arisaema
Arnica
Arnoglossum
Asarum
Asclepias
Cacalia
Calapogon
Caltha
Calylophus
Caulophyllum
Campanula
Cassia
Castilleja
Chelone
Circaea
Clintonia
Comandra
Comarum
Corallorhiza
Corydalis
Cypripedium
Dalea
Dentaria
Desmanthus
Desmodium
Drosera
Echinacea
Epilobium
Erythronium
Eryngium
Eupatorium
Eurybia
Eutrochium
Galearis
Gaultheria
Gentiana
Geranium
Geum
Helianthus
Helenium
Hepatica
Hydrophyllum
Hypericum
Impatiens
Ipomosis
Lespedeza
Liatris
Lilium
Linnaea
Liparis
Lithospermum
Maianthemum
Mitella
Monarda
Oenothera
Oligoneuron
Osmorhiza
Oxycoccus
Oxytropis
Packera
Pedicularis
Penstemon
Phryma
Physalis
Pogonia
Polygala
Polygonatum
Prairie Smoke
Prenanthes
Primula
Prunella
Pseudocymopterus
Pyrola
Ratibida
Ruellia
Sanguinaria
Scrophularia
Senna
Silphium perfoliatum
Solidago
Symphyotrichum
Thalictrum
Thermopsis
Tradescantia
Trientalis
Trifolium
Trillium
Uvularia
Verbena
Verbesina
Zizia


NATIVE FERNS
Common Name


NATIVE GRASSES & SEDGES
Common Name
Big Bluestem
Bottlebrush Grass
Indian Grass
Little Bluestem
Pennsylvania Sedge

Latin Name
Andropogon
Carex
Elymus
Hystrix
Schizachyrium
Sorghastrum
NATIVE VINES
Common Name
Bittersweet
Bristly Greenbrier
Canada Moonseed Vine
Carrionflower Vine
Clematis
Cucumber Vine
Grape Vine
Ground Nut
Hog Peanut
Pale Vetchling
Virgin's Bower
Woodbine

Latin Name
Amphicarpaea
Apios
Celastrus
Clematis
Echinocystis
Lathyrus
Menispermum
Parthenocissus
Smilax
Vitis
NATIVE SHRUBS
Common Name
American Bladdernut
Blueberries
Bush Honeysuckle
Buttonbush
Chokeberry
Cranberry
Dogwood
Downy Arrowwood Viburnum
Elderberry
Hazelnut
Nannyberry Viburnum
Pagoda Dogwood
Prickly Ash
Snowberry
Staghorn Sumac
Sweet Fern
Wahoo Tree
Wintergreen
Witch Hazel

Latin Name
Amorpha
Aronia
Cephalanthus
Comptonia
Corylus
Diervilla
Euonymus
Hamamelis
Oxycoccus
Rhus
Sambucus
Staphylea
Symphoricarpos
Vaccinum
Viburnum
Zanthoxylum
NATIVE TREES
Common Name
American Plum
Black Cherry
Blue Beech
Chokecherry
Hackberry
Hop Hornbeam
Ironwood
Musclewood
Oak
Prickly Ash
Sumac
Tamarack
Striped Maple
Wahoo Tree

Latin Name
Acer
Carpinus
Celtis
Euonymus
Larix
Ostrya
Prunus
Rhus
Tilia
Zanthoxylum
INVASIVE PLANTS
Common Name
Amur Cork Tree
Amur Maple
Barberry
Bellflower
Buckthorn
Burning Bush
Catnip
Garlic Mustard
Motherwort
Narrowleaf Bittercress
Oriental Bittersweet Vine
Wayfaring Tree

Invasive Buckthorn & Native Look Alikes

Latin Name
Acer ginnala
Berberis
Campanula
Cardamine
Euonymus
Frangula
Phellodendron
Rhamnus

OUR YARD
Oak Woodland Brushland Restoration
Prairie to Woodland Wildlife Corridor
Reducing Impervious Surfaces Part 1
Reducing Impervious Surfaces Part 2
Removing Stone Mulch
Removing Invasive Species
Smothering Grass
Planting a Steep Hillside Part 1
Planting a Steep Hillside Part 2
Planting Prairie Plugs
Working with Damaged Soil
Acquiring a Grant Part 1
Acquiring a Grant Part 2
Expanding a Woodland Plant Community



ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPING
Porous, Pervious or Permeable Asphalt