Listed Alphabetically by Common Name
Wildflowers (Forbs and Herbs)
Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Blue False Indigo
Baptisia australis
Blue Flag Iris
Iris virginica shrevei
Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Celandine Poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum
Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
False Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides
Fire Pink
Silene virginica
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Green-Headed Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Grey Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Marsh Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
New England Aster
Aster novae-angliae
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Royal Catchfly
Silene regia
Short's Aster
Aster shortii
Smooth Aster
Aster laevis
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
Eupatorium maculatum
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Sweet Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed
Eupatorium purpureum
Tall Coreopsis
Coreopsis tripteris
Queen-of-the-Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Yellow Coneflower (Gray-headed Coneflower)
Ratibida pinnata
Shrubs
American Cranberry Bush
Viburnum trilobum
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Common Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Gray Dogwood
Cornus racemosa
Nannyberry
Viburnum lentago
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Shining Sumac
Rhus glabra
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Wahoo
Euonymus atropurpureus
Grasses
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Indian Grass
Sorghastrum nutans
Little Bluestem
(Broom sedge)
Andropogon scoparius (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepsis
Side-Oats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum
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