American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
10-16 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium
- Native
- Great hedge
- Showy Flowers
- Attracts birds
- Edible nuts
Arrowood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
6-10 feet
Full/Partial Shade
Moisture: Medium
- Native
- Suggested use as a shrub
- Showy flowers
- Attracts birds and butterflies
Bebb’s Sedge
Carex bebbii
3 feet
Full Sun
Moisture: Medium to Wet
- Native
- Common name from amateur botanist Robert Bebb
- Grows maturely from seed in one season
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
7 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium to Dry
- Native
- Warm season grass
- Used as accent in landscapes
- Can be aggressive
- Great fall color
Blue-joint Grass
Calamagrostis canadensis
3-5 feet
Full Sun
Moisture: Moist to Wet
- Native
- Common on moist to wet prairies and marshes; often growing in dense patches
Brown Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Wet-Dry
- Native
- Very attractive mid-summer
- Easy to grow
- Seed head resembles a fox tail
Canada Anemone
Anemone canadensis
1-2 feet
Full Sun to Part Shade
Moisture: Medium to Wet
- Native
- Showy flowers
- Low maintenance
- Hardy ground cover
- Spreads readily
Canada Milk Vetch
Astragalus canadensis
3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium-Dry
- Common throughout US and Canada
- Uses a variety of environments
- Great for cut arrangement
- Can be toxic to animals
Cream Gentian
Gentiana flavida
3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium wet to dry
- Native
- Slow growing but long lived
- Little care once established
- Bumblebees are pollinator because they can pry open the flowers
Creamy Wild Indigo
Baptisia bracteate
2 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium to Dry
- Native
- One of the earliest prairie species to bloom
- Flowers will develop into distinctive seed pods
- Essential early nectar source for queen bumblebees
- Serves as host plant for several moths
Culvers Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
4-7 feet
Full Sun
Moisture: Medium to Wet
- Native
- Great for rain gardens
- Occurs in open woods and moist meadows and prairies
Dutch Crocus
Crocus vernus
.25-.50 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium
- Non-native
- Showy Flower
- Easily grown
- Native to high alpine areas in Europe
Fleabane
Erigeron strigosus
3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Wet-Dry
- Native
- Very common in disturbed areas
Greater Straw Sedge
Carex molesta
2-3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium to Wet
- Native
- Easily grown
- Prefer shade
- Grows in a slowly creeping clump
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium
- Native
- Iconic warm season grass
- Widely distributed
- Excellent wildlife plant
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Milk Vetch
Astragalus canadensis
3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium wet to dry
- Native
- Common nectar source for bumblebees and honeybees
- Host plant for Clouded Sulphur butterfly
- Can be toxic to livestock
Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum cirginianum
3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Wet-Dry
- Very attractive mid-summer
- Easy to grow
- Attracts many pollinators
New England Aster
Aster novae-angliae
5 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Wet to Medium-dry
- Native
- Late bloomer
- Flowers can range from purple, violet to lavender
- Drought tolerant
- Great for butterflies
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium to dry
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
up to 25 feet
Partial Shade
Moisture: Medium to Medium-dry
- Native
- Deciduous Shrub
- Host pant of the Azure butterfly
Pale Spiked Lobelia
Lobelia spicata
2 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium-wet to medium-dry
- Native
- Short lived
- Dainty
- Understory plant
Porcupine Grass
Stipa spartea
4 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium-Dry
- Native
- Cool season grass
- Leafhoppers and grasshoppers eat foliage
Prairie Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
2 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium-Dry
- Native
- Resident of prairies and open woodlands
Prairie Larkspur
Delphinium virescens
feet
Full Sun
Moisture: Medium wet to dry
- Native
- Will disappear in excessive heat and reappear when it’s cooled off
- Toxic to mammals
- Attracts bumblebees
Prairie Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
8 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium wet to dry
- Native
- Pink buds open white
- Rose family
- Excellent cover for birds
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
4 feet
Full Sun
Moisture: Medium-wet to medium-dry
- Native
- White bristly flowers
- Member of carrot family
- Host plant for the Black Swallowtail
- Native bees and moths love it
Starry Campion
Silene stellata
3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium-wet to Dry
- Native
- Related to carnations
- Pollinated by moths
Thimbleweed
Anemone cylindrica
2 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium to Dry
- Native
- Also called Long-Fruited Thimbleweed
Tuberous Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum plantagineum
4 feet
Full Sun
Moisture: Medium-wet to Medium
- Native
- Rubbery and glossy leaves
Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
5 feet
Full Sun
Moisture: Wet to Medium-wet
- Native
- Pretty white blossoms
- Host plant for Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly
- Attracts hummingbirds
White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
2 feet
Full Sun
Moisture: Medium to Dry
- Native
- Grows in patches
- Member of the pea family
- Puts nitrogen into soil
White Sage
Artemisia ludoviciana
3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium to Dry
- Native
- Forms dense colonies
- Host plant for American Lady and Painted Lady butterflies
Wild Garlic
Allium canadense
18 inches
Full/Partial Shade
Moisture: Medium-wet to Dry
- Native
- Hardy plant
- Edible
- Attracts hummingbirds
Wild Licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
2 feet
Full Sun
Moisture: Medium-wet to Dry
- Native
- Root has distinct licorice flavor
- Host plant for Silver-Spotted Skipper
Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
6 inches
Full/Partial Shade
Moisture: Medium-wet to Dry
- Native
- Edible fruit
- Great fall color
- Spreads by runners easily
Wild Sweet Potato
Lpomoea pandurata
3 feet
Full/Partial Sun
Moisture: Medium
- Native
- Often grows on rocky slopes
- Attracts bees
