Seasonal Tips

Native Trees, Shrubs, and Perennials

TREES

Acer saccharium (Silver Maple)
Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple)
Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Amelanchier serviceberry( Grandiflora, and Laevis Serviceberry)
Betula papyrifera (Paper Birch)
Betula nigra (River & Heritage Birch)
Carpinus caroliniana (American Hornbeam)
Celtis occidentalis (Common Hackberry)
Crataegus crus-galli (Cockspur Hawthorne)
Fagus grandifolia (American Beech)
Fraxinus american(Autumn Applause & Autumn Purple Ash)
Gleditsia triacanthus ( Honeylocust)
Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky Coffeetree)
Larix decidua ( American Larch)
Liriodendron tulipifera ( Tulip Tree)
Ostrya virginiana (Hophornbeam or Ironwood)
Prunus serotina- Black Cherry
Prunus shubert-Canada Red Chokecherry
Quercus alba (White Oak)
Quercus pulustris (Swamp White Oak)
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak)
Quercus rubra (Red Oak)

SHRUBS

Aronia melanocarpa (Black chokeberry)
Celastrus scandens (American Bittersweet)
Cornus alternifolia (Pagoda Dogwood)
Cornus baileyi (Redtwig Dogwood)
Cornus lutea (Yellowtwig Dogwood)
Cornus racemosa (Grey Dogwood)
Cephalanthus (Buttonbush)
Corylus (American Hazelnut)
Diervilla (Honeysuckle Bush)
Hamamelis virginiana (Witch Hazel)
Hypericum (St. John's Wort)
Ilex verticillata (Winterberry)
Physocarpus opulifolius (Ninebark)
Potentilla fruticosa (Bush Cinquefoil)
Rhus typhina ( Staghorn Sumac)
Rosa setigera (Prairie Rose)
Sambucus canadensis (Elderberry)
Symphoricarpos common ( Snowberry)
Viburnum dentatum (Arrowood,Autumn Jazz Chicago Lustre Viburnum)
Viburnum trilobum (American Cranberry Viburnum)

EVERGREENS

Juniper virginiana (Canaerti & Glauca)
Picea spruce (Black Hills & White)
Pinus (Eastern White Pine)
Thuja (Arborvitae)
Tsuga (Canadian Hemlock)

PERENNIALS

Ferns

Adiantum pendatum (Maiden Fern)
Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern)
Dennstaedtia puntilobula (Hay-scented Fern)
Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern)
Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern)
Osmunda claytonia (Interrupted Fern)
Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern)

Grasses/Sedges

Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem)
Andropogon scoparius (Little Bluestem)
Boutelous curtipendula (Side-oats Grama)
Hystrix patula (Bottlebrush Grass)
Koelaria cristata (Crested Hair Grass)
Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass)
Sporobolus heterolepsis (Northern Dropseed)

PERENNIALS

Actaea pachypoda (White Baneberry)
Alluim cernuum (Nodding Pink Onion)
Allium stellatum (Prairie Onion)
Amorpha canescens (Leadplant)
Anaphalis margaritacea (Perly Everlasting)
Anemone viginiana (Thimbleweed)
Aquilegia canadensis (American Columbine)
Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit)
Asarum canadense (Canadian Ginger)
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
Asclepias incarnata Cinderella (Swamp Milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Flower)
Aster azureus (Azure Aster)
Aster divaricata (White Wood Aster)
Aster ericoides (Heath Aster)
Aster laevis (Smooth Aster)
Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster)
Aster ptarmicoides (Upland White Aster)
Astragalus canadensis (Milk Vetch)
Baptisia australis (Blue False Indigo)
Baptisia leucantha (White) (White False Indigo)
Baptisia leucophaea (Cream) (Cream False Indigo)
Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
Cassia hebecarpa (Wild Sienna)
Caulophyllum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh)
Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea)
Chelone glabra (White Turtle-head)
Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Snakeroot)
Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty)
Coreopsis plamata (Stiff Coreopsis)
Desmoduim canadense (Canada Tick-trefoil)
Dicentra cusullaria (Dutchman's Breeches)
Dodecatheon meadia (Shooting-star)
Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower)
Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
Erynguim yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
Erythronium americanum (Trout Lily)
Eupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum (Joe- Pie Weed)
Eupatoruim perforliatum (Boneset)
Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge)
Filipendula rubra Venusta (Queen-of-the-Prairie)
Fragaria virginiana (Woodland Strawberry)
Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian)
Geranuim maculatum (Wild Geranium)
Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke)
Helianthus x laetiflorus (Showy Sunflower)
Hepatica acutiloba (Sharplobed Hepatica)
Heuchera richardsonii (Prairie Alumroot)
Hibiscus militaris (Halberd-lead Rose Mallow)
Hedrophyllum virginianum (Virginia Waterleaf)
Iris cristata (Dwarf Crested Iris)
Iris versicolor (Larger Blue Flag Iris)
Liatris aspera (Rough Blazing-Star)
Liatris liqulistylis (Meadow Blazing-Star)
Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie Blazing-Star)
Liatris spicata (Spike Blazing-Star)
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Lobelia siphilitia Alba (White Cardinal Flower)
Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine)
Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells)
Nonarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)
Monarda punctata (Horsemint)
Oenothera tetragona (Sundrops)
Parthenium inergrifolium (American Feverfew)
Penstemon digitalis (White Penstemon)
Petalostemon perpureum (Purple Prairie Clover)
Phlox divaricata laphamii (Wild Phlox)
Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple)
Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon's-seal)
Ratibida pimmata (Yellow Coneflower)
Rosa blanda (Early Wild Rose)
Rosa setigera (Prairie Rose)
Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan)
Rudbeckia submentosa (Sweet Coneflower)
Rudbeckia triloba (Branched Coneflower)
Ruellia humilis (Wild Petunia)
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
Sanguisorba canadensis (Canadian Burnet)
Sarracenia purpurea (Pitcherplant)
Silphium integrifolium (Rosin Weed)
Silphium lacinatum (Compass Plant)
Silphium perforliatum (Cup Plant)
Silphium terebinthinaceum (Praire Dock)
Sisyrinchium campestre Albiflorum (White Blue-eyed Grass)
Sisyrinchium montanum (Blue-eyed Grass)
Smilacina racemosa (False Solomon's-seal)
Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod)
Stylophorum diphyllum (Cleadine-Poppy, Wood -Poppy)
Tiarella cordifolia (Foamflower)
Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio Spiderwort)
Trilluim erectum (Purple Trilluim)
Trillium grandiflorum (Large White Trillium)
Uvularia grandiflora (Merrybells)
Verbena canadensis (Rose Verbena)
Vernonia fasicilata (Ironweed)
Veronicastrum verginicum (Culver's Root)
Viola cucullata (Marsh Blue Violet)
Viola sororia Freckles (Woolly Blue Violet)
Zizia aptera (Heart-leaf Golden Alexander)

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