Complete Native Plant Listing

This page is for compiling a complete listing of Native Plants we have written about. This is manually updated, but should contain all of the ‘complete’ native plant profiles. If there are any sub-posts, such as growing a specific species from seed, or other off-shoot topic it will be linked within the main post.

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Trees

Common Name	Botanical Name
Bald Cypress	*Taxodium distichum*
Black Locust Tree	*Robinia pseudoacacia*
Black Walnut Tree	*Juglans Nigra*
Butternut Tree	*Juglans cinerea*
Cherry, Black	*Prunus serotina*
Dogwood, Flowering	*Cornus florida*
Eastern Red Cedar	*Juniperus virginiana*
Eastern Redbud Tree	*Cercis canadensis*
Hackberry Tree	*Celtis occidentalis*
Hickory, Shagbark	*Carya ovata*
Honey Locust tree	*Gleditsia triacanthos*
Maple, Red Maple	*Acer rubrum*
Maple, Silver Maple	*Acer saccharinum*
Mountain Laurel	*Kalmia latifolia*
Northern White Cedar	*Thuja occidentalis*
Oak, Chinkapin	Quercus muehlenbergii
Oak, Chestnut	*Quercus montana*
Oak, Pin	*Quercus palustris*
Oak, Red	*Quercus rubra*
Oak, Swamp White	*Quercus bicolor*
Oak, White	*Quercus alba*
Pawpaw Tree	*Asimina triloba*
Persimmon, American	*Diospyros virginiana L.*
Prickly Ash	Zanthoxylum americanum
Spicebush	*Lindera benzoin*
Sweet Gum Tree	*Liquidambar styraciflua*
Tulip Poplar Tree	*Liriodendron tulipifera*

Grass

Big Bluestem	*Andropogon gerardii*
Blue Grama	Bouteloua gracilis
Bottlebrush Grass	*Elymus hystrix*
Buffalo Grass	*Bouteloua dactyloides*
Little Bluestem	*Schizachyrium scoparium*
Pennsylvania Sedge	Carex pensylvanica
Pink Muhly Grass	*Muhlenbergia Capillaris*
Purpletop Grass	*Tridens flavus*
Sideoats Grama	*Bouteloua curtipendula*

Vines

Common Name	Botanical Name
Virginia Creeper (vine)	*Parthenocissus quinquefolia*
Wild Cucumber	*Echinocystis lobata*

Flowers

Common Name	Botanical Name
American Germander	*Teucrium canadense*
Anise Hyssop	*Agastache foeniculum*
Aromatic Aster	*Symphyotrichum oblongifolium*
Beebalm	*Monarda didyma*
Beebalm, white	*Monarda clinopodia*
Black Eyed Susan	*Rudbeckia hirta*
Blanket Flower	*Gaillardia Grandiflora*
Blazing Star	*Liatris Spicata*
Blazing Star, Dotted	*Liatris punctata*
Blue False Indigo	*Baptisia Australis*
Blue Lobelia	*Lobelia siphilitica*
Blue Mistflower	*Conoclinium coelestinum*
Blue Vervain	*Verbena Hastata*
Bluebells (Mertensia sp)	*Mertensia sp.*
Boneset	*Eupatorium perfoliatum*
Bradbury’s Beebalm	*Monarda bradburiana*
Brown Eyed Susan	*Rudbeckia triloba*
Butterfly Weed	*Asclepias tuberosa*
Cardinal Flower	*Lobelia cardinalis*
Columbine	*Aquilegia canadensis*
Compass Plant	*Silphium laciniatum*
Common Blue Wood Aster	Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Coreopsis	*coreopsis lanceolata*
Coreopsis, Large Flowered Tickseed	*Coreopsis grandiflora*
Coreopsis, Plains Coreopsis	*Coreopsis tinctoria*
Coreopsis, Tall Coreopsis	*Coreopsis tripteris*
Crooked Stem Aster	*Symphyotrichum prenanthoides*
Culver’s Root	*Veronicastrum virginicum*
Cup Plant	*Silphium perfoliatum*
Downy Wood Mint	Blephilia ciliata
Echinacea pallida	*Echinacea pallida*
Echinacea purpurea	*Echinacea purpurea*
Echinacea tennesseensis	*Echinacea tennesseensis*
False Solomon’s Seal	*Maianthemum racemosa*
False Sunflower	*Heliopsis Helianthoides*
Fire Pink	*Silene virginica*
Foxglove Beardtongue	*Penstemon digitalis*
Frost Aster	*Symphyotrichum pilosum*
Giant St, John’s Wort	*Hypericum ascyron / Hypericum pyramidatum*
Giant Sunflower	*Helianthus Giganteus*
Golden Alexander	*Zizia aurea*
Goldenrod, Canadian	*Solidago Canadensis*
Goldenrod, Showy	*Solidago Speciosa*
Goldenrod, Sweet	*Solidago odora*
Grayhead Coneflower	*Ratibida pinnata*
Hairy Beardtongue	*Penstemon hirsustus*
Hairy Wood Mint	*Blephilia hirsuta*
Hibiscus laevis	*Hibiscus laevis*
Hoary Vervain	*Verbena stricta*
Indian Blanket	*Gaillardia pulchella*
Indian Tobacco	*Lobelia Inflata*
Ironweed	*Vernonia sp.*
Jack-In-The-Pulpit	*Arisaema triphyllum*
Joe Pye Weed	*Eutrochium sp.*
Lanceleaf Coreopsis	*coreopsis lanceolata*
Larkspur, Tall	*Delphinium exaltatum*
Late Boneset	*Eupatorium serotinum*
Liatris aspera	*Liatris aspera*
Liatris punctata	*Liatris punctata*
Liatris pycnostachya	*Liatris pycnostachya*
Luxuriant Sunflower	*Helianthus × luxurians*
Maximilian Sunflower	*Helianthus maximilian*
Meadow Blazing Star	*Liatris ligulistylis*
Mexican Hat	*Ratibida columnifera*
Milkweed, Common	*Asclepias syriaca*
Mountain Mint, Blunt	*Pycnanthemum muticum*
Mountain Mint, Hairy	*Pycnanthemum pilosum*
Mountain Mint, Virginia	*Pycnanthemum virginianum*
New England Aster	*Symphyotrichum novae-angliae*
New York Ironweed	*Vernonia noveboracensis*
Obedient Plant	*Physostegia virginiana*
Orange Coneflower	*Rudbeckia fulgida*
Orange Jewelweed	*Impatiens Capensis*
Pale Leaf Sunflower	*Helianthus strumosus*
Pale Penstemon	*Penstemon pallidus*
Partridge Pea	*Chamaecrista fasciculata*
Phlox, Garden Phlox	*Phlox paniculata*
Phlox, Prairie Phlox	*Phlox pilosa*
Plains Coreopsis	*Coreopsis tinctoria*
Plains Sunflower, Helianthus petiolaris	*Helianthus petiolaris*
Poke Milkweed	*Asclepias exaltata*
Pokeweed	*Phytolacca americana*
Prairie Smoke	*Geum triflorum*
Purple Giant Hyssop	*Agastache scrophulariifolia*
Purple Prairie Clover	*Dalea purpurea*
Rattlesnake Master	*Eryngium yuccifolium*
Royal Catchfly	*Silene regia*
Sawtooth Sunflower	*Helianthus grosseserratus*
Self-Heal	*Prunella vulgaris*
Short’s Aster	*Symphyotrichum shortii*
Showy Tick Trefoil	Desmodium canadense
Smooth Blue Aster	*Symphyotrichum laeve*
Sneezeweed	*Helenium autumnale*
Solomon’s Seal	*Polygonatum spp.*
Solomon’s Seal, False	*Maianthemum racemosa*
Spotted Beebalm	*Monarda Punctata*
Spring Beauty	*Claytonia virginica*
Swamp Milkweed	*Asclepias Incarnata*
Turtlehead Flower	*Chelone glabra*
Virginia Bluebells	*Mertensia virginica*
White Snakeroot	*Ageratina altissima*
Whorled Milkweed	*Asclepias verticillata*
Wild Bergamot	*Monarda fistulosa*
Wild Petunia (Ruellia humilis)	*Ruellia humilis*
Wild Petunia (Ruellia sp)	*Ruellia sp.*
Wild Strawberry	*Fragaria virginiana*
Wild Sunflower	*Helianthus Annus*
Wild Violet	Viola sororia
Winecup Flower	*Callirhoe Involucrata*
Yellow Jewelweed	*Impatiens pallida*
Yellow Wood Sorrell	*Oxalis stricta*

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