Plant Selector

Use this tool to help choose the best native plants for your particular situation. Choose as many of the criteria as you want from the fields below and the plants matching your needs will be chosen from the total list.

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Plant List

There are 234 plants matching your criteria

Type Sun Exposure Soil Moisture Height Color Blooms
Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Shade
Dry
 
 
 
6 Inches White May-June
American Lotus
Nelumbo lutea
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
 
 
Lake plant
6 Inches Yellow July-September
Aromatic Aster
Aster oblongifolius
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Blue September-October
Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
Wet
Lake plant
42 Inches White July-August
Azure Sky (Blue) Aster
Aster oolentangiensis
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
42 Inches Blue September-October
Bebbs Sedge
Carex bebbii
Grass Sun
 
Medium
 
 
12 Inches May-June
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Grass Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
72 Inches July-September
Bird's Foot Violet
Viola pedata
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
Medium
 
 
6 Inches Purple May-June
Black Ash
Fraxinus nigra
Tree/Shrub Sun
 
Medium
 
 
90 Feet None-October
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
Shade
Dry
Medium
 
 
72 Inches White May-June
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Yellow July-September
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
Medium
 
 
10 Inches White April-May
Blue Cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
Medium
 
 
2 Feet Green April-May
Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
6 Inches Blue May-June
Blueflag Iris
Iris versicolor Bloom
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
Wet
Lake plant
36 Inches Blue June-July
Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Grass Sun
Dry
 
 
 
12 Inches June-September
Blue-joint Grass
Calamagrostis canadensis
Grass Sun
 
Medium
Wet
 
4 Feet August-September
Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet Blue July-October
Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet Blue May-June
Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
42 Inches Blue July-September
Blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Blue September-October
Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
36 Inches White June-August
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Grass Sun
Partial
Shade
Dry
 
 
 
48 Inches None-October
Bottlebrush Grass
Hystrix patula
Grass Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
48 Inches May-June
Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex comosa
Grass Sun
Partial
 
 
Wet
Lake plant
32 Inches None
Bottle Gentian
Gentiana andrewsii
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
24 Inches Blue August-October
Broadleaved Spring Beauty
Claytonia caroliniana
Flower/Forb Partial
 
Medium
 
 
1 Inches Red May
Butterflyweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
24 Inches Orange June-September
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
12 Feet White August
Canada Anemone
Anemone canadensis
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
24 Inches White May-July
Canada Milkvetch
Astragalus canadensis
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet White June-July
Canada Violet
Viola candensis
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
10 Inches White May
Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
Grass Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
4 Feet August-October
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
36 Inches Red July-October
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
Medium
 
 
24 Inches None
Cinnamon Fern
Osmundo cinnamomea
Flower/Forb Shade  
Medium
 
 
36 Inches None
Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Shade
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Orange May-July
Common Bur-Reed
Sparganium eurycarpum
Grass Sun
Partial
 
Medium
Wet
 
6 Inches None-October
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
42 Inches Red July
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet White June-August
Compass Plant
Silphium laciniatum
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
66 Inches Yellow July-August
Coreopsis
Coreopsis palmata
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
20 Inches Yellow July-August
Cotton Grass
Eriophorum angustifolium
Grass Sun
 
Medium
Wet
 
24 Inches White May-June
Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
90 Feet None
Cream Gentian
Gentiana flavida
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
18 Inches White September-October
Cream Wild Indigo
Baptisia bracteata
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
Medium
 
 
24 Inches Yellow June-July
Crooked-stemmed Aster
Aster prenanthoides
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet Purple September-October
Culvers Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
6 Feet White June-August
Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
6 Feet Yellow July-September
Cylindric Blazingstar
Liatris cylindrica
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Purple August-October
Dotted Blazingstar
Liatris punctata
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
24 Inches Purple August-October
Dotted Mint - Spotted Bee Balm
Monarda punctata
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Purple July-September
Downy Wood Mint
Blephilia ciliata
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Purple June-July
Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
Flower/Forb Shade  
Medium
 
 
1 Inches White May-June
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Flower/Forb Partial
 
Medium
 
 
12 Inches Blue May-June
Ebony Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
Medium
 
 
8 Inches Green May-October
Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
12 Feet White June-August
False Solomon's Seal
Smilacina racemosa
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet White May-July
Fire Weed
Epilobium angustifolium
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
 
 
 
4 Feet Red July-August
Flat Topped Aster
Doellingeria umbellata
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
4 Feet White August-September
Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
24 Inches White July-August
Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Grass Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
24 Inches May-June
Fragrant Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
4 Feet Purple July-September
Fringed Sedge
Carex crinita
Grass Sun
Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet None-October
Fringed Sedge
Carex lacustris
Grass Sun
Partial
 
Medium
Wet
Lake plant
30 Inches None
Giant Bur-reed
Sparganium eurycarpum
Grass Sun
Partial
 
 
Wet
Lake plant
42 Inches None
Golden Alexander
Zizia aurea
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
3 Feet Yellow May-July
Golden Aster
Chrysopsis camporum
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Yellow June-August
Gray Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Yellow August-September
Great St. Johnswort
Hypericum pyramidatum
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
6 Feet Yellow July-September
Green Bulrush
Scirpus atrovirens
Grass Sun
 
 
Wet
 
5 Feet None-October
Green-headed Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
4 Feet Yellow July-September
Ground Plum
Astragalus crassicarpus
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
8 Inches Red July-October
Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
50 Feet None-October
Hairy Penstemon
Penstemon hirsutus
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches White May-June
Hairy Wood Mint
Blephilia hirsuta
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
3 Feet White June-July
Hardstem Bulrush
Scirpus acutus
Grass Sun
Partial
 
 
Wet
Lake plant
72 Inches Orange August-September
Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
24 Inches Blue June-September
Hay Scented Fern
Dennstasdtia punctilobula
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
18 Inches None
Heart-leaved Golden Alexander
Zizia aptera
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Yellow May-June
Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet White September-October
High Bush Cranberry
Viburnum trilobum
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
16 Feet None-October
Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Purple June-September
Indian Grass
Sorghastrum nutans
Grass Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
4 Feet July-September
Indigobush
Amorpha fruticosa
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
12 Feet Purple May-June
Interrupted Fern
Osmunda claytoniana
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet None
Ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
5 Feet Purple August-September
Jack in the Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
24 Inches White May-June
Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Blue May-June
Joe-Pye Weed
Eupatorium maculatum
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
66 Inches Red August-September
June Grass
Koeleria macrantha
Grass Sun
Dry
 
 
 
10 Inches May-August
Kalm's Bromeg
Bromus kalmii
Grass Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet July-September
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
24 Inches None
Lake Sedge
Carex lacustris
Grass Sun
Partial
 
Medium
Wet
Lake plant
3 Feet June-September
Large Flower Bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
Flower/Forb Shade  
Medium
 
 
24 Inches Yellow May
Large Leaved Aster
Aster macrophylum
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet Blue September-October
Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Purple June-July
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Grass Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet July-September
Long Beaked Sedge
Carex sprengelii
Grass Partial
Shade
 
Medium
Wet
 
18 Inches None-October
Longleaf bluet
Hedyotis longifolia
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
8 Inches White June-September
Low Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
Shade
Dry
 
 
 
4 Feet Yellow June-August
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
Flower/Forb Shade Dry
 
 
 
12 Inches None
Marsh Marigold
Caltha palustris
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Shade
 
Medium
Wet
 
18 Inches Yellow May-June
Marsh Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
Wet
 
3 Feet Red June-August
Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
5 Feet Yellow August-September
May Apple
Podophyllum peltatum
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
15 Inches White May-June
Meadowsweet
Spirea alba
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
5 Feet White August-September
Michigan (Turk's Cap) Lily
Lilium michiganense
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
4 Feet Orange June-August
Missouri Violet
Viola missouriensis
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
6 Inches Blue May
Monkey Flower
Mimulus ringens
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet Blue June-July
Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
3 Feet White July-September
Narrow Leaved Spleenwort
Athyrium pycnocarpon
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
24 Inches Green May-October
New England Aster
Aster novae-angliae
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
5 Feet Purple August-October
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
30 Inches White June-July
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Red June-July
Northern Bedstraw
Galium boreale
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
1 Feet White June-August
Northern Blazing Star
Liatris ligulistylis
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet Purple July-September
Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
4 Feet Red July-August
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Flower/Forb Shade  
Medium
 
 
24 Inches None
Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
4 Feet Yellow July-September
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
36 Inches Purple July-August
Pale-Spike Lobelia
Lobelia spicata
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Blue August-September
Panicled Aster
Aster simplex
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
6 Inches White September-October
Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Yellow July-September
Pasque Flower
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
4 Inches White April-May
Path Rush
Juncus tenuis
Grass Sun
 
Medium
 
 
12 Inches May-October
Pennsylvania sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Grass Sun
Partial
Shade
Dry
 
 
 
9 Inches None-October
Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
Flower/Forb Sun
 
 
Wet
Lake plant
48 Inches Purple None-October
Porcupine Sedge
Carex hystericina
Grass Sun
 
 
Wet
 
36 Inches None-October
Prairie Blazingstar
Liatris pycnostachya
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
4 Feet Purple July-August
Prairie cinquefoil
Potentilla pennsylvanica
Flower/Forb Partial
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches White July-September
Prairie Cinquefoil
Potentilla arguta
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
3 Inches White July-August
Prairie Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
48 Inches Yellow July-October
Prairie Cordgrass
Spartina pectinata
Grass Sun
Partial
 
Medium
Wet
 
72 Inches None-October
Prairie Dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
72 Inches Yellow July-August
Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
Grass Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
30 Inches August-October
Prairie Groundsel
Sececio plattensis
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Yellow May-June
Prairie Larkspur
Delphinium virescens
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet White June-August
Prairie Phlox
Phlox pilosa
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
24 Inches Red June-July
Prairie Sage
Artemisia ludoviciana
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Green May-October
Prairie Smoke
Geum triflorum
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
 
 
 
6 Inches Red May-June
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea angustifolia
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Purple July-September
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
14 Inches Purple July-September
Purple Prairie Clover
Petalostemum purpureum
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Purple July-August
Purple-stemmed Aster
Aster puniceus
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
5 Feet Blue September-October
Pussytoes
Antennaria neglecta
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
3 Inches White May-June
Pussy Willow
Salix caprea
Tree/Shrub Sun
 
Medium
Wet
 
24 Inches None-October
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
Wet
 
72 Feet Red August
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
42 Inches White July-August
Red Osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
Shade
Dry
Medium
Wet
 
12 Feet White May-June
Riddell's Goldenrod
Solidago riddellii
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet Yellow August-September
Rigid Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
5 Feet Yellow September-October
River Bulrush
Scirpus fluviatilis
Grass Sun
Partial
 
Medium
Wet
Lake plant
6 Feet None
Rough Blazingstar
Liatris aspera
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
42 Inches Purple August-September
Roundheaded Bushclover
Lespedeza capitata
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet White August-September
Round Lobed Hepatica
Hepatica americana
Flower/Forb Shade Dry
Medium
 
 
10 Inches White May
Royal Catchfly
Silene regia
Flower/Forb Partial
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet Red July-August
Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
6 Feet None
Rue Anemone
Anemonella thalictroides
Flower/Forb Shade Dry
Medium
 
 
10 Inches Red May
Sand Sedge
Carex muhlenbergii
Grass Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches May-June
Scribner's Panic Grass
Panicum oligosanthes
Grass Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
12 Inches July-October
Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
36 Inches None
Sharp Lobed Hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
Flower/Forb Shade Dry
Medium
 
 
12 Inches White May
Shooting-Star
Dodecatheon meadia
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
12 Inches White May-June
Showy Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
4 Feet Yellow August-September
Showy Milkweed
Asclepia speciosa
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
Medium
 
 
4 Feet Purple July-August
Showy Penstemon
Penstemon grandiflorus
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Red June-July
Showy Sunflower
Helianthus laetiflorus
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
4 Feet Yellow August-September
Showy Tick-Trefoil
Desmodium canadense
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
6 Feet Red July-August
Showy Trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
Flower/Forb Shade Dry
Medium
 
 
18 Inches White May-June
Side Oats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Grass Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet July-October
Silky Aster
Aster sericeus
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Purple September-October
Silky Prairie Clover
Dalea villosum
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches Purple July-August
Silky Wildrye
Elymus villosus
Grass Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet August-October
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
60 Feet None-October
Slenderleaf False Foxglove
Agalinis tenuifolia
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
Medium
 
 
18 Inches Red August-September
Slender Penstemon
Penstemon gracilis
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
12 Inches Red June-July
Smooth Blue Aster
Aster laevis
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Blue September-October
Smooth Penstemon
Penstemon digitalis
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet White June-July
Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
6 Feet Yellow August-October
Snowy Wood Rush
Luzula nivea
Grass Sun
Partial
 
Medium
Wet
 
14 Inches May-June
Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Grass Sun
 
Medium
Wet
Lake plant
32 Inches None
Softstem Bulrush
Scirpus validus
Grass Sun
 
 
Wet
Lake plant
72 Inches None
Solomon Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
Medium
 
 
White May-July
Speckled alder
Alnus incana
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
20 Feet None-October
Spiderwort
Tradescantia bracteata
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
24 Inches Purple June-August
Spike Rush
Eleocharis acicularis
Grass Sun
 
Medium
Wet
Lake plant
6 Inches July
Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
6 Inches Red May
Starry False Solomon Seal
Smilacina stellata
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
18 Inches White May-June
Steeplebush
Spiraea tomentosa
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
5 Feet Red July
Stiff Gentian
Gentianella quinquefolia
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
18 Inches Blue September-October
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bibloom_color
Tree/Shrub Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
60 Feet None-October
Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
4 Feet Yellow July-August
Sweet Everlasting
Gnaphalium obtusifolium
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Inches White July-September
Sweet Flag
Acorus calamus
Flower/Forb Sun
 
 
Wet
Lake plant
32 Inches Green May-July
Sweet Grass
Hierochloe odorata
Grass Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
24 Inches None-October
Sweet Joe-Pye Weed
Eupatorium purpureum
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
6 Feet Purple July-August
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Grass Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
5 Feet July-October
Tall Bellflower
Campanula americana
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Blue June-September
Tall Meadow Rue
Thalictrum dasycarpum
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
4 Feet White June-July
Thimble Flower
Anemone cylindrica
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches White June-July
Thinleaved Coneflower
Rudbeckia triloba
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet Yellow July-August
Three-square Bulrush
Scirpus pungens
Grass  
 
Wet
Lake plant
4 Feet None
Torrey's Rush
Juncus torreyi
Grass Sun
 
Medium
 
 
12 Inches May-October
Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
2 Feet White July-September
Tussock Sedge
Carex stricta
Grass Sun
Partial
 
Medium
Wet
Lake plant
30 Inches None
Upright Coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Feet Yellow July-September
Variegated Moorgrass
Molinia caerulea
Grass Sun
 
Medium
 
 
3 Inches May-October
Virginia bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
Medium
 
 
24 Inches Blue May-June
Virginia Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
Medium
 
 
18 Inches Purple May
Virginia Wildrye
Elymus virginicus
Grass Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
42 Inches August-October
Virgin's Bower
Clematis virginiana
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
10 Feet White July-August
Water Plantain
Alisma triviale
Flower/Forb Sun
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet White May-September
Western Sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
4 Feet Yellow August-September
White Baneberry
Actea pachypoda
Flower/Forb Shade  
Medium
 
 
24 Inches White May-June
White Prairie Clover
Dalea candidum
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
3 Inches White July-August
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Flower/Forb Partial
 
Medium
 
 
3 Feet White July-August
White Upland Aster
Solidago ptarmicoides
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
18 Inches White August-September
White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
5 Feet White June-July
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
2 Feet White June-August
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
3 Feet Purple July-August
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
Medium
 
 
18 Inches Purple May-June
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
 
 
 
8 Inches Red May-June
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley
Maianthemum canadense
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
6 Inches White June-July
Wild Lupine
Lupinus perennis
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
 
 
 
24 Inches Blue May-June
Wild Onion
Allium stellatum
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
Dry
 
 
 
24 Inches Red July-September
Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
Flower/Forb Sun
Dry
Medium
 
 
18 Inches Purple July-September
Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Flower/Forb Sun
Partial
 
Medium
 
 
6 Inches White May-June
Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Tree/Shrub Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
12 Feet None-October
Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
12 Inches None
Woodland Sunflower
Helianthus divaricatus
Flower/Forb Shade  
Medium
 
 
42 Inches Yellow July-October
Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
Grass Sun
 
Medium
Wet
Lake plant
4 Feet Green May-September
Yellow Violet
Viola pubescens
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
 
Medium
 
 
1 Inches Yellow May
Zig-zag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Flower/Forb Partial
Shade
Dry
Medium
 
 
2 Feet Yellow August-October