Native Plants and Pics

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Native Aquatic and Wetland Plants Scientific Name

English Sweetflag – full sun, very moist, 5’h grass http://www.finegardening.com/plantguide/acorus-calamus-variegatus-variegated-sweet-flag.aspx

Acorus calamus

Marsh Marigold – sun, moist soil, ground cover, yellow http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantdetail/plant_id/481/index.htm

Caltha palustris

Spotted Joe-Pye Weed – full sun/pt shade, med/moist, 4’h, magenta, butterflies http://www.wildflowerfarm.com/index.php?p=product&id=68&parent=1

Eupatorium maculatum

Blue Flag (Wild Iris) – full sun/part shade, medium/moist, 3’h http://www.wildflowerfarm.com/index.php?p=product&id=76&parent=1

Iris versicolor


Labrador Tea - bogs http://www.borealforest.org/shrubs/shrub22.htm

Ledum groenlandicum

Nuphar variegatum

Yellow Pond Lily

Nymphaea odorata

Fragrant Water Lily Pickerelweed – full sun, moist http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POCO14&photoID=poco14_008_avp.tif

Pontederia cordata

Sarracenia purpurea

Northern Pitcher Plant – carnivorous

Sparganium americanum

Bur Reed

Typha latifolia

Common Cattail

Vaccinium macrocarpon

Cranberry

Juncus effusus

Soft Rush


Herbaceous Native Plants Scientific Name

English Common Yarrow – full sun, dry, 3’ http://www.wildflowerfarm.com/index.php?p=product&id=259&parent=1

Achillea millefolium

Nodding Wild Onion – full sun, dry, purple, 24”x18” http://www.abnativeplants.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=94

Allium cernuum

Pearly Everlasting – full sun, dry/medium, 2’h, butterflies, white http://www.wildflowerfarm.com/index.php?p=product&id=260&parent=1

Anaphalis margaritaceae

Big Bluestemmed Grass – full sun, dry, green-red, erosion, 4’h x 24”w http://www.abnativeplants.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=162

Andropogon gerardii


Apocynum Spreading Dogbane - toxic androsaemifolium Wild Columbine – full sun/part shade, under pine, dry, 12”x 12”, nectar http://www.abnativeplants.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=210

Aquilegia canadensis

Bearberry – full sun, sandy, no fertilizer, red berries, 10” x 4’w, birds http://www.abnativeplants.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantdetail/plant_ID/105/index.htm

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Goats beard - part shade, moist, 3’x3’, fluffy http://www.abnativeplants.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=228

Aruncus dioicus


Swamp Milkweed – full sun, moist/regular, pink, butterflies, 3’h x2’wide http://www.abnativeplants.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=84

Asclepias incarnata

Calico Aster – partial sun/light shade, moist, nectar, 3’h, rhizomes http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/savanna/plants/calico_aster.htm

Aster lateriflorus

Flat-topped White Aster – moist woods, swamp, 2-5’h, white http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=7

Aster umbellatus

Wavy Leaved Aster – Partial sun/shade, dry, bees, butterflies, 16” x 12”, white and magenta http://gardenaway.com/forums/GASearch.php?st=4096&ga_c=0&ga_s=symphyotrichum%20undulatum

Aster undulatus


Harebell – full sun or partial shade, average soil, 12”x12”, blue http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=135

Campanula rotundifolia

Virgin's Bower – sun/part shade, average, 8”h x 15’w, vine http://www.plantsmen.com/plant.php?plant=273

Clematis virginiana

Clintonia borealis

Bluebead lily – toxic berries Bunchberry – 6”h, spreading, boreal forest, white http://www.borealforest.org/herbs/herb11.htm

Cornus canadensis

Pale Corydalis – part shade, dry, 2’h http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COSE5

Corydalis sempervirens


Pink Lady Slipper http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/cypripedium_acaule.shtml

Cypripedium acaule

Daucus carota

Queen Anne's Lace – noxious weed Round-Leaved Sundew – full sun, moist http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Drosera+rotundifolia

Drosera rotundifolia

Fireweed – forest area, 2m high http://www.borealforest.org/herbs/herb13.htm

Epilobium angustifolium

Common Fleabane – sun/partial sun, moist, grassy areas, pink, 30”h http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/ph_fleabanex.htm

Erigeron philadelphicus


Wild Strawberry- sunny, dry to moist http://www.borealforest.org/herbs/herb15.htm

Fragaria virginiana

Wintergreen – partial shade, moist, 6”h x 3’w http://www.finegardening.com/plantguide/gaultheria-procumbens-wintergreen.aspx

Gaultheria procumbens

Spotted Touch-Me-Not – sun/shade, moist, shorelines, orange, 2-5’h, nectar http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/spotted-touch-me-not

Impatiens capensis

Sheep Laurel – full sun/partial, acidic, spreader, 2’h http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/k/kalang/kalang1.html

Kalmia angustifolia


Canada Lily – sun, moist/wet, 3-6’h http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LICA3

Lilium canadense

Twinflower- shade, dry or moist, pink, associated with moss, 3”h http://www.borealforest.org/shrubs/shrub23.htm

Linnaea borealis

Cardinal Flower – sun to moderate shade, average to wet, nectar, 48”x24”, red http://www.abnativeplants.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=81

Lobelia cardinalis

Canada Mayflower – wet, boggy, 6”h, like Lily of Valley, http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=MACA4

Maianthemum canadense


Wild Bergamot – full sun/part shade, dry/medium, 3’-5’, butterflies, pink http://www.wildflowerfarm.com/index.php?p=product&id=83&parent=1

Monarda fistulosa

Evening Primrose – full sun/part shade, dry/moist, 2’-6’, yellow http://www.wildflowerfarm.com/index.php?p=product&id=85&parent=1

Oenothera biennis

Silverweed – runners http://www.flora.dempstercountry.org/0.Site.Folder/Species.Program/Species2.php?species_id=Poten.anser

Potintilla anserina

Purple Flowering Raspberry – full sun/partial shade, medium, 6’h x 12’w, spreads http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plantdetails/kc/m190/rubus-odoratus.aspx

Rubus odoratus


Black-Eyed Susan – full sun/part shade, dry/medium, 1’x3’, yellow, butterfly http://www.wildflowerfarm.com/index.php?p=product&id=97&parent=1

Rudbeckia hirta

Purple Saxifrage http://plantwatch.naturealberta.ca/plant-information/purple-saxifrage

Saxifraga oppositifolia

Early Saxifrage http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=624

Saxifraga virginiensis

Moss Campion- full sun, moist, ground cover http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Silene+acaulis

Silene acaulis


Pointed Blue-Eyed Grass – sun/shade, medium wet, 10”x10”, purple/green, nectar http://www.abnativeplants.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantdetail/plant_ID/56/index.htm

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Rough-Stemmed Goldenrod – sun, moist, birds, bees, butterflies, 30”x30” http://www.abnativeplants.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=57

Solidago rugosa

Hard-Leaved Goldenrod http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=66

Solidago rigida

Tall Meadow Rue- swamps, meadows, 3-8’h, white http://www.voyageurcountry.com/htmls/floweringplants/plants/meadowruetall.html

Thalictrum polygamum


Foamflower – partial shade/full shade, average/moist, runners http://www.perennials.com/plants/tiarella-cordifolia.html

Tiarella cordifolia

Large Flowered Trillium – shade, forest http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=714

Trillium grandiflorum

Blueberry nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=00719&query= AND common_name LIKE '%24blueberry%24' AND invasive LIKE '%240%24' :0

Vaccinium sps.

Corn Speedwell – ground cover, small purple flower http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/corn_speedwell_39/

Veronica arvensis


Thyme-Leaved Speedwell – wet, ground cover http://www.missouriplants.com/Blueopp/Veronica_serpyllifolia_page.html

Veronica serpyllifolia

Common Blue Violet – difficult to control http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/wild_violet_17/

Viola papilionacea

Golden Alexanders – moist, full/partial sun, nectar, little maintenance, yellow, 24”x 20”w http://www.wildflowerfarm.com/index.php?p=product&id=116&parent=1

Zizia aurea


Woody Native Plants Red-Osier Dogwood – sun/shade, moist, 10’h x 8’w http://www.advancedtree.com/Tree-Red-Osier-Dogwood.aspx

Cornus sericea

Common Juniper – sun, dry http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=juco6

Juniperus communis


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