The Native Plant Nursery LLC
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Michigan Native Plants List

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Wildflowers

Plants are available individually or in bulk quantity in quart and plug-size containers. All species listed are Michigan native perennial plants, grown from local Michigan seed sources. Availability changes throughout the growing season. Please call or email to place an order or inquire about current availability. For prices and more about our plants, go to Our Plants. To view our searchable plant list, with pictures and additional information, use our Michigan Plants Database Search.

Latin Name	Common Name
Achillea millefolium	Yarrow
Acorus calamus	Sweet-flag; calamus
Actaea pachypoda	White Baneberry; Doll's-eyes
Agastache nepetoides	Yellow Giant Hyssop
Agrimonia gryposepala	Tall Agrimony
Agrimonia parviflora	Swamp Agrimony
Allium cernuum	Nodding Wild Onion
Amphicarpaea bracteata	Hog-peanut
Anemone cylindrica	Thimbleweed
Anemone virginiana	Thimbleweed
Angelica atropurpurea	Angelica
Antennaria parlinii	Smooth pussytoes
Apocynum androsaemifolium	Spreading Dogbane
Apocynum cannabinum	Indian Hemp; Hemp Dogbane
Aquilegia canadensis	Wild Columbine
Aralia racemosa	Spikenard
Arisaema triphyllum	Jack-in-the-pulpit
Asarum canadense	Wild-ginger
Asclepias incarnata	Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca	Common Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa	Butterfly-weed
Asclepias verticillata	Whorled Milkweed
Aster cordifolius	Heart-leaved Aster
Aster ericoides	Heath Aster
Aster firmus	Smooth Swamp Aster
Aster laevis	Smooth Aster
Aster lateriflorus	Calico Aster
Aster novae-angliae	New-England Aster
Aster oolentangiensis	Sky Blue Aster
Aster sagittifolius	Arrow-leaved Aster
Aster shortii	Short's aster
Aster umbellatus	Tall Flat-top White Aster
Boehmeria cylindrica	False Nettle
Campanula rotundifolia	Harebell
Cassia hebecarpa	Wild Senna
Chelone glabra	Turtlehead
Cirsium discolor	Pasture-thistle
Cirsium muticum	Swamp-thistle
Clematis virginiana	Virgin's bower
Collinsonia canadensis	Stoneroot, Richweed
Coreopsis lanceolata	Sand coreopsis
Coreopsis tripteris	Tall coreopsis
Cryptotaenia canadensis	Honewort
Desmodium canadense	Showy tick-trefoil
Desmodium glutinosum	Clustered-leaved tick-trefoil
Dioscorea villosa	Wild yam
Erigeron pulchellus	Robin's plantain
Eupatorium maculatum	Joe-pye weed
Eupatorium perfoliatum	Common boneset
Eupatorium purpureum	Purple joe-pye weed
Eupatorium rugosum	White snakeroot
Fragaria virginiana	Wild strawberry
Geranium maculatum	Wild geranium
Gnaphalium obtusifolium	Sweet Everlasting
Helenium autumnale	Sneezeweed
Helianthus divaricatus	Woodland sunflower
Helianthus giganteus	Tall sunflower
Helianthus pauciflorus	Stiff sunflower
Helianthus strumosus	Pale-leaved sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides	False sunflower
Heracleum maximum	Cow-parsnip
Heuchera americana	Alum root
Hydrophyllum virginianum	Virginia waterleaf
Hypericum ascyron	Giant st. john's-wort
Hypericum punctatum	Spotted st. john's-wort
Iris virginica	Southern blue flag
Juncus effusus	Soft-stemmed rush
Juncus tenuis	Roadside rush; path rush
Lespedeza capitata	Round-headed bush-clover
Lespedeza hirta	Hairy bush-clover
Lespedeza violacea	Violet bush-clover
Lespedeza virginica	Slender bush-clover
Liatris aspera	Rough blazing star
Liatris spicata	Marsh blazing star
Lobelia cardinalis	Cardinal flower
Lobelia siphilitica	Great blue lobelia
Lupinus perennis	Wild lupine
Lycopus americanus	Common water horehound
Lycopus uniflorus	Northern bugle weed
Lysimachia ciliata	Fringed loosestrife
Lysimachia quadriflora	Four-flowered loosestrife
Lysimachia quadrifolia	Whorled or four-leaved loosestrife
Mentha arvensis	Wild mint
Mimulus ringens	Monkey-flower
Monarda fistulosa	Wild bergamot, Beebalm
Monarda punctata	Horsemint
Oenothera biennis	Common evening-primrose
Oenothera fruticosa	Sundrops
Osmorhiza claytonii	Hairy sweet-cicely
Penstemon digitalis	Foxglove beard-tongue
Penstemon hirsutus	Hairy beard-tongue
Phryma leptostachya	Lopseed
Physalis longifolia	Long-leaved ground-cherry
Podophyllum peltatum	May apple; mandrake
Polygonum virginianum	Jumpseed
Potentilla simplex	Old-field or common cinquefoil
Pycnanthemum virginianum	Common mountain mint
Ratibida pinnata	Yellow coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta	Black-eyed susan
Rudbeckia laciniata	Cut-leaved coneflower
Rudbeckia triloba	Three-lobed coneflower
Rumex orbiculatus	Great water dock
Sanguinaria canadensis	Bloodroot
Scutellaria lateriflora	Mad-dog skullcap
Senecio aureus	Golden ragwort
Senecio obovatus	Round-leaved ragwort
Silphium terebinthinaceum	Prairie dock
Sisyrinchium angustifolium	Stout blue-eyed-grass
Smilacina racemosa	False spikenard
Solidago caesia	Blue-stemmed goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis	Zig-zag goldenrod
Solidago hispida	White goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis	Grey goldenrod
Solidago patula	Swamp goldenrod
Solidago riddellii	Riddell's goldenrod
Solidago rigida	Stiff goldenrod
Solidago rugosa	Rough goldenrod
Solidago speciosa	Showy goldenrod
Sparganium androcladum	Bur-reed
Stachys tenuifolia	Smooth hedge nettle
Teucrium canadense	Wood sage
Thalictrum dasycarpum	Purple meadow-rue
Thalictrum dioicum	Early meadow-rue
Tradescantia ohiensis	Common spiderwort
Verbena hastata	Blue vervain
Vernonia missurica	Missouri ironweed
Veronicastrum virginicum	Culver's root
Zizia aurea	Golden alexanders

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Grasses, Sedges, Rushes

Latin Name	Common Name
Andropogon gerardii	Big bluestem grass
Brachyelytrum erectum	Long-awned Wood Grass
Bromus latiglumis	Ear-leaved brome
Calamagrostis canadensis	Blue-joint grass
Carex bebbii	Bebb's sedge
Carex bicknellii	Prairie sedge
Carex cephalophora	Oval-leaf sedge
Carex gracillima	Slender sedge
Carex grayi	Gray's sedge
Carex hirtifolia	Pubescent sedge
Carex pensylvanica	Pennsylvania sedge
Carex plantaginea	Sedge
Carex rosea	Wood sedge
Carex sprengelii	Sprengel's sedge
Carex stipata	Awl-fruited sedge
Carex stricta	Tussock sedge
Carex tenera	Quill sedge
Carex vulpinoidea	Fox sedge
Elymus villosus	Silky wild-rye
Eragrostis spectabilis	Tumble grass; purple love grass
Hystrix patula	Bottlebrush grass
Panicum implicatum	Panic grass
Panicum virgatum	Switch grass
Schizachyrium scoparius	Little bluestem grass
Scirpus atrovirens	Black bulrush
Sorghastrum nutans	Indian grass
Spartina pectinata	Cordgrass
Sporobolus heterolepis	Prairie dropseed

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Trees & Shrubs

Plants are available in quart-size and 1-gallon-size pots. Availability changes throughout the growing season. Please call or email to place an order or inquire about current availability. For prices and more about our plants, go to Our Plants. To view our searchable plant list, with pictures and additional information, use our Michigan Plants Database Search.

Latin Name	Common Name
Euonymus obovata	Creeping Strawberry-bush
Juglans nigra	Black walnut
Juniperus communis	Common or ground juniper
Juniperus virginiana	Red-cedar
Physocarpus opulifolius	Ninebark
Potentilla fruticosa	Shrubby cinquefoil
Prunus virginiana	Choke cherry
Ptelea trifoliata	Wafer ash; hop-tree
Quercus rubra	Red oak
Ribes americanum	Wild black currant
Rosa palustris	Swamp rose
Sambucus canadensis	Elderberry; common elder
Sambucus racemosa	Red-berried elder
Spiraea tomentosa	Hardhack; steeplebush
Staphylea trifolia	Bladdernut
Viburnum lentago	Nannyberry; sheepberry

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