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Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | sun -light shade | dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | early summer |
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Acorus calamus | Sweet-flag; calamus | full sun -part shade | wet -wet mesic | 5 -5 ft. | summer |
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Actaea pachypoda | White Baneberry; Doll's-eyes | shade | mesic | 2 -3 ft. | spring |
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Agastache nepetoides | Yellow Giant Hyssop | sun -light shade | mesic | 4 -6 ft. | summer |
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Agrimonia gryposepala | Tall Agrimony | pt. shade -shade | mesic | 2 -4 ft. | summer |
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Agrimonia parviflora | Swamp Agrimony | sun -light shade | mesic -wet mesic | 3 -4 ft. | summer |
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Allium cernuum | Nodding Wild Onion | sun -light shade | dry mesic -mesic | 1 -1.5 ft. | summer |
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Amphicarpaea bracteata | Hog-peanut | pt. sun | wet mesic -mesic | twining vine | summer |
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Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem grass | full sun | mesic -dry mesic | 4 -6 ft. | |
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Anemone cylindrica | Thimbleweed | full sun -light shade | dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | summer |
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Anemone virginiana | Thimbleweed | sun -shade | mesic | 2 -4 ft. | summer |
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Angelica atropurpurea | Angelica | sun -light shade | wet mesic | 5 -8 ft. | early summer |
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Antennaria parlinii | Smooth pussytoes | full sun -light shade | dry mesic | .5 -1 ft. | spring |
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Apocynum androsaemifolium | Spreading Dogbane | sun -light shade | mesic | 3 -4 ft. | summer |
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Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp; Hemp Dogbane | sun -pt.shade | mesic | 3 -4 ft. | summer |
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Aquilegia canadensis | Wild Columbine | pt. shade -sun | mesic - dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | spring |
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Aralia racemosa | Spikenard | shade -pt. sun | mesic -wet mesic | 2 -5 ft. | summer |
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Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-in-the-pulpit | shade | mesic | 1 -2 ft. | spring |
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Asarum canadense | Wild-ginger | shade | mesic | .5 ft. | spring |
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Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | sun | wet -mesic | 3 -4 ft. | summer |
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Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | full sun -light shade | dry mesic -mesic | 3 -5 ft. | summer |
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Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly-weed | full sun | dry -dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | summer |
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Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed | full sun | dry -dry mesic | 1 -2 ft. | summer |
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Aster cordifolius | Heart-leaved Aster | light shade | mesic -dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | late fall |
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Aster ericoides | Heath Aster | sun | mesic | 2 -3 ft. | fall |
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Aster firmus | Smooth Swamp Aster | sun -light shade | wet - mesic | 4 -5 ft. | fall |
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Aster laevis | Smooth Aster | sun | mesic -dry mesic | 3 -5 ft. | fall |
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Aster lateriflorus | Calico Aster | shade -pt.sun | mesic (medium) | 2 -3 ft. | fall |
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Aster novae-angliae | New-England Aster | full sun | mesic -wet mesic | 4 -5 ft. | fall |
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Aster oolentangiensis | Sky Blue Aster | sun -light shade | dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | fall |
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Aster sagittifolius | Arrow-leaved Aster | sun -light shade | mesic -dry mesic | 3 -5 ft. | fall |
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Aster shortii | Short's aster | shade -part sun | mesic | 2 -3 ft. | fall |
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Aster umbellatus | Tall Flat-top White Aster | sun | mesic -wet mesic | 3 -4 ft. | early fall |
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Boehmeria cylindrica | False Nettle | pt. shade -shade | wet -wet mesic | 2 -3 ft. | summer |
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Brachyelytrum erectum | Long-awned Wood Grass | shade | mesic | 1 -2 ft. | |
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Bromus latiglumis | Ear-leaved brome | shade | mesic | 2 -4 ft. | |
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Calamagrostis canadensis | Blue-joint grass | sun -part shade | mesic -wet | 3 -5 ft. | |
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Campanula rotundifolia | Harebell | light shade -sun | dry mesic -dry | 1 -2 ft. | summer -fall |
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Carex bebbii | Bebb's sedge | sun -pt. shade | wet mesic -mesic (medium) | 2 ft. | summer |
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Carex bicknellii | Prairie sedge | sun -light shade | mesic -dry mesic | 2 -2.5 ft. | spring |
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Carex cephalophora | Oval-leaf sedge | part sun -shade | mesic | 1 -2 ft. | summer |
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Carex gracillima | Slender sedge | part sun -light shade | mesic -wet mesic | 2 -3 ft. | late spring |
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Carex grayi | Gray's sedge | part sun -shade | mesic -wet mesic | 1 -2.5 ft. | late spring |
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Carex hirtifolia | Pubescent sedge | shade | mesic -dry mesic | .5 -1 ft. | late spring |
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Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania sedge | sun -light shade | dry mesic -mesic | .5 -1 ft. | spring |
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Carex plantaginea | Sedge | shade | mesic- wet mesic | .5- 1 ft. | spring |
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Carex rosea | Wood sedge | shade -light shade | mesic (medium) | .5 -1 ft. | spring |
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Carex sprengelii | Sprengel's sedge | shade -part sun | mesic -wet mesic | 1 -2 ft. | spring |
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Carex stipata | Awl-fruited sedge | sun -light shade | mesic -wet | 1 -2 ft. | spring |
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Carex stricta | Tussock sedge | sun -part shade | wet mesic -wet | 2 -3 ft. | spring |
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Carex tenera | Quill sedge | part sun -light shade | wet mesic | 2 ft. | summer |
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Carex vulpinoidea | Fox sedge | sun -part shade | mesic -wet mesic | 1 -2 ft. | spring |
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Cassia hebecarpa | Wild Senna | sun -pt. shade | wet mesic | 4 -6 ft. | late summer |
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Chelone glabra | Turtlehead | sun -part shade | mesic -wet mesic | 4 -5 ft. | late summer |
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Cirsium discolor | Pasture-thistle | sun -light shade | mesic | 5 -12 ft. | late summer |
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Cirsium muticum | Swamp-thistle | light shade -sun | wet -wet mesic | 4 -8 ft. | late summer |
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Clematis virginiana | Virgin's bower | sun -light shade | medium -wet mesic | a climbing vine | summer |
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Collinsonia canadensis | Stoneroot, Richweed | shade -pt. sun | mesic | 3 -4 | late summer |
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Coreopsis lanceolata | Sand coreopsis | sun -light shade | mesic -dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | early summer |
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Coreopsis tripteris | Tall coreopsis | sun -pt. sun | mesic -wet mesic | 4 -8 ft. | late summer |
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Cryptotaenia canadensis | Honewort | shade | mesic | 1.5 -2.5 | summer |
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Desmodium canadense | Showy tick-trefoil | sun -light shade | mesic -dry mesic | 3 -5 ft. | summer |
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Desmodium glutinosum | Clustered-leaved tick-trefoil | shade -part sun | mesic -dry mesic | 2 -4 ft. | summer |
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Dioscorea villosa | Wild yam | light shade -part sun | mesic -wet mesic | a twining vine | early summer |
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Elymus villosus | Silky wild-rye | sun -shade | mesic -wet mesic | 1 -3 ft. | summer |
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Eragrostis spectabilis | Tumble grass; purple love grass | sun | dry mesic -dry | .5 -1 ft. | late summer |
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Erigeron pulchellus | Robin's plantain | sun -light shade | mesic -dry mesic | 1 -2 ft. | spring |
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Euonymus obovata | Creeping Strawberry-bush | shade -light shade | mesic (medium) | .5 -1.5 ft. | spring |
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Eupatorium maculatum | Joe-pye weed | sun | wet mesic -wet | 4 -6 ft. | late summer |
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Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common boneset | sun -part sun | mesic -wet mesic | 3 -5 ft. | late summer |
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Eupatorium purpureum | Purple joe-pye weed | shade - pt. sun | mesic | 4 -6 ft. | late summer |
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Eupatorium rugosum | White snakeroot | shade -part sun | mesic | 2 -4 ft. | late summer |
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Fragaria virginiana | Wild strawberry | sun -part sun | mesic -dry mesic | .5 ft. | spring |
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Geranium maculatum | Wild geranium | shade - pt. sun | mesic - dry mesic | 1 -2 ft. | spring |
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Gnaphalium obtusifolium | Sweet Everlasting | full sun | dry -dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | summer |
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Helenium autumnale | Sneezeweed | sun -part shade | mesic -wet mesic | 3 -6 ft. | fall |
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Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland sunflower | pt. shade - sun | mesic -dry mesic | 3 -4 ft. | late summer |
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Helianthus giganteus | Tall sunflower | part sun | mesic -wet mesic | 5 -8 ft. | late summer |
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Helianthus pauciflorus | Stiff sunflower | full sun | dry mesic | 3 -4 ft. | summer |
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Helianthus strumosus | Pale-leaved sunflower | pt. sun | mesic | 4 -6 ft. | late summer |
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Heliopsis helianthoides | False sunflower | sun -light shade | mesic | 4 -6 ft. | late summer |
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Heracleum maximum | Cow-parsnip | shade -part sun | mesic -wet mesic | 3 -8 ft. | summer |
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Heuchera americana | Alum root | shade -part sun | mesic -dry mesic | 1 -3 ft. | late summer |
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Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia waterleaf | shade -part sun | mesic -wet mesic | 1 -1.5 ft. | spring |
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Hypericum ascyron | Giant st. john's-wort | light shade | mesic -wet mesic | 3 -5 ft. | late summer |
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Hypericum punctatum | Spotted st. john's-wort | sun -part sun | mesic | 1.5 -2.5 ft. | late summer |
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Hystrix patula | Bottlebrush grass | sun -shade | mesic -dry mesic | 2 -5 ft. | |
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Iris virginica | Southern blue flag | sun -part sun | mesic -wet | 2 -3 ft. | summer |
| * | link | Juglans nigra | Black walnut | ||||
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Juncus effusus | Soft-stemmed rush | sun -light shade | wet mesic -wet | 2 -3 ft. | |
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Juncus tenuis | Roadside rush; path rush | sun -light shade | dry mesic -wet mesic | 1 -2 ft. | summer |
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Juniperus communis | Common or ground juniper | sun -light shade | dry mesic -dry | 4 -6 ft. | |
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Juniperus virginiana | Red-cedar | sun -light shade | dry mesic -dry | 20 -40 ft. | |
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Lespedeza capitata | Round-headed bush-clover | sun | mesic -dry mesic | 3 -5 ft. | late summer |
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Lespedeza hirta | Hairy bush-clover | sun | dry mesic | 3 -4 ft. | late summer |
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Lespedeza violacea | Violet bush-clover | sun -light shade | dry mesic | 1 -2 ft. | summer |
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Lespedeza virginica | Slender bush-clover | sun | dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | late summer |
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Liatris aspera | Rough blazing star | sun | mesic -dry | 3 -4 ft. | late summer |
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Liatris spicata | Marsh blazing star | sun | mesic -wet mesic | 3 -4 ft. | late summer |
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Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | light shade -part sun | wet mesic | 2 -4 ft. | late summer |
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Lobelia siphilitica | Great blue lobelia | sun - shade | mesic -wet mesic | 2 -4 ft. | late summer - fall |
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Lupinus perennis | Wild lupine | sun -part sun | dry mesic -dry | 1 -2 ft. | spring |
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Lycopus americanus | Common water horehound | sun -part sun | wet mesic -wet | 2 -3 ft. | late summer |
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Lycopus uniflorus | Northern bugle weed | sun -part sun | wet mesic -wet | 2 -3 ft. | late summer |
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Lysimachia ciliata | Fringed loosestrife | sun -light shade | mesic -wet mesic | 2 -3 ft. | summer |
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Lysimachia quadriflora | Four-flowered loosestrife | sun -light shade | mesic -wet mesic | 1.5 -2.5 ft. | summer |
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Lysimachia quadrifolia | Whorled or four-leaved loosestrife | light shade | dry mesic | 1.5 -2 ft. | summer |
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Mentha arvensis | Wild mint | pt.sun -sun | wet -mesic | 2 -3 ft. | late summer |
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Mimulus ringens | Monkey-flower | sun -part sun | mesic -wet mesic | 2 -3 ft. | summer |
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Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot, Beebalm | pt. sun -sun | mesic | 3 -5 ft. | summer |
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Monarda punctata | Horsemint | sun | dry mesic -dry | 1 -2 ft. | summer |
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Oenothera biennis | Common evening-primrose | sun -part sun | mesic -dry mesic | 3 -6 ft. | summer |
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Oenothera fruticosa | Sundrops | sun -part sun | mesic -dry mesic | 1.5 -2.5 ft. | summer |
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Osmorhiza claytonii | Hairy sweet-cicely | shade -part sun | mesic -dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | spring |
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Panicum implicatum | Panic grass | shade -part sun | mesic -dry mesic | 1 -1.5 ft. | |
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Panicum virgatum | Switch grass | sun | dry mesic -dry | 3 -5 ft. | |
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Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove beard-tongue | pt. shade - sun | mesic | 3 -4 ft. | spring |
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Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy beard-tongue | sun -light shade | dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | spring |
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Phryma leptostachya | Lopseed | shade -light shade | mesic -dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | summer |
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Physalis longifolia | Long-leaved ground-cherry | sun- part shade | mesic- dry mesic | 1.5- 2.5 ft. | Summer |
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Physocarpus opulifolius | Ninebark | sun -part shade | mesic -wet mesic | 5 -8 ft. | late spring |
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Podophyllum peltatum | May apple; mandrake | shade | mesic | 1 -2 ft. | spring |
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Polygonum virginianum | Jumpseed | shade | mesic | 2 -3 ft. | late summer |
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Potentilla fruticosa | Shrubby cinquefoil | sun -light shade | dry mesic -wet mesic | 3 -5 ft. | summer |
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Potentilla simplex | Old-field or common cinquefoil | light shade -sun | mesic -dry mesic | .5 -1 ft. | spring |
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Prunus virginiana | Choke cherry | shade -part sun | mesic -dry | 6 -20 ft. | spring |
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Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer ash; hop-tree | ||||
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Pycnanthemum virginianum | Common mountain mint | sun | mesic -wet mesic | 2 -4 ft. | summer |
| * | link | Quercus rubra | Red oak | sun- light shade | 60- 100 ft. | spring | |
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Ratibida pinnata | Yellow coneflower | sun | mesic -dry mesic | 4 -6 ft. | late summer |
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Ribes americanum | Wild black currant | shade | mesic -dry mesic | 4 -8 ft. | spring |
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Rosa palustris | Swamp rose | full sun -pt. shade | wet -mesic | 5 -7 ft. | late summer |
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Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed susan | pt. sun -sun | wet mesic -dry mesic | 2 -4 ft. | summer |
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Rudbeckia laciniata | Cut-leaved coneflower | shade -part sun | mesic -wet mesic | 3 -8 ft. | late summer |
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Rudbeckia triloba | Three-lobed coneflower | shade -part sun | mesic | 1 -3 ft. | late summer - fall |
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Rumex orbiculatus | Great water dock | sun | wet | 4 -6 ft. | summer |
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Sambucus canadensis | Elderberry; common elder | sun -part shade | mesic -wet mesic | 5 -8 ft. | summer |
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Sambucus racemosa | Red-berried elder | light shade | dry mesic -mesic | 6 -12 ft. | spring |
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Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | shade -light shade | mesic | 1 -1.5 ft. | spring |
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Schizachyrium scoparius | Little bluestem grass | sun | dry mesic -dry | 2 -4 ft. | |
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Scirpus atrovirens | Black bulrush | sun | wet mesic -wet | 3 -5 ft. | |
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Scutellaria lateriflora | Mad-dog skullcap | pt. sun -sun | wet mesic -mesic | 2 -3 ft. | summer |
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Senecio aureus | Golden ragwort | shade -part sun | mesic -wet | 2 ft. | spring |
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Senecio obovatus | Round-leaved ragwort | light shade -part sun | dry mesic | 2 ft. | spring |
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Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie dock | full sun -light shade | dry mesic -mesic | 4 -8 ft. | late summer |
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Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Stout blue-eyed-grass | sun -part sun | mesic | 1 ft. | spring |
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Smilacina racemosa | False spikenard | shade -part sun | mesic -dry mesic | 1 -2.5 ft. | spring |
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Solidago caesia | Blue-stemmed goldenrod | shade -light shade | mesic -dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | fall |
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Solidago flexicaulis | Zig-zag goldenrod | shade | mesic | 1 -2 ft. | fall |
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Solidago hispida | White goldenrod | part sun -shade | dry mesic | 2 -2.5 ft. | fall |
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Solidago nemoralis | Grey goldenrod | sun | dry mesic | 2 -3 ft. | fall |
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Solidago patula | Swamp goldenrod | sun -part sun | wet mesic -wet | 3 -6 ft. | fall |
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Solidago riddellii | Riddell's goldenrod | sun | wet mesic -mesic | 2 -3 ft. | fall |
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Solidago rigida | Stiff goldenrod | sun | mesic -dry mesic | 3 -5 ft. | fall |
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Solidago rugosa | Rough goldenrod | sun -light shade | wet mesic | 3 -5 ft. | fall |
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Solidago speciosa | Showy goldenrod | sun | mesic -dry mesic | 3 -5 ft. | fall |
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Sorghastrum nutans | Indian grass | sun | mesic -dry mesic | 4 -6 ft. | |
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Sparganium androcladum | Bur-reed | sun- part shade | wet- wet mesic | 1- 3 ft. | summer |
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Spartina pectinata | Cordgrass | sun | wet mesic -wet | 4 -6 ft. | |
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Spiraea tomentosa | Hardhack; steeplebush | sun- part sun | wet mesic | 4- 5 ft. | Summer |
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Sporobolus heterolepis |
Prairie dropseed | full sun | dry -dry mesic | 1 -2 ft. | |
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Stachys tenuifolia | Smooth hedge nettle | shade -part sun | mesic -wet | 3 -4 ft. | late summer |
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Staphylea trifolia | Bladdernut | shade -part sun | mesic -wet mesic | 8 -20 ft. | early spring |
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Teucrium canadense | Wood sage | shade -part sun | mesic -wet mesic | 3 ft. | late summer |
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Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple meadow-rue | shade -part sun | mesic -wet mesic | 3 -6 ft. | summer |
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Thalictrum dioicum | Early meadow-rue | shade - part sun | mesic | 2 -3 ft. | spring |
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Tradescantia ohiensis | Common spiderwort | sun -light shade | wet mesic -dry mesic | 1.5 -2.5 ft. | summer |
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Verbena hastata | Blue vervain | sun | wet mesic -mesic | 3 -6 ft. | late summer |
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Vernonia missurica | Missouri ironweed | sun | mesic -wet mesic | 4 -6 ft. | late summer |
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Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's root | sun -light shade | wet mesic -dry mesic | 3 -5 ft. | late summer |
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Viburnum lentago | Nannyberry; sheepberry | part sun | wet -wet mesic | 8 -18 ft. | spring |
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Zizia aurea | Golden alexanders | sun -light shade | mesic -wet mesic | 2 -4 ft. | spring |
* (asterisk) indicates plants available from The Native Plant Nursery, 2012.
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