The following is a list of Native Plants, their Latin name and their common name.
LATIN NAME COMMON NAME
A
Allium cernuum Nodding Onion
Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting
Andropogon gerardii Big Blue Stem
Anemone canadensis Canada Anemone
Aquilegia canadensis Wild Columbine
Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed
B
Baptisia australis False Blue Ingido
Bouteloua curtipendula Side-Oats Gramma
C
Calamagrostis canadensis Bluejoint Grass
Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold
Campanula rotundifolia Harebell
Carex bebbii Bebb’s Sedge
Carex lacustris Lake Sedge
Carex pensylvanica Pensylvannia Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea Fox Sedge
Chelone glabra Turtlehead
Coreopsis lanceolata Coreopsis
D
Desmodium canadense Showy Tick Trefoil
E
Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower
Elymus canadensis Canada Wild Rye
Elymus hystrix Bottle-brush Grass
Eupatorium maculatum Joe-pye Weed
Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset
Eupatorium purpureum Purple Joe-pye Weed
Eurybia macrophylla Large-leaved Aster
F
Fragaria vesca Woodland Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana Wild Strawberry
G
Gentiana andrewsii Bottle Gentian
Geranium maculatum Wild Geranium
Geum triflorum Priarie Smoke
H
Helianthus divaricatus Woodland Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides Smooth Oxeye (Sweet Oxeye)
Hibiscus moscheutus Swamp Rose Mallow
I
Iris versicolor Blue Flag Iris
J
Juncus effusus Soft Rush
L
Liatris cylindracea Cylindrical Blazing Star
Liatris spicata Dense Blazing Star
Lilium michiganense Michigan Lily
Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower
Lobelia siphilitica Blue Lobelia
Lupinus perennis Wild Blue Lupin
M
Maianthemum racemosa False Soloman’s Seal
Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebells
Mimulus ringens Monkeyflower
Monarda didyma Scarlet Beebalm / Oswego Tea
Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot
Monarda punctata Spotted Beebalm
P
Panicum virgatum Switch Grass
Parnassia glauca Grass-of-Parnassus
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beard-tongue
Penstemon hirsutus Hairy Beard-tongue
Physostegia virginiana False Dragonhead
Potentilla arguta Tall Cinquefoil
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Mountainmint
R
Ratibida pinnata Gray Headed Coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta Black Eyed Susan
S
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Blue Stem
Scirpus atrovirens Dark Green Bulrush
Scirpus fluviatilis River Bulrush
Solidago caesia Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis Zig-zag Goldenrod
Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis Priarie Dropseed
Symphyotrichum cordifolius Heart-leaved Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense Sky-blue Aster
T
Tiarella cordifolia Heartleaf Foamflower
Typha latifolia Cattail
V
Verbena hastata Blue Vervain
Verbena simplex Narrow-leaved Vervain
Verbena stricta Hoary Verbena