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Carex grayi
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Gray's sedge
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
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Eastern redbud
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Medium Trees
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Edible garden, Fall colors, Flowering tree, Hedges, privacy screening, Lawn, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Shade Tree, Specimen, Streetside planting, Understory tree, Woodlands and woods edge
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Acidic soils, Alkaline soils, Allelopathic plants, Soil compaction
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Coreopsis tripteris
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Tall coreopsis, Tall tickseed
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Herbs
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Border, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
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Coreopsis verticillata
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Whorled coreopsis, Thread-leaf coreopsis
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rooftops, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Salt
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Dicentra eximia
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Wild bleeding heart
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
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Philadelphia fleabane
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rock garden
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Salt
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Eryngium aquaticum
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Rattlesnake-master, Marsh eryngo
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Wet conditions
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Eryngium yuccifolium
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Beargrass, Rattlesnake-master, Northern rattlesnake-master, Button eryngo
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Nighttime Garden, Pollinator garden, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Wet conditions
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Helianthus divaricatus
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Woodland sunflower
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Helianthus occidentalis
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Western sunflower, Fewleaf sunflower, Naked-stem sunflower
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Herbs
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Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Erosion control, Pollinator garden, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
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Heliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
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Oxeye, Smooth oxeye
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Heat, Poor soil
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Iris versicolor
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Northern blue flag, Larger blue flag
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Herbs
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Border, Container garden, Cutting garden, Frogs and toads, Mass planting, Meadows, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Wet conditions
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Liatris pilosa
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Grass-leaf blazing star, Grass-leaf gayfeather
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Songbirds
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
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Liatris scariosa
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Large blazing star, Eastern blazing star
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought, Heat
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Liatris spicata
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Dense blazing star, Dense gayfeather, Dense liatris, Marsh blazing star, Marsh gayfeather, Marsh liatris
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil, Wet conditions
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Muhlenbergia capillaris
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Hair-awn muhly, Long-awn hairgrass, Pink muhly
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Container garden, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Garden for the blind, Meadows, Rock garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Heat, Poor soil, Salt
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Panicum virgatum
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Switchgrass
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Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge
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Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Wet conditions
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Physostegia virginiana
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Obedient plant
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Patio, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Wet conditions
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Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
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Narrow-leaf mountain-mint, Slender mountain-mint
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Garden for the blind, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Rudbeckia hirta
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Gloriosa daisy, Black eyed susan, Black-eyed susan
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Erosion control, Low growing, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Seeds and nuts, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Streetside planting
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Dry soils, drought, Salt, Some foot traffic
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Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba
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Three-lobed coneflower, Brown-eyed susan
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Winter interest
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Dry soils, drought
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Solidago altissima var. altissima
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Tall goldenrod
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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Teucrium canadense
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Canada germander, American germander
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Herbs
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Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Edible garden, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Specimen, Winter interest
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Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
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Thalictrum dioicum
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Early meadow-rue
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Herbs
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Border, Cutting garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Shade garden, Woodlands and woods edge
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Heat
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Tradescantia ohiensis
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Ohio spiderwort, Smooth spiderwort
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Herbs
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Border, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge
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Dry soils, drought
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