| Allium cernuum |
Nodding onion |
Herbs |
Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Poor soil |
| Amelanchier arborea |
Downy serviceberry, Shadbush |
Shrubs & Small Trees |
Barrier, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Flowering tree, Garden for the blind, Lawn, Mass planting, Meadows, Patio, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Rock garden, Shade Tree, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Understory tree, Walkways, Winter interest, Woodlands and woods edge |
Wet conditions |
| Amelanchier canadensis |
Canadian serviceberry |
Shrubs & Small Trees |
Border, Butterfly garden, Edible garden, Lawn, Mass planting, Patio, Rain garden, Shade garden, Shade Tree, Songbirds, Specimen, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
Fire, Wet conditions |
| Andropogon gerardii |
Big bluestem, Big blue stem, Bluestem, Turkeyfoot |
Grasses, Sedges & Rushes |
Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Hedges, privacy screening, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Walkways, Winter interest |
Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Wet conditions |
| Antennaria plantaginifolia |
Ladies' tabacco, Plantain-leaved everlasting, Pussytoes, Plantain pussytoes, Everlasting, Mouse ear, Plantain-leaved pussytoes |
Herbs |
Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Songbirds, Walkways |
Dry soils, drought, Poor soil |
| Aquilegia canadensis |
Eastern red columbine, Wild columbine |
Herbs |
Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Songbirds, Specimen, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
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| Asclepias tuberosa |
Butterfly milkweed, Butterfly weed, Butterfly-weed, Common butterfly weed, Common butterfly-weed |
Herbs |
Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Drought tolerant garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Patio, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Walkways |
Dry soils, drought, Salt |
| Chrysogonum virginianum |
Green and gold |
Herbs |
Border, Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
Fire |
| Eurybia macrophylla |
Big-leaf aster, Large-leaved aster |
Herbs |
Butterfly garden, Pollinator garden, Shade garden, Songbirds, Walkways |
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| Heuchera americana |
Alumroot, American alumroot, Coral bells, Rock geranium |
Herbs |
Border, Container garden, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Rock garden, Shade garden, Slope or Bank, Walkways |
Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought |
| Penstemon hirsutus |
Hairy beard-tongue |
Herbs |
Border, Butterfly garden, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Slope or Bank, Walkways |
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| Phlox paniculata |
Garden phlox, Fall phlox |
Herbs |
Border, Butterfly garden, Patio, Pollinator garden, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
Allelopathic plants, Fire |
| Phlox subulata |
Moss phlox, Moss-pink |
Herbs |
Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Drought tolerant garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
Air pollution, Dry soils, drought, Fire, Poor soil, Salt |
| Physostegia virginiana |
Obedient plant |
Herbs |
Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Cutting garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Patio, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Streams, ponds, wetlands, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
Wet conditions |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium |
Narrow-leaved blue-eyed-grass, Narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass, Blue-eyed grass, Bermuda blue-eyed grass , Blue eyes , Grass flower , Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass , Narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass , Sassy grass , Stout blue-eyed grass |
Herbs |
Border, Container garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Rain garden, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
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| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium |
Aromatic aster |
Herbs |
Border, Butterfly garden, Container garden, Erosion control, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Songbirds, Walkways |
Dry soils, drought, Poor soil |
| Tradescantia ohiensis |
Ohio spiderwort, Smooth spiderwort |
Herbs |
Border, Cutting garden, Drought tolerant garden, Edible garden, Erosion control, Mass planting, Meadows, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
Dry soils, drought |
| Trichostema dichotomum |
Common blue curls, Forked blue curls |
Herbs |
Border, Mass planting, Meadows, Patio, Pollinator garden, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
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| Vernonia glauca |
Upland ironweed, Broad-leaf ironweed |
Herbs |
Border, Butterfly garden, Cutting garden, Mass planting, Meadows, Patio, Pollinator garden, Rain garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Specimen, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
Dry soils, drought |
| Viola pedata |
Bird's foot violet, Bird's-foot violet, Birdfoot violet |
Herbs |
Border, Butterfly garden, Drought tolerant garden, Mass planting, Pollinator garden, Rock garden, Slope or Bank, Songbirds, Walkways, Woodlands and woods edge |
Dry soils, drought, Fire |