Species List
Nodding Wild Onion
Allium cernuum
Scientific Name:
Height:
1-2 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - August
Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - August
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Scientific Name:
Height:
5-7 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - September
Wild Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
April - June
Showy Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - August
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - August
Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - August
Sky Blue Aster
Aster azureus
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
August - October
Carolina Moisquitofern
Azolla caroliniana
Scientific Name:
Height:
<1 inch
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet (Aquatic)
Bloom Time:
N/A
White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
Scientific Name:
Height:
4 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - July
Brown Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - July
Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - September
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
May - August
Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
Scientific Name:
Height:
1-2 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist
Bloom Time:
May - June
Tall Coreopsis
Coreopsis tripteris
Scientific Name:
Height:
5 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - October
White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - September
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - September
Illinois Bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis
Scientific Name:
Height:
3-5 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - August
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Scientific Name:
Height:
2-4 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - September
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Scientific Name:
Height:
4-5 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - September
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia pulchella
Scientific Name:
Height:
1-3 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
May - August
Dotted St. John's Wort
Hypericum punctatum
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - September
Path Rush
Juncus tenuis
Scientific Name:
Height:
1 foot
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - September
Lobelia Tobacco
Lobelia inflata
Scientific Name:
Height:
2 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - October
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Scientific Name:
Height:
3-4 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - August
American Water Lotus
Nelumbo lutea
Scientific Name:
Height:
Up to 6', depends on water level
Light Requirements:
Full Sun
Soil Conditions:
Wet (Aquatic)
Bloom Time:
July - August
Evening Primrose
Oenothera biennis
Scientific Name:
Height:
3-6 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - July
Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa
Scientific Name:
Height:
6-18 inches
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Dry
Bloom Time:
June
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Scientific Name:
Height:
3-4 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - July
Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycanthemum virginianum
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
August - September
Upright Coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - August
Grayheaded Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
Scientific Name:
Height:
5 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - August
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - October
Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Scientific Name:
Height:
8 inches
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
April - June
Wild Senna
Senna herbecarpa
Scientific Name:
Height:
5-6 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist
Bloom Time:
July - August
Royal Catchfly
Silene regia
Scientific Name:
Height:
4 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - August
Compass Plant
Silphium laciniatum
Scientific Name:
Height:
8 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - September
Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Scientific Name:
Height:
6 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist
Bloom Time:
July - September
Prairie Dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum
Scientific Name:
Height:
6-9 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
July - September
Narrow-leaf Blue Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Scientific Name:
Height:
6 inches
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
May - June
Smooth Aster
Symphyotrichum laevis
Scientific Name:
Height:
4 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
August - October
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-anglicae
Scientific Name:
Height:
5 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Wet to Dry
Bloom Time:
August - October
Ohio Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
Scientific Name:
Height:
3 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
May - July
Tall Ironweed
Vernonia altissima
Scientific Name:
Height:
5-8 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist
Bloom Time:
August - October
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Scientific Name:
Height:
5 feet
Light Requirements:
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions:
Moist to Dry
Bloom Time:
June - August