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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Acer nigrum | Black Maple | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer rubrum | Red Maple, Scarlet Maple, Soft Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple, Northern Sugar Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow, Western Yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Aesculus glabra | Ohio Buckeye, Texas Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Horse Chestnut | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Amelanchier arborea | Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry, Junebush, Shadblow, Sarvis | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Amorpha canescens | Leadplant, Leadplant Amorpha, Prairie Shoestring | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Aralia spinosa | Devil's Walking Stick, Hercules Club, Angelica Tree, Pigeon Tree, Shotbush, Prickly Elder, Prickly Ash | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Betula nigra | River Birch, Red Birch, Black Birch, Water Birch | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss, Buffalo Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry , French Mulberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Callirhoe digitata | Winecup, Standing Winecup, Poppy Mallow, Wine Cup, Finger Poppy-mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine, Common Trumpet Creeper, Cow Vine, Foxglove Vine, Hellvine, Devil's Shoestring | Perennial | Vine | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Carya cordiformis | Bitternut Hickory, Swamp Hickory, Bitternut, Pig Hickory, Pignut Hickory, Pignut, White Hickory, Red Hickory, Bitter Walnut, Bitter Pecan | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory, Scalybark Hickory, Upland Hickory, Shellbark Hickory | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Castilleja coccinea | Scarlet Paintbrush, Scarlet Indian Paintbrush, Painted Cup, Indian Paintbrush | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Catalpa speciosa | Northern Catalpa, Catalpa Tree, Cigar Tree, Indian Bean | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea, Redroot | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ceanothus herbaceus | Prairie Redroot, Smaller Redroot, Small Redroot, Inland Ceanothus, Fuzzy Ceanothus, Jersey Tea, Redroot | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Honeybells, Honey Balls, Honeyballs, Button-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud, Redbud | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Claytonia virginica | Virginia Springbeauty, Springbeauty | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Clematis pitcheri | Purple Leatherflower, Purple Clematis, Leatherflower, Bluebill, Bellflower Clematis, Pitcher's Clematis | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Coreopsis grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed, Large-flower Tickseed, Common Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed, Sand Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood, Drummond's Dogwood, Rough-leaf Dogwood | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood, Virginia Dogwood, Florida Dogwood, White Cornel, Arrowwood, American Boxwood, False Box, St. Peter's Crown, Corona De San Pedro | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Dalea candida | White Prairie Clover | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Delphinium carolinianum | Prairie Larkspur, Carolina Larkspur, Blue Larkspur | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Desmodium illinoense | Illinois Ticktrefoil, Illinois Tick-trefoil | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Diospyros virginiana | Common Persimmon, Eastern Persimmon, Possumwood, Date Plum, Winter Plum, Jove's Fruit | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Echinacea angustifolia | Black Samson, Black Samson Echinacea, Narrow-leaf Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower, Pale Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Echinacea paradoxa | Yellow Coneflower, Yellow Echinacea | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye, Canadian Wildrye, Prairie Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo, Eryngo, False Purple Thistle | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master, Button Eryngo, Button Snakeroot, Beargrass, Bear's Grass | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean, Cherokee Bean, Red Cardinal | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Euonymus atropurpureus | Burningbush, Eastern Wahoo, Burning Bush, Wahoo, Waahoo, Whahoo, Spindle Tree | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Eutrochium fistulosum | Joe-pye Weed, Trumpetweed, Queen Of The Meadow, Hollow Joe-pye Weed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn, Carolina False Buckthorn, Yellow Buckthorn, Indian Cherry, Yellowwood | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Fraxinus americana | White Ash, American Ash, Cane Ash, Smallseed White Ash, Biltmore White Ash, Biltmore Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Fraxinus nigra | Black Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash, Red Ash, Swamp Ash, River Ash, Water Ash, Darlington Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena, Purple Prairie Verbena, Dakota Mock Vervain, Dakota Vervain | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Glandularia canadensis | Rose Vervain, Sweet William, Rose Mock Vervain | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey Locust, Common Honey Locust, Thorny Common Honey Locust, Honey Shucks Locust, Sweet Locust, Thorny Locust, Honey Shucks, Sweet Bean Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky Coffeetree, Stump Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Hamamelis vernalis | Ozark Witch-hazel, Vernal Witch-hazel | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Hamamelis virginiana | Witch-hazel, American Witch-hazel, Common Witch-hazel, Winterbloom, Snapping Hazelnut, Striped Alder, Spotted Alder, Tobacco-wood, Water-witch | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp Sunflower, Narrowleaf Sunflower, Narrow-leaved Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower, Max Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow, Marshmallow Hibiscus | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Meadow Holly, Prairie Holly, Swamp Holly, Welk Holly, Deciduous Yaupon, Bearberry, Winterberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ilex opaca | American Holly, White Holly, Prickly Holly, Evergreen Holly, Christmas Holly, Yule Holly | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Dry |
Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon, Yaupon Holly, Cassina | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Juglans cinerea | Butternut, White Walnut | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Juglans microcarpa | Little Walnut, Texas Walnut, Texas Black Walnut, River Walnut, Nogalito, Nogalillo, Namboca | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut, Eastern Black Walnut, American Black Walnut | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redcedar, Virginia Juniper, Red Juniper, Pencil Cedar, Carolina Cedar, Red Savin | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza, Roundhead Bush-clover, Round-headed Lespedeza, Round-headed Bush-clover | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Liatris aspera | Tall Blazing Star, Tall Gayfeather, Tall Liatris, Rough Blazing Star, Rough Gayfeather, Rough Liatris, Button Snakeroot | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star, Dotted Gayfeather, Dotted Liatris, Purples | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star, Prairie Gayfeather, Prairie Liatris, Kansas Blazing Star, Kansas Gayfeather, Kansas Liatris, Cat-tail Blazing Star, Cat-tail Gayfeather, Cat-tail Liatris, Hairy Button-snakeroot | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star, Scaly Gayfeather, Scaly Liatris | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Linum lewisii | Wild Blue Flax, Prairie Flax, Lewis Flax, Lewis's Flax | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Dry |
Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum, American Sweetgum, Red Gum, White Gum, Star-leaved Gum, Starleaf Gum, Alligator Tree, Satin Walnut, Bilsted, Liquidambar | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Woodbine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree, Cucumber Tree, Mountain Magnolia | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Magnolia macrophylla | Bigleaf Magnolia | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Mint, Plains Horsemint, Lemon Horsemint, Horsemint, Purple Lemon Mint | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot, Beebalm | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm, Spotted Horsemint, Horsemint | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose, Missouri Evening-primrose, Fluttermill, Big-fruit Evening-primrose, Missouri Primrose, Bigfruit Evening Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose, Showy Evening Primrose, Mexican Evening Primrose, Showy Primrose, Pink Ladies, Buttercups, Pink Buttercups | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam, American Hop-hornbeam, Woolly Hop-hornbean, Eastern Ironwood, Roughbark Ironwood, Ironwood, Deerwood, Leverwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Passiflora incarnata | Maypop, Purple Passionflower, Purple Passion Vine, Apricot Vine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon, Prairie Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Foxglove Beardtongue, False Foxglove, Large-flowered Penstemon, Large-flowered Beardtongue, Cobaea Penstemon, Cobaea Beardtongue, Wild Foxglove | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon, Mississippi Beardtongue, Smooth White Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus Slope Penstemon, Talus Slope Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Foxglove Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Penstemon grandiflorus | Large Penstemon, Large Beardtongue, Large-flower Penstemon, Large-flower Beardtongue, Large-flowered Penstemon, Large-flowered Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Penstemon murrayanus | Scarlet Penstemon, Scarlet Beardtongue, Red Penstemon, Red Beardtongue, Cupleaf Penstemon, Cupleaf Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox, Louisiana Phlox, Blue Woodland Phlox, Sweet William, Wild Sweet William | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox, Prairie Phlox, Fragrant Phlox | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead, Virginia Lions-heart | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine, Shortleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Yellow Pine, Shortstraw Pine, Arkansas Pine, Longtag Pine, Spruce Pine, Oldfield Pine, Arkansas Soft Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pinus virginiana | Virginia Pine, Jersey Pine, Scrub Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore, Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Plane Tree, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus americana | American Plum, Wild Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum, Sandhill Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry, Wild Black Cherry, Rum Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus alba | White Oak, Northern White Oak, Eastern White Oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak, Forked-leaf White Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus bicolor | Swamp White Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak, Red Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak, Burr Oak, Savanna Oak, Overcup Oak, Prairie Oak, Mossy-cup Oak, Mossy-overcup Oak, Blue Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Quercus palustris | Pin Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Quercus phellos | Willow Oak, Swamp Willow Oak, Pin Oak, Peach Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Coneflower, Gray-headed Coneflower, Grayhead Mexican Hat, Gray-headed Mexican Hat, Pinnate Prairie Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rhamnus lanceolata | Lanceleaf Buckthorn, Lance-leaf Buckthorn | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Rhododendron oblongifolium | Texas Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Dry |
Rhododendron prinophyllum | Early Azalea, Roseshell Azalea, Woolly Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Moist |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage, Blue Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry, Black Elder, Mexican Elderberry, Common Elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry, Soapberry, Wild China Tree, Wild Chinaberry, Indian Soap Plant, Jaboncillo | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Silene regia | Royal Catchfly | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Silphium integrifolium | Wholeleaf Rosinweed, Entire-leaf Rosinweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Silphium laciniatum | Compassplant, Compass Plant | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Rosinweed, Prairie Dock | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress, Baldcypress, Common Bald Cypress, Southern Bald Cypress, Deciduous Cypress, Southern Cypress, Swamp Cypress, Red Cypress, White Cypress, Yellow Cypress, Gulf Cypress, Tidewater Red Cypress | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Tilia americana | American Basswood, American Linden, Lime Tree, Bee Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Viburnum prunifolium | Blackhaw, Smooth Blackhaw, Blackhaw Viburnum, Smooth Blackhaw Viburnum, Stagbush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, Rusty Blackhaw, Southern Blackhaw, Blackhaw, Bluehaw, Downy Viburnum, Southern Nannyberry, Rusty Nannyberry, Nannyberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |