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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Acer saccharinum | Silver Maple, Soft Maple, White Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple, Northern Sugar Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Aesculus glabra | Ohio Buckeye, Texas Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Horse Chestnut | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Allium canadense | Meadow Garlic, Wild Garlic, Wild Onion | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Allium stellatum | Autumn Onion, Prairie Onion | Perennial | Herb | 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 |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush, False Indigo Bush, False Indigo, Desert False Indigo | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Andropogon hallii | Sand Bluestem | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Anemone canadensis | Canadian Anemone, Round-leaf Thimbleweed, Canada Anemone, Windflower, Meadow Anemone | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Arisaema triphyllum | Jack In The Pulpit, Indian Jack In The Pulpit, Jack-in-the-pulpit | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade | Wet, Moist |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed, Eastern Whorled Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Baptisia alba | White Wild Indigo, White Baptisia | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea | Longbract Wild Indigo, Cream False Indigo, Plains Wild Indigo, Cream Wild Indigo, Large-bracted Wild Indigo | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Betula nigra | River Birch, Red Birch, Black Birch, Water Birch | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup, Purple Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Campanulastrum americanum | American Bellflower, Tall Bellflower | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Carex stipata | Awlfruit Sedge, Awl-fruited Sedge, Stalk-grain Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory, Scalybark Hickory, Upland Hickory, Shellbark Hickory | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea, Redroot | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Celastrus scandens | American Bittersweet | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Celtis occidentalis | Common Hackberry, Northern Hackberry, American Hackberry, Nettle Tree, Beaverwood, False Elm | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, 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 |
Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant, Sensitive Plant | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Coreopsis palmata | Stiff Tickseed, Stiff Coreopsis, Finger Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Cornus obliqua | Silky Dogwood, Pale Dogwood, Swamp Dogwood, Kinnikinnik | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Corylus americana | American Hazelnut, American Filbert | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Crataegus mollis | Downy Hawthorn, White Thorn, Whitethorn, Scarlet Hawthorn, Scarlet Haw, Red Haw, Downy Thorn | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick Trefoil | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's Breeches | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Dodecatheon meadia | Eastern Shooting Star, Shooting Star, Pride Of Ohio, Roosterheads, Prairie Pointers | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Echinacea angustifolia | Black Samson, Black Samson Echinacea, Narrow-leaf 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 |
Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Euphorbia corollata | Flowering Spurge | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Euthamia graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop, Grass-leaved Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Eutrochium purpureum | Purple Joepyeweed, Sweet-scented Joepyeweed, Sweet Joepyeweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Fragaria virginiana | Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
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 pennsylvanica | Green Ash, Red Ash, Swamp Ash, River Ash, Water Ash, Darlington Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Gaillardia aristata | Common Gaillardia, Great Blanketflower, Blanketflower, Brown-eyed Susan | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Geranium maculatum | Spotted Geranium, Wild Geranium, Cranesbill | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky Coffeetree, Stump Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Heliopsis helianthoides | Smooth Oxeye, Oxeye Sunflower, False Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Heuchera richardsonii | Richardson's Alumroot, Prairie Alumroot | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia Waterleaf, Eastern Waterleaf, Shawnee Salad | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
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 |
Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass, Junegrass, Prairie Koeler's Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | 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 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 |
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 |
Malus ioensis | Prairie Crabapple, Iowa Crabapple, Western Crabapple, Prairie Crab, Iowa Crab, Western Crab | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot, Beebalm | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Oenothera biennis | Common Evening-primrose, King's Cure-all, Common Evening Primrose | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Oenothera rhombipetala | Fourpoint Evening-primrose, Four-point Evening Primrose, Diamond Petal Primrose, Greater Four-point Evening-primrose | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear, Twist-spine Prickly Pear, Common Prickly Pear, Plains Prickly Pear | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | 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 |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
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 | |
Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant, Stinking-clover, Bee Spiderflower, Navajo Spinach, Pink Cleome, Toothed Spiderflower, Skunkweed | Annual | Herb | Sun, Shade | Moist, Dry |
Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii | Lapham's Phlox, Blue Phlox, Sweet William | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead, Virginia Lions-heart | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore, Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Plane Tree, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple, Indian Apple, Wild Mandrake, Pomme De Mai, Podophylle Pelt | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Polygonatum biflorum | Smooth Solomon's Seal, Great Solomon's-seal, Sealwort | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood, Carolina Poplar, Necklace Poplar, Alamo | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Prunus americana | American Plum, Wild Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry, Wild Black Cherry, Rum Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry, Common Chokecherry, Choke 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 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 rubra | Northern Red Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
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 |
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 |
Rosa blanda | Smooth Rose, Early Wild Rose | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Rosa setigera var. tomentosa | Climbing Rose, Illinois Rose | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower, Sweet Black-eyed Susan | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Silphium integrifolium | Wholeleaf Rosinweed, Entire-leaf Rosinweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Silphium laciniatum | Compassplant, Compass Plant | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant, Indian Cup | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Sisyrinchium campestre | Prairie Blue-eyed Grass, White-eyed Grass | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod, Prairie Goldenrod, Oldfield Goldenrod, Grayleaf Goldenrod, Gray-leaved Goldenrod, Dyersweed Goldenrod, Dwarf Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod, Noble Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Solidago ulmifolia | Elmleaf Goldenrod, Elm-leaved Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass, Freshwater Cordgrass, Sloughgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Spiraea alba | White Meadowsweet | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Sporobolus heterolepis | Prairie Dropseed | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Staphylea trifolia | American Bladdernut | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Moist |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster, Heath Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple Meadow-rue, Tall Meadow-rue, Meadow Rue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Tilia americana | American Basswood, American Linden, Lime Tree, Bee Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort, Bluejacket | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail, Common Cattail | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Verbena hastata | Swamp Verbena, Blue Verbena, Blue Vervain, Simpler's Joy | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Vernonia fasciculata | Prairie Ironweed, Common Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Viburnum prunifolium | Blackhaw, Smooth Blackhaw, Blackhaw Viburnum, Smooth Blackhaw Viburnum, Stagbush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Viola sororia | Missouri Violet, Common Blue Violet, Hooded Blue Violet, Florida Violet, Meadow Violet, Confederate Violet, Dooryard Violet, Purple Violet, Woolly Blue Violet, Wood Violet, Hooded Violet | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Zizia aptera | Heart-leaved Meadow Parsnip, Heartleaf Meadow Parsnip, Meadow Parsnip, Heartleaf Alexanders, Meadow Zizia, Zizia | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Zizia aurea | Golden Zizia, Golden Alexanders | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |