List of Approved Native Plants, Shrubs and Trees Ferns, Grasses and Sedges Common Name Scientific Name Garden Theme/ Planting Requirements Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii Canada Wild Rye Elymus Canadensis Fern, Bulblet Cystopteris bulbifera Shade Fern, Christmas Polystichum acrostichoides Shade Fern, Cinnamon Osmunsastrum cinnamomeum Shade Fern, Hart s Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Shade Fern, Hay-scented Dennstaedtia punctilobula Shade Fern, Lady Athyrium filix-femina Shade Fern, Maidenhair Adiantum pedatum Shade Fern, Ostrich Matteuccia struthiopteris Shade Fern, Sensitive Onoclea sensibilis Shade Fern, Spinulose Wood Dryopteris carthusiana Shade Fern, Sweet Comptonia peregrine Shade Grass, Beach Marram Ammophila breviligulata Dry Grass, Bottlebrush Elymus hystrix, Shade Grass, Hairy Panic Panicum acuminatum Grass, Indian Sorghastrum nutans Grass, Poverty Oats Danthonia spicata Grass, Purple Love Eragrostis spectabilis Grass, Sweet Hierochloe virginicus Grass, Switch Panicum virgatum Little Bluestem Schizachirium scoparium Sedge, Bebb s Carex bebbii Moist Sedge, Black Fruited Carex eburnea Shade Sedge, Gold Fruited Carex aurea Moist Side-oats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula
Wildflowers Common Name Scientific Name Garden Theme Aster, Calico Symphyotrichum lateriflorus Aster, Flat-topped White Doellingeria umbellata Aster, Heart-leaved Symphyotrichum cordifolium Aster, Heath Symphotrichum ericoides Aster, Large Leaved Eurybia macrophylla Aster, Lowrie s Aster Symphyotrichum lowrieanus Aster, New England Aster Symphyotrichum novaeangliae Aster, New York Aster Symphyotrichum novae-belgii Aster, Panicled Aster Symphyotrichum lanceolatum Aster, Short s Aster Symphyotrichum shortii Aster, Sky Blue Symphyotrichum oolentagiensis Aster, Smooth Aster Symphyotrichum leave Aster, Swamp Symphyotrichum puniceus Aster, White Wood Symphyotrichum divaricatus Balsam Ragwort Packera paupercula Shade Bee Balm Monarda didyma Meadow Black Cohosh, Snakeroot Cimicifuga/Actaea racemosa Shade Black eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Butterfly, Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis Shade Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides Shade Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor Moist Blue Giant Hyssop Sensory Agastache foeniculum Blue Vervain Verbena hastata Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium montanum Pollinator
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum Butterfly Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii Pollinator, Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis Moist, Canada Mayflower Maianthemum canadense Shade Canada Milkvetch Astragalus canadensis Shade, Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis Common Thimbleweed Anemone virginiana Shade Common Yarrow Achillea millifolium Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum, Sensory Culver s Root Veronicastrum virginicum Moist, Cup Plant Cylindric Blazing Star Dense Blazing Star Silphium perforliatum Liatris cylindracea Liatris spicata Doll s Eyes, White Baneberry Actacea pachypoda Shade Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia humifusa Sensory Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis Pollinator Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium Meadow/Priairy Meadow/Priairy Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis Pollinator, Golden Alexanders Zizea aurea Pollinator Goldenseal Hydrastis canadensis Shade Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Shade, Pollinator Coneflower, Green-headed Rudbeckia laciniata Shade, Pollinator Coneflower, Grey-Headed Ratibida pinnata Hairy Beardtongue Penstemon hirsutus Pollinator Harebell Campanula rotundifolia Pollinator Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta Ironweed Vernonia gigantea Jack in the Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Shade Lance-leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata Long Fruited Anemone Anemone cylindrica Pollinator Long-leaved Bluets Hedyotis longifolia Pollinator, Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris Moist Marsh St. John s Wort Triadenum virginicum Moist
Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum Shade Milkweed, Butterfly Asclepias tuberosa, Sensory Milkweed, Common Asclepias syriaca, Sensory Milkweed, Swamp Asclepias incarnata, Sensory, Moist Nodding Onion Allium cernuum, Sensory Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana Pollinator, Goldenrod, Ohio Solidago ohioensis Ohio Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis Pollinator, Coneflower, Pale Purple Echinacea pallida Pasque Flower Anenome patens wolfgangiana Pollinator Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Prairie Cinquefoil Potentilla arguta Pollinator, Prairie Smoke Geum triflorium Butterfly, Pollinators, Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea Red Anemone Anemone multifida Pollinator, Red Baneberry Actaea Rubra Shade Robin s Plantain Erigeron pulchellus Butterfly, Pollinator Round Headed Bushclover Lespedeza capitata Showy Tick-trefoil Desmodium canadense Pollinator, Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale Spikenard Aralia racemosa Shade Spotted Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum Square Stemmed Mimulus ringens Monkeyflower Stiff-leaved Goldenrod Solidago rigida Sweet Oxeye/False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides Pollinator, Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris
Tall Meadow Rue Thalictrum pubescens Shade Turtlehead Chelone glabra Upland White Goldenrod Solidago ptarmicoides Pollinator, Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum Pollinator White Snakeroot Partial Shade, Butterfly, Ageratina altissima Pollinator Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa, Sensory Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis Partial Shade, Pollinator Wild Geranium Partial Geranium maculatum Shade Wild Ginger Asarum canadense Shade, Sensory Wild Hyacinth Camassia scilloides Wild Indigo Bush or Leadplant Amorpha canascens Pollinator, Wild Leek Allium tricoccum Shade, Sensory Wild Savory Pollinator, Sensory, Ground Calamintha arkansana Cover Wild Strawberry Sensory, Fragaria virginiana Ground Cover Western Sunflower Helianthus occidentalis Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus Yellow Giant Hyssop Partial Agastache nepetoides Shade Zig-Zag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis Pollinator, Partial Shade Shrubs & Vines Common Name American Hazelnut American Highbush Cranberry Bittersweet Black Chokeberry Black Currant Bladdernut Blue Beech Bush honeysuckle Buttonbush Scientific Name Corylus americana Viburnum trilobum Celastrus scandens Aronia melanocarpa Ribes americanum Staphylea trifolia Carpinus caroliniana Diervilla Ionicera Cephalanthus occidentalis
Canada Plum Canada Yew Common Blackberry Common Elderberry Dogwood, Alternate Leaved Dogwood, Gray Dogwood, Red Osier Dogwood, Round leaf Dogwood, Silky Four-leaf Wild Yam Kalm s St. John s Wort Maple Leaved Viburnum Meadowsweet Mountain maple Nannyberry New Jersey Tea Ninebark Raspberry, Black Raspberry, Dwarf Raspberry, Flowering Raspberry, Red Rose, Pasture Rose, Meadow/Smooth Rose, Swamp Running Strawberry Saskatoon Serviceberry Smooth Serviceberry Snowberry Speckled Alder Sumac, Fragrant Sumac, Staghorn Virginia Creeper Virgin's Bower Willow, Bebbs Willow, Black Willow, Peach Leaf Willow, Pussy Willow, Sandbar Willow, Shining Willow, Slender Willow, Woolie Winterberry Witchhazel Prunus nigra Taxus Canadensis Rubus alleghensiensis Sambucus Canadensis Cornus alternifolia Cornus racemosa Cornus stolonifera Cornus rugosa Cornus amomum Dioscorea quaternata Hypericum kalmianum Viburnum acerifolia Spiraea alba Acer spicatum Viburnum lentago Ceanothus americanus Physocarpus opulifolius Rubus occidentalis Rubus pubescens Rubus odoratus Rubus idaeus Rosa Carolina Rosa blanda Rosa palustris Euonymus obovatus Amelanchier alnifolia Amelanchier laevis Symphoricarpos albus Alnus rugose Rhus aromatic Rhus typhina Parthenocissus quinquefolia Clematis virginiana Salix bebbiana Salix nigra Salix amygdaloides Salix discolor Salix exiqua Salix lucida Salix petiolaris Salix eriocephala Ilex verticillata Hamamelis virginiana
Trees Common Name(s) American Hophornbeam American Hornbeam/Ironwood Basswood Beech, American Birch, Grey Birch, White Birch, Yellow Ash, Blue Ash, Green Butternut Cedar, Red Cedar, White Cherry, Pin Cherry, White Common Pawpaw Cucumber Tree Elm, American/White Elm, White Fir, Balsam Hackberry Hackberry Hawthorn, Cockspur Hawthorn, Dotted Hawthorn, Downy Hemlock Hickory, Bitternut Hickory, Shagbark Honey Locust Ironwood Larch, European Maple, Black Maple, Black Maple, Red Maple, Silver Maple, Sugar Mountain Maple Oak, Black Oak, Burr Scientific Name Ostrya virginiana Carpinus caroliniana Tilia Americana Fagus grandifolia Betula populifolia Betula papyrifera Betula alleghaniensis Gleditsia triacanthos Fraxinus pennsylvanica Juglans cinerea Juniperus virginiana Thuja occidentalis Prunus pensylvanica Prunus serotine Asiminia triloba Magnolia acuminata Ulmus Americana Ulmus Americana Abies balsamea Celtis occidentalis Celtis occidentalis Crataegus crus galli Fraxinus quadrangulata Crataegus punctate Tsuga Canadensis Carya cordiformis Carya ovata Gymnocladus dioicus Ostrya virginiana Larix decidua Acer nigrum Acer nigra Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum Acer saccharum Acer spicatum Quercus nigra Quercus, macrocarpa
Oak, Chinkapin Oak, Red Oak, Swamp White Oak, White Paper Birch Pine, White Poplar, Balsam Poplar, Cottonwood Poplar, Large Tooth Poplar, Trembling Aspen Red Pine Redbud Redbud Sassafras, White/Red/Silky Silver Maple Smooth Serviceberry Spruce, Black Spruce, White Sycamore, American Tamarack Tulip Tree Walnut, Black White Spruce Quercus muehlenbergii Quercus rubra Quercus bicolor Quercus alba Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera Pinus strobus Populus balsamifera Populus deltoids Populus grandidentata Populus tremuloides Pinus resinosa Cercis Canadensis Cercis Canadensis Sassafras albidum Acer saccharinum Amelanchier laevis Picea mariana Picea glauca Platanus occidentalis Larix laricina Liriodendron tulipifera Juglans nigra Picea glauca