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Native Plant Species Database

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Grass / Sedge / Rush
American Beak Grass
Diarrhena americana
Partial to Shade · Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry · Jul–Sep
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Forb / Wildflower
American Bur Reed
Sparganium americanum
Full to Partial · Wet · Jun–Aug
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Forb / Wildflower
American Columbo
Frasera caroliniensis
Full to Partial · Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry · May–Jun
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Tree / Shrub / Vine
American Cranberrybush
Viburnum trilobum
Full to Partial · Wet to Medium · May–Jun
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Tree / Shrub / Vine
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Full to Partial · Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry · Apr
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Forb / Wildflower
American Lotus
Nelumbo lutea
Full · Wet · Jul–Sep
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Tree / Shrub / Vine
American Plum
Prunus americana
Full to Partial · Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry · Apr–May
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
American Slough Grass
Beckmannia syzigachne
Full · Wet to Medium-Wet · Jun–Aug
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Forb / Wildflower
Amethyst Shooting Star
Primula fassettii
Full to Shade · Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry · Apr–May
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Forb / Wildflower
Anise Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
Full to Partial · Medium to Medium-Dry · Jun–Sep
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Forb / Wildflower
Aniseroot
Osmorhiza longistylis
Partial to Shade · Medium-Wet to Medium · May–Jun
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Forb / Wildflower
Annual Buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus
Full · Wet to Medium-Wet · Apr–Jun
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Cover Crop
Annual Rye Grass
Lolium multiflorem
Full to Partial · Medium
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Partial to Shade · Medium to Medium-Dry · May–Jun
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Forb / Wildflower
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full · Medium-Dry to Dry · Aug–Oct
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Forb / Wildflower
Arrow-leaved Aster
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
Full to Shade · Medium to Medium-Dry · Aug–Oct
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Forb / Wildflower
Arumleaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria cuneata
Full · Wet to Medium-Wet · Jul–Sep
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Awl-fruited Oval Sedge
Carex tribuloides
Full to Partial · Wet to Medium · Jul
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Awl-fruited Sedge
Carex stipata
Full to Shade · Wet to Medium-Wet · Jun
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Awned Graceful Sedge
Carex davisii
Partial to Shade · Medium-Wet to Medium · May–Jul
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Bald Spike Rush
Eleocharis erythropoda
Full · Wet to Medium · May–Aug
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Baltic Rush
Juncus balticus
Full · Wet to Medium · May–Aug
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Barberpole Sedge
Scirpus microcarpus
Full · Wet to Medium-Wet · Jun–Jul
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Forb / Wildflower
Bastard Toadflax
Comandra umbellata
Full to Partial · Medium to Dry · May–Jul
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Beak Grass
Diarrhena obovata
Partial to Shade · Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry · Jul–Sep
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Forb / Wildflower
Bearded Beggarticks
Bidens polylepis
Full · Wet to Medium · Aug–Oct
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Forb / Wildflower
Bearsfoot
Polymnia uvedalia
Full to Partial · Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry · Jul–Sep
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Bebb's Oval Sedge
Carex bebbii
Full · Medium-Wet to Medium · Jun–Jul
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Forb / Wildflower
Bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora
Partial to Shade · Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry · Apr–May
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Forb / Wildflower
Biennial Gaura
Oenothera gaura
Full to Partial · Medium-Dry to Dry · Jul–Oct
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Full to Partial · Medium-Wet to Dry · Jun–Sep
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Forb / Wildflower
Big-leaved Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
Partial to Shade · Medium-Wet to Dry · Aug–Oct
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Forb / Wildflower
Bird's Foot Violet
Viola pedata
Full to Partial · Medium to Dry · Apr–Jun
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Forb / Wildflower
Bishop's Cap
Mitella diphylla
Partial to Shade · Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry · Apr–Jun
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Tree / Shrub / Vine
Bittersweet
Celastrus scandens
Full to Partial · Medium to Dry · May–Jun
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Forb / Wildflower
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Partial to Shade · Medium-Wet to Medium · May–Sep
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Forb / Wildflower
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Full to Partial · Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry · Jun–Oct
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Tree / Shrub / Vine
Bladdernut
Staphylea trifolia
Partial to Shade · Medium · Apr–May
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Forb / Wildflower
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
Partial to Shade · Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry · Apr–May
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Forb / Wildflower
Blue Bead Lily
Clintonia borealis
Partial to Shade · Wet to Medium · May–Jun
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Forb / Wildflower
Blue Cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Partial to Shade · Medium-Wet to Medium · Apr–May
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Full to Partial · Medium-Dry to Dry · Jul–Sep
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Blue Joint Grass
Calamagrostis canadensis
Full to Partial · Wet to Medium · Jun–Aug
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Forb / Wildflower
Blue Ridge Buckbean
Thermopsis caroliniana
Full to Partial · Medium to Dry · May–Jun
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Forb / Wildflower
Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
Full to Partial · Medium to Dry · Aug–Oct
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Forb/Wildflower
Blue Sky Aster
Symphyotrichum
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Forb / Wildflower
Blue Toadflax
Linaria canadensis
Full · Dry · May–Aug
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Forb / Wildflower
Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
Full to Partial · Wet to Medium · Jul–Sep
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Forb / Wildflower
Blue Wild Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full to Partial · Medium-Wet to Medium · May–Jul
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Tree / Shrub / Vine
Blue-leaf Willow
Salix myricoides
Full · Wet to Medium-Dry · May–Jun
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Forb / Wildflower
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Partial to Shade · Medium to Medium-Dry · Aug–Oct
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Blunt Spike Rush
Eleocharis obtusa
Full · Wet to Medium-Wet · Jun–Oct
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Forb / Wildflower
Bog Goldenrod
Solidago uliginosa
Full to Shade · Wet to Medium · Aug–Sep
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Bog Panicled Sedge
Carex diandra
Full to Partial · Wet to Medium-Wet · Jun
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Forb / Wildflower
Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Full to Partial · Wet to Medium-Wet · Jul–Sep
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Forb / Wildflower
Bottle Gentian
Gentiana andrewsii
Full to Partial · Medium-Wet to Medium · Aug–Oct
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Forb / Wildflower
Bottlebrush Blazing Star
Liatris mucronata
Full · Medium-Dry to Dry · Aug–Oct
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Partial to Shade · Medium to Medium-Dry · Jun–Aug
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Forb / Wildflower
Bradbury's Monarda
Monarda bradburiana
Full to Partial · Medium to Medium-Dry · Jun–Jul
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Grass / Sedge / Rush
Bristly Cattail Sedge
Carex frankii
Full to Shade · Wet to Medium-Wet · Jun–Aug