| Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Habitat |
Exposure |
Spacing feet |
Height |
Flower Color |
Bloom-Time |
Wildlife |
Comments |
| Acorus calamus |
sweet flag |
s,w |
Full Sun |
2.5' |
2-3.5 |
Yellow-green |
May-July |
Waterfowl, muskrat, birds |
Erosion control; establishes quickly ;calm, shallow water |
| Anemone canadensis |
Canada anemone |
w,um |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
2' |
1-2' |
White |
May -July |
Waterfowl and Muskrat |
spreading ground cover in moist soil |
| Aquilegia canadensis |
columbine |
um,ud |
Full Sun to Full Shade |
1.5' |
2-3' |
Greenish white |
May-June |
Songbirds, chipmunk, skunk |
Common woodland herb: Beautiful foliage |
| Asclepias incarnata |
Marsh milkweed |
w,um |
Full Sun |
2-3' |
3-4' |
White |
June-August |
Butterflies |
Good erosion control plant in full sun |
| Aster macrophyllus |
large-leaf aster |
um,ud, |
Full Sun to Full Shade |
2-3' |
1-2' |
Lilac |
August-October |
Birds Butterflies, mice, chipmunk, rabbit, deer |
Great ground cover for shadier slopes |
| Aster novae-angliae |
new england aster |
w,um |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
2-3' |
3-5' |
Red-violet |
August -October |
Birds Butterflies, mice, chipmunk, rabbit, deer |
Can be aggressive: spread by seed |
| Aster puniceus |
red-stemmed aster |
w,um |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
2-3' |
1.5-5' |
Blue-violet |
August -October |
Birds Butterflies, mice, chipmunk, rabbit, deer |
Calcareous: aggressive |
| Epilobium angustifolium |
fireweed |
w,um |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
3' |
2-6' |
Magenta |
June-August |
Mice, deer, moose |
Forest edge: grows to form a large mass |
| Eupatorium maculatum |
joe-pye-weed |
w,um |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
3' |
3-6' |
Pink |
July- Sept |
Butterflies, moths, bees |
Soil stabilizer: great all-around lakeshore plant |
| Iris versicolor |
blue flag iris |
s,w |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
2' |
1.5-3.5' |
Blue-violet |
June-July |
Fish, frogs, birds, butterlies,muskrat |
Bank stabilizer: wonderful early summer show |
| Liatris ligulistylis |
meadow blazing star |
w,um |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
1.5' |
1.5-4' |
Rose,Lavender |
August -Sept |
Butterflies, birds |
Great late -season color |
| Liatris pycnostachya |
prairie blazing star |
w,um |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
1.5' |
2-5' |
Rose, lavender |
July-August |
Hummingbirds, butterflies |
Desirable, showy wildflowers |
| Sagittaria latifolia |
arrowhead |
s |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
3' |
2-3.5' |
White |
July -Aug |
Waterfowl , beaver, muskrat,turtles, porcupine |
Tolerates fluctuating water levels, very showy |
| Rudbeckia hirta |
Black Eyed Susan |
um, dm |
Full Sun Part Shade |
1.5' |
1-3' |
Golden |
July-August |
birds, butterflies |
Establishes readily from seed: short-lived perennial: self sows |
| Geranium maculatum |
Wild Germanium |
um |
Part Shade to Full Shade |
1-2' |
1-2' |
Pink or Violet |
May -June |
Songbird, chipmunk |
Good ground cover under tree canopy |
| Hydrophyllum virginianum |
Virginia Waterleaf |
um |
Part Shade to Full Shade |
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| Carex comosa |
Bottle brush sedge |
s,w |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
2-3' |
2-4' |
Nodding bottlebrush-shaped seed head |
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forms large clumps: easily grown from seed |
| Carex pensylvanica |
Pennsylvania sedge |
um,ud |
Full Sun to Full Shade |
1.5' |
.5' |
Tufted, fine textured foliage |
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Excellent ground cover for day areas |
| Carex pseudocyperus |
Cyprus sedge |
s |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
2' |
1.5-2' |
Coarse textured |
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Clump forming |
| Elymus virginicus |
Virginia wild rye |
w,um |
Full Sun |
1' |
2-4' |
Showy nodding spikes |
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Short-lived native nurse crop |
| Glyceria striata |
fowl manna grass |
w |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
1' |
1-3' |
Purple flower |
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Grows in clumps |
| Scirpus cyperinus |
wool grass |
s,w,um |
Full Sun |
2-3' |
3-5' |
Cinnamin-brown seed head |
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Spread by rhizones:establishes readily from seed |
| Scirpus fluviatilis |
river bulrush |
s,w |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
1-3' |
4-8' |
Glossy green foliage on strongly triangular stems |
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Spreads by rhizones: erosion control at the waters edge |
| Scirpus pungens |
three square bulrush |
s,w |
Full Sun |
2-4' |
2-4' |
Striking vertical stems |
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Erosion control: spreads by rhizomes. |
| Spartina pectinata |
prairie cord grass |
s,w,um |
Full Sun |
2-3' |
3-6' |
Bronze fall color: graceful fountainlike clumps |
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Forms fine textured small clumps |
| Dierivilla Lonicera |
Bush Honeysuckel |
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Full Sun to Part Shade |
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3-4' |
Small yellow flower Bronze Fall color |
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Moist soils Good eroison control |
| Cornus sericea |
Red Osier Dogwood |
w,um,ud |
Full Sun to Full Shade |
6-12' |
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White flowers, May-June naroon fall color |
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game birds, song birds, deer, beaver rabbit |
Plant in masses for winter interest |
| Spiraea alba |
Meadow Sweet |
s,w |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
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White flowers, July-Sept. orange fall color |
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Deer, songbirds, butterflies, moths, insects |
Fragrant; use to prevent erosion at the waters edge |
| Alnus rugosa |
Speckled Alder |
w |
Full Sun to Part Shade |
15-30' |
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Yellow fall color; marron bark in winter |
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rabbit moose muskrat grouse beaver |
soil stabilizer; neutral to acid conditions fixes nitrogen |
| Saliz exigua |
Sand Bar Willow |
s,w |
Full Sun |
4.5-0' |
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Narrow leaves,deep green |
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Muskrat, porcupine, beaver, deer, squirrel |
Spreads by rhizomes; easily transplanted |
| Amorpha fruiticosa |
false indigo |
w,um |
Full Sun to Full Shade |
6-12' |
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Violet flowers, May-June |
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birds and small mammals |
best grown in a thicker with other species: not very showy |
| Larix Laricina |
Tamarack |
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| Picea mariana |
Black Spruce |
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| Salix discolor |
Pussy Willow |
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