Native Plants

Common Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)

Common Spiderwort’s vivid deep-blue flowers bloom for weeks in late spring and early summer. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Tradescantia ohiensis, known as Common

Illinois Rose (Rosa setigera)

Illinois Rose in full bloom showing its characteristic soft pink flowers with yellow centers — the only native climbing rose of North America. Photo: Wikimedia

Apple Serviceberry (Amelanchier grandiflora)

Apple Serviceberry in full spring bloom, covered in star-shaped white flowers before the leaves emerge. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Amelanchier grandiflora, commonly known

Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)

Penstemon digitalis in full bloom with elegant white flower spikes. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Penstemon digitalis, commonly known as Beardtongue or Foxglove Beardtongue, is one

Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum)

Compass Plant in full prairie bloom, its towering stems topped with large sunflower-like yellow flowers. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Silphium laciniatum, commonly known

American Larch (Larix laricina)

American Larch standing in the boreal landscape. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Larix laricina, commonly known as American Larch, Tamarack, or Eastern Larch, is

Arrow-leaved Aster (Aster sagittifolius)

Arrow-leaved Aster in bloom with characteristic pale blue to lavender ray flowers. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Aster sagittifolius (syn. Symphyotrichum sagittifolium), commonly known

Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Virginia Creeper climbing with its characteristic five-leaflet compound leaves. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Parthenocissus quinquefolia, commonly known as Virginia Creeper, is one of the

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