Species | Common | Sun | Water | Height | Bloom |
Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1.5′ | Purple July-Aug |
Anaphalis margaritacea | Pearly Everlasting | Full to Part Sun | Mesic | Ht. 3′ | White July-Aug |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 6′ | |
Aquilegia canadensis | Wild Columbine | Full Sun to Shade | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Bicolor April-June |
Asclepias exaltata | Poke Milkweed | Part Sun to Shade | Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 5′ | White June-July |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Pink June-Aug |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | Pink June-Aug |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed | Full to Part Sun | Med to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Orange Jun-Aug |
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Blue May-July |
Blephia ciliata | Downy Wood Mint | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 1′ | Purple June-July |
Callirhoe triangulata | Clustered Poppy Mallow | Full to Part Sun | Dry Mesic to Dry | Ht. 1′ | Pink July-Sept |
Campanula americana | Tall Bellflower | Full to Part Sun | Mesic | Ht. 6′ | Blue June-Aug |
Chamaenerion angustifolium | Fireweed | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Pink July-Aug |
Chelone glabra | Turtlehead | Full Sun | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Cream July-Sept |
Claytonia virginica | Spring Beauty | Shade | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 5″ | Pink April-June |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower | Full to Part Sun | Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Blue July-Oct |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lance Leaf Coreopsis | Full Sun | Dry Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Yellow June-Aug |
Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Coreopsis | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 7′ | Yellow July-Oct |
Corydalis sempervirens | Pale Corydalis | Full to Part Sun | Dry Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | Pink May-Sept |
Dodecatheon meadia | Midland Shooting Star | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1′ | Pink April-June |
Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Purple Jul-Sept |
Elymus histrix | Bottlebrush Grass | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | |
Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master | Full Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | White July-Sept |
Eupatorium altissimum | Tall Boneset | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | White Aug-Oct |
Euthamia graminifolia | Grass-leaved Goldenrod | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Yellow July-Sept |
Eutrochium maculatum | Joe Pye Weed | Full Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 7′ | Pink July-Sept |
Gaillardia aristata | Blanket Flower | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 1′ | Bicolor May-Sept |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 1.5′ | Bicolor June-Frost |
Gentiana andrewsii | Bottle Gentian | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 2′ | Blue Aug-Oct |
Helenium autumnale | Sneezeweed | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Yellow Aug-Oct |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maxmillian’s Sunflower | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 7′ | Yellow Aug-Sept |
Helianthus mollis | Downy Sunflower | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 4′ | Yellow July-Sept |
Heliopsis helianthoides | Early Sunflower | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Yellow June-Sept |
Hypericum pyramidatum | Great St. John’s Wort | Full to Part Sun | Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Yellow July-Aug |
Iris versicolor | Northern Blue Flag | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Purple May-July |
Liatris aspera | Button Blazing Star | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | Purple July to Oct |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazingstar | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Purple Jul-Sept |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Red July-Sept |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Blue July-Sept |
Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bleubells | Part Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 2′ | Blue April-May |
Mimulus ringens | Monkey Flower | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 2′ | Purple June-Sept |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 4′ | Purple July to Sept |
Oxalis violacea | Violet Wood Sorrel | Full to Part Sun | Dry Mesic to Dry | Ht. 4″ | Purple April-June |
Panicum virgatum | Switch Grass | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 6′ | |
Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 5′ | White April-June |
Penstemon grandiflorus | Large-flowered Beardtongue | Full to Part Sun | Dry Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Purple May-June |
Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy Beardtongue | Full Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 1.5′ | Purple May-June |
Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox | Part Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1′ | Blue April-June |
Phlox maculata | Wild Sweet William | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Pink June-Aug |
Phlox pilosa | Prairie Phlox | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Pink May-July |
Polemonium reptans | Jacob’s Ladder | Full Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1′ | Blue April-June |
Pycnanthemum virginianum | Mountain Mint | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 3′ | White June-Sept |
Ratibida columnifera | Long-headed Coneflower | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | Yellow June-Aug |
Ratibida pinnata | Gray Headed Coneflower | Full Sun | Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Yellow June-Aug |
Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Orange July to Sept |
Black-eyed Susan | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dr | Ht. 2′ | Yellow June-Oct | |
Ruellia humilis | Wild Petunia | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 1′ | Purple June-Aug |
Salvia azurea | Blue Sage | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 5′ | |
Scrophularia lanceolata | Early Figwort | Part Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 5′ | Green May-July |
Senna hebecarpa | Wild Senna | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Yellow July-Aug |
Silene regia | Royal Catchfly | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Red July-Aug |
Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 8′ | Yellow June-Sept |
Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 4′ | Yellow Aug-Oct |
Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 6′ | Yellow July-Sept |
Solidago ulmifolia | Elm-leaved Goldenrod | Part Sun to Shade | Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 6′ | Yellow July-Oct |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indian Grass | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 6′ | |
Sporobolum hererolepis | Prairie Dropseed | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | |
Stylophorum diphyllum | Cellandine Poppy | Part Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1′ | Yellow April-May |
Symphiotricum novae-angliae | New England Aster | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Dry Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Purple Aug-Oct |
Symphiotricum oblongifolius | Aromatic Aster | Full Sun | Dry Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Purple Aug-Nov |
Tradescantia ohioensis | Ohio Spiderwort | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | Blue May-July |
Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | Full Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Purple July-Sept |
Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | Full Sun | Medium-Dry to Dry | Ht. 4′ | Purple June-Sept |
Vernonia missurica | Missouri Ironweed | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Purple Aug-Sept |
Vernonia altissima | Tall Ironweed | Full Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Purple July-Oct |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver’s Root | Full Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 7′ | White June-Aug |
Zizia aurea | Golden Alexanders | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Yellow April-June |