Native Plant Information – Stage Nature Center

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Soil Moisture

Plant Height

Bloom Time

Bloom Color

Larval Host

Attracts Pollinators

Deer Resistant

Biological Control

Common Name	Scientific Name
Anise Hyssop	Agastache foeniculum	Full-Part	Medium	2-4 ft	Jun-Sep	Blueviolet		Y	Y	Y
Big Bluestem	Andropogon Gerardii	Full-Part	Medium	4-8 ft	Aug-Oct	Red, Blue, Brown	Y	Y	Y
Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	Full-Part	Medium-Dry	1-3 ft	Jun-Oct	Yellow	Y	Y	Y
Blue Vervain	Verbena hastata	Full-Part	Wet-Medium	2-6 ft	Jul-Sep	Blueviolet	Y	Y	Y
Brown-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia triloba	Full-Part	Medium	2-6 ft	Jul-Oct	Yellow		Y
Butterfly Weed	Asclepias tuberosa	Full	Medium	1-2 ft	Jun-Aug	Orange	Y	Y	Y	Y
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Part	Wet	6-12 ft	Jun-Sep	White, Pink		Y	Y
Calico Aster	Symphyotrichum lateriflorum	Full-Part	Medium	2-3 ft	Aug-Oct	White, Purple	Y	Y	Y	Y
Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	Full-Part	Wet-Medium	2-4 ft	Jul-Sep	Red		Y
Christmas Fern	Polystichum acrostichoides	Part-Shade	Medium-Dry	1-3 ft
Common Elderberry	Sambucus nigra canadensis (shrub)	Full-Part	Medium	4-12 ft	Jun-Aug	White		Y
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Full	Medium	3-5 ft	Jun-Aug	Pink, Purple	Y	Y	Y	Y
Culver’s Root	Veronicastrum virginicum	Full-Part	Medium	4-8 ft	Jul-Aug	White, Pink, Blue		Y		Y
Cup Plant	Silphium perfoliatum	Full-Part	Medium	4-10 ft	Jul-Sep	Yellow		Y		Y
Dense Blazing Star	Liatris spicata	Full-Part	Medium	3-6 ft	Jul-Sep	Purple	Y	Y
Eastern Redbud Tree	Cercis canadensis	Part	Medium	20-30 ft	Apr	Pink	Y	Y
Foxglove Beardtongue	Penstemon digitalis	Full-Part	Medium	3-5 ft	Jun-Jul	White	Y	Y	Y
Golden Alexanders	Zizia aurea	Full-Part	Wet-Medium	1-3 ft	May-Jul	Yellow	Y	Y	Y	Y
Great Blue Lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica	Full-Part	Wet-Medium	2-4 ft	Jul-Oct	Blue		Y		Y
Long Leaved Ground Cherry	Physalis longifolia	Full-Part	Medium-Dry	1.5-2.5 ft	Jul-Sep	Yellow	Y	Y
Jacob’s Ladder	Polemonium reptans	Shade	Wet-Medium	1-3 ft	Apr-May	Pink, Blue	Y	Y	Y
Lance-leaf Coreopsis	Coreopsis lanceolata	Full	Medium-Dry	1.5 – 2 ft	Jun-Aug	Yellow		Y	Y	Y
Longflower Alumroot	Heuchera longiflora	Part-Shade	Medium	1-2 ft	May-Jun	Pink, Purple			Y
Mayapple	Podophyllum peltatum	Part-Shade	Medium	1-3 ft	May-Jun	White	Y	Y	Y
Nannyberry	Viburnum lentago	Part	Wet-Medium	8-18 ft	May	White	Y	Y
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Full-Part	Medium	4-5 ft	Aug-Oct	Pink, Purple	Y	Y	Y	Y
New Jersey Tea	Ceanothus americanus (Shrub)	Full-Part	Medium-Dry	1-3 ft	Mar-Apr	White	Y	Y	Y	Y
Common Ninebark	Physocarpus opulifolius	Full-Part	Wet-Medium	6-12 ft	May-Jun	White, Pink		Y
Nodding Onion	Allium cernuum	Full-Part	Medium	1-2 ft	Jun-Aug	White, Pink		Y	Y	Y
Northern Sea Oats	Chasmanthium latifolium	Part-Shade	Medium	2-4 ft	Jun-Sep	Green	Y	Y	Y
Ohio Spiderwort	Tradescantia ohiensis	Full-Part	Medium-Dry	1-3 ft	May-Jul	Blue, Violet, Red		Y
Prairie Dropseed	Sporobolus heterolepis	Full	Medium-Dry	2-3 ft	Aug-Oct	Pink, Yellow, Green, Brown		Y	Y
Purple Coneflower	Echinacea purpurea	Full-Part	Medium	3-4 ft	Jul-Sep	Purple, Pink	Y	Y	Y
Red Raspberry	Rubus idaeus strigosus	Full-Part-Shade	Medium	6-12 ft	May-Jul	White		Y	Y
Red-berried Elder	Sambucus racemosa (shrub)	Full-Part-Shade	Wet-Medium	4-20 ft	May-Jun	White		Y
Red Osier Dogwood	Cornus sericea (Shrub)	Full-Part	Medium	6-12 ft	May-Jun	White	Y	Y
Serviceberry	Amelanchier laevis (Shrub)	Full-Part	Medium	15-40 ft	Apr	White	Y	Y	Y
Smooth Blue Aster	Symphyotrichum laeve	Full-Part	Medium-Dry	1-3 ft	Aug-Oct	Blue	Y	Y	Y	Y
Southern Blue Flag	Iris virginica	Full-Part	Wet-Medium	2-3 ft	May-Jun	Blueviolet		Y	Y
Spicebush	Lindera benzoin	Part-Shade	Wet-Medium	6-12 ft	Apr	Yellow	Y	Y
Shrubby St. John’s Wort	Hypericum prolificum	Full	Medium-Dry	1-2.5 ft	Jun-Aug	Yellow	Y	Y	Y	Y
Swamp Mallow	Hibiscus moscheutos	Full-Part	Wet-Medium	5-8 ft	Jul-Sep	Pink	Y	Y	Y
Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	Full-Part	Wet-Medium	3-5 ft	Jun-Aug	Pink, purple	Y	Y	Y	Y
Sweet Joe Pye Weed	Eutrochium purpureum	Full-Part-Shade	Medium	3-7 ft	Jul-Sep	Pink, purple	Y	Y	Y
Tall Coreopsis	Coreopsis tripteris	Full-Part	Medium	4-8 ft	Jul-Oct	Yellow	Y	Y	Y	Y
Virginia Bluebells	Mertensia virginica	Part-Shade	Wet-Medium	1-3 ft	Apr-May	Pink, Blue, Purple		Y
Virginia Stickseed	Hackelia virginiana	Part-Shade	Medium-Dry	2-3 ft	Jun-Aug	White		Y	Y	Y
Yellow Wake Robin	Trillium luteum	Part-Shade	Medium-Dry	1-2 ft	Apr-May	Yellow		Y	Y
White Avens	Geum canadense	Part-Shade	Medium-Dry	1-3 ft	Apr-Jun	White		Y
White Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum ericoides	Full	Medium-Dry	1-3 ft	Sep-Nov	white	Y	Y		Y
White Vervain	Verbena urticiflolia	Part-Shade	Wet-Medium	3-6 Ft	Jun-Oct	White	Y	Y	Y
Wild Basil	Clinopodium vulgare	Full-Part-Shade	Medium-Dry	1-2 ft	Jun-Sep	Rose, Purple		Y	Y
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	Full-Part	Medium	2-4 ft	Jun-Aug	Lavendar, Pink	Y	Y	Y	Y
Wild Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	Part-Shade	Medium	2-3 ft	Apr-Jun	Red, Pink, Yellow	Y	Y	Y
Wild Delphinium*	Delphinium exaltatum	Part-Shade	Medium-Dry	2-6 ft	Jul-Aug	Blue		Y	Y
Wild Geranium	Geranium maculatum	Part-Shade	Medium-Dry	1-2 ft	Apr-Jun	White, Pink, Purple		Y
Wild Ginger	Asarum canadense	Shade	Medium	0.5 ft	Apr-May	Red, Green, Purple, Brown	Y		Y
Wild Strawberry	Fragaria virginiana	Full-Part	Medium	4-7 in	Apr-Jun	White	Y	Y		Y
Witchhazel	Hamamelis virginiana	Part-Shade	Medium	10-20 ft	Sep-Oct	Orange, Yellow		Y
Wood Poppy	Stylophorum diphyllum	Part-Shade	Wet-Medium	1-2 ft	Apr-Jun	Yellow		Y	Y
Yellow Wood Sorrel	Oxalis stricta	Full-Part	Medium-Dry	3-8 in	Mar-Oct	Yellow		Y	Y
Yellow Coneflower	Ratibida pinnata	Full-Part	Medium	4-6 ft	Jul-Oct	Yellow	Y	Y		Y
Canada Yew	Taxus canadensis	Part-Shade	Medium-Dry	3-8 ft	Apr-May	Yellow
Zig Zag Goldenrod	Solidago flexicaulis	Part-Shade	Medium-Dry	1-3 ft	Jul-Sep	Yellow	Y	Y	Y	Y