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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Iowa. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled milkweed Eastern whorled milkweed | |
| Athyrium filix-femina | Common ladyfern Lady fern Ladyfern Subarctic lady fern | |
| Baptisia alba | White wild indigo | |
| Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea | Longbract wild indigo Cream false indigo Plains wild indigo Cream wild indigo Large-bracted wild indigo | |
| Betula nigra | River birch Red birch | |
| Betula papyrifera | Paper birch Canoe birch White birch | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue grama | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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