Minnesota Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Minnesota. 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
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Coreopsis palmata | Stiff Tickseed Stiff Coreopsis Finger Coreopsis | |
Cornus racemosa | Gray Dogwood | |
Cornus sericea | Red Osier Dogwood Red Osier Red-twig Dogwood | |
Crataegus mollis | Downy Hawthorn White Thorn Whitethorn Scarlet Hawthorn Scarlet Haw Red Haw Downy Thorn | |
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda | Shrubby Cinquefoil Golden Hardhack Potentilla | |
Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick Trefoil | |
Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's Breeches | |
Diervilla lonicera | Northern Bush Honeysuckle Northern Bush-honeysuckle Diervilla | |
Dirca palustris | Eastern Leatherwood Western Leatherwood Ropebark Wicopy | |
Dodecatheon meadia | Eastern Shooting Star Shooting Star Pride Of Ohio Roosterheads Prairie Pointers | |
Dryopteris cristata | Crested Woodfern Crested Wood Fern Buckler Fern | |
Echinacea angustifolia | Black Samson Black Samson Echinacea Narrow-leaf Coneflower | |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye | |
Euphorbia corollata | Flowering Spurge | |
Euthamia graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop Grass-leaved Goldenrod | |
Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | |
Fraxinus americana | White Ash American Ash Cane Ash Smallseed White Ash Biltmore White Ash Biltmore Ash | |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash Red Ash Swamp Ash River Ash Water Ash Darlington Ash | |
Fragaria virginiana | Virginia Strawberry Wild Strawberry | |
Gentiana alba | Plain Gentian Yellow Gentian Cream Gentian | |
Gentiana andrewsii | Closed Bottle Gentian Closed Gentian Bottle Gentian | |
Geranium maculatum | Spotted Geranium Wild Geranium Cranesbill | |
Geum triflorum | Old Man's Whiskers Prairie Smoke Purple Avens | |
Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky Coffeetree Stump Tree | |
Hamamelis virginiana | Witch-hazel American Witch-hazel Common Witch-hazel Winterbloom Snapping Hazelnut Striped Alder Spotted Alder Tobacco-wood Water-witch | |
Helenium autumnale | Common Sneezeweed Fall Sneezeweed Autumn Sneezeweed | |
Heliopsis helianthoides | Smooth Oxeye Oxeye Sunflower False Sunflower | |
Heuchera richardsonii | Richardson's Alumroot Prairie Alumroot | |
Helianthus strumosus | Paleleaf Woodland Sunflower Paleleaf Sunflower Woodland Sunflower | |
Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia Waterleaf Eastern Waterleaf Shawnee Salad | |
Iris virginica var. shrevei | Shreve's Iris Virginia Iris Southern Blue Flag Blue Flag | |
Juniperus communis var. depressa | Common Juniper Old Field Juniper Prostrate Juniper | |
Juniperus horizontalis | Creeping Juniper Creeping Savin | |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass Junegrass Prairie Koeler's Grass | |
Larix laricina | Tamarack American Larch Hacmatack Black Larch | |
Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza Roundhead Bush-clover Round-headed Lespedeza Round-headed Bush-clover | |
Liatris aspera | Tall Blazing Star Tall Gayfeather Tall Liatris Rough Blazing Star Rough Gayfeather Rough Liatris Button Snakeroot | |
Liatris cylindracea | Ontario Blazing Star Ontario Gayfeather Ontario Liatris Dwarf Blazing Star Dwarf Gayfeather Dwarf Liatris | |
Lilium philadelphicum | Wood Lily | |
Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Prairie Gayfeather Prairie Liatris Kansas Blazing Star Kansas Gayfeather Kansas Liatris Cat-tail Blazing Star Cat-tail Gayfeather Cat-tail Liatris Hairy Button-snakeroot | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
Lupinus perennis | Sundial Lupine Wild Lupine | |
Malus ioensis | Prairie Crabapple Iowa Crabapple Western Crabapple Prairie Crab Iowa Crab Western Crab | |
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley False Spikenard False Solomon's Seal Solomon's Plume Smilacina | |
Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bluebells | |
Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry Twinberry Running Box Pigeon Plum | |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
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