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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Ohio. 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 |
| Euonymus atropurpureus | Burningbush Eastern wahoo Burning bush Wahoo Waahoo Whahoo Spindle tree | |
| Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus | Trumpetweed Queen of the meadow Hollow Joe-pye weed Joe-pye weed | |
| Eutrochium purpureum | Purple joepyeweed Sweet-scented joepyeweed Sweet joepyeweed | |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beech | |
| Fothergilla gardenii | Dwarf witchalder Dwarf witch-alder Dwarf fothergilla | |
| Fraxinus americana | White ash | |
| Fraxinus nigra | Black ash | |
| Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey locust Common Honey-locust Honey-locust Thornless common honey-locust Honey shucks | |
| Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky coffeetree Stump tree | |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch hazel American witch hazel | |
| Helianthus occidentalis | Fewleaf sunflower Western sunflower | |
| Hesperostipa spartea | Porcupinegrass Porcupine grass | |
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem artichoke Sunchoke | |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimsoneyed rosemallow Crimson-eyed rose-mallow Marshmallow hibiscus | |
| Ilex opaca | American holly Christmas holly | |
| Ilex verticillata | Common winterberry Michigan holly Black alder | |
| Juglans cinerea | Butternut White walnut | |
| Juniperus communis | Common juniper | |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut Eastern black walnut | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar Eastern redcedar Virginia juniper | |
| Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass Junegrass Prairie Koeler's grass | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense blazing star Dense gayfeather Marsh blazing star | |
| Liatris squarrosa | Blazing star Scaly blazing star Scaly gayfeather | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American sweetgum | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip tree Tulip poplar Yellow poplar | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great blue lobelia | |
| Lupinus perennis | Sundial lupine Wild lupine | |
| Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree Cucumber tree Mountain magnolia | |
| Malus coronaria | Sweet crabapple American crab | |
| Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry Twinberry Running box | |
| Monarda didyma | Scarlet beebalm Oswego tea Red bergamot | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot Beebalm | |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern hop-hornbeam Hophornbeam Ironwood | |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel tree | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand panic grass | |
| Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi penstemon Smooth white beardtongue Talus slope penstemon Foxglove beardtongue | |
| Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy beardtongue | |
| Phlox divaricata | Wild blue phlox Louisiana phlox Blue woodland phlox Sweet william Wild sweet william | |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Atlantic ninebark Common ninebark | |
| Phlox stolonifera | Creeping phlox | |
| Phlox subulata | Creeping Phlox Moss phlox Moss pink Rock pink | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall obedient plant Obedient plant False dragonhead | |
| Pinus echinata | Shortleaf pine Yellow pine Spruce pine | |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine Jersey pine Scrub pine | |
| Polemonium reptans | Greek valerian Greek-valerian Jacob's Ladder | |
| Populus tremuloides | Quaking aspen Aspen | |
| Prunus americana | American plum Wild plum | |
| Prunus nigra | Canadian plum Canada plum Red plum | |
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