Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College, TheLiving collection at the Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College. Created September 16, 2008. |
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Actaea racemosa var. racemosa | Black Cohosh, Black Bugbane, Bugbane, Black Snakeroot, Fairy Candles | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Aronia arbutifolia | Red Chokeberry, Red Chokecherry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla | Largeleaf Wild Indigo, White Wild Indigo | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Boltonia asteroides | Boltonia, White Doll's Daisy | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud, Redbud | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Chrysogonum virginianum | Green And Gold, Green-and-gold | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Clethra alnifolia | Coastal Pepperbush, Coastal Sweet Pepperbush, Coastal Sweet Pepper, Alderleaf Pepperbush, Alderleaf Clethra, Clethra, Summer Sweet | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Coreopsis verticillata | Threadleaf Coreopsis, Whorled Tickseed, Whorled Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood, Virginia Dogwood, Florida Dogwood, White Cornel, Arrowwood, American Boxwood, False Box, St. Peter's Crown, Corona De San Pedro | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea | Redosier Dogwood, Red Osier Dogwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | |
Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal Woodfern, Marginal Fern, Marginal Shieldfern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower, Pale Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye, Canadian Wildrye, Prairie Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Lovegrass, Purple Love Grass, Purple Plains Lovegrass, Tumblegrass, Petticoat Climber | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Eryngium aquaticum | Rattlesnakemaster, Rattlesnake-master, Snakeroot | Biennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum | Spotted Trumpetweed, Spotted Joe-pye-weed | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Fothergilla gardenii | Dwarf Witchalder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Dwarf Fothergilla | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | |
Halesia carolina | Carolina Silverbell | Perennial | Tree | Shade | |
Heliopsis helianthoides | Smooth Oxeye, Oxeye Sunflower, False Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Heuchera americana | American Alumroot, Alumroot | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Hypoxis hirsuta | Common Goldstar, Yellow Star-grass, Eastern Yellow Star-grass | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Ilex glabra | Inkberry, Gallberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Kalmia, Mountain-laurel | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
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 | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star, Dense Gayfeather, Dense Liatris, Marsh Blazing Star, Marsh Gayfeather, Marsh Liatris | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot, Beebalm | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Morella pensylvanica | Northern Bayberry, Candleberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Oenothera fruticosa | Narrowleaf Evening-primrose, Narrow-leaf Evening-primrose, Sundrops, Narrowleaf Evening Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Oligoneuron ohioense | Ohio Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | |
Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum | Stiff Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine, American Fever-few | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon, Mississippi Beardtongue, Smooth White Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus Slope Penstemon, Talus Slope Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Foxglove Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Phlox subulata | Creeping Phlox, Moss Phlox, Moss Pink, Rock Pink | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Quercus rubra | Northern Red Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Coneflower, Gray-headed Coneflower, Grayhead Mexican Hat, Gray-headed Mexican Hat, Pinnate Prairie Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rhododendron prinophyllum | Early Azalea, Roseshell Azalea, Woolly Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Moist |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower, Orange Rudbeckia, Perennial Black-eyed Susan, Goldstrum | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower, Sweet Black-eyed Susan | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Rudbeckia triloba | Browneyed Susan, Brown-eyed-susan, Thin-leaved Coneflower, Three-lobed Rudbeckia | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata | Shrubby Five-fingers | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Rosinweed, Prairie Dock | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sporobolus heterolepis | Prairie Dropseed | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve | Smooth Blue Aster, Smooth Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster, New England American-aster | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort, Bluejacket | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Vaccinium angustifolium | Lowbush Blueberry, Late Lowbush Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Verbena hastata | Swamp Verbena, Blue Verbena, Blue Vervain, Simpler's Joy | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Vernonia fasciculata | Prairie Ironweed, Common Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Vernonia noveboracensis | New York Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides | Withe-rod, Witherod Viburnum, Possumhaw, Wild Raisin | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Waldsteinia fragarioides | Appalachian Barren Strawberry, Barren Strawberry | Perennial | Herb | Moist, Dry | |
Zizia aurea | Golden Zizia, Golden Alexanders | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |