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