Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College, The Living 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
	Andropogon gerardii Big bluestem, Turkeyfoot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed, Pink Milkweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Asclepias tuberosa Butterflyweed, Butterfly milkweed, Orange milkweed, Pleurisy root	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Baptisia alba var. macrophylla Largeleaf wild indigo, White wild indigo	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Water:
	Boltonia asteroides Boltonia, White doll's daisy	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Cercis canadensis Eastern redbud, Redbud	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Chelone glabra White turtlehead	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Chrysogonum virginianum Green and gold, Green-and-gold	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Clethra alnifolia Coastal sweet pepperbush, Clethra, Summer sweet	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf coreopsis, Whorled tickseed, Whorled coreopsis	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Cornus florida Flowering dogwood, Virginia dogwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Cornus sericea ssp. sericea Redosier dogwood, Red Osier Dogwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water:
	Dryopteris marginalis Marginal woodfern, Marginal fern, Marginal shieldfern	Duration: Perennial Habit: Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Echinacea pallida Pale purple coneflower, Pale coneflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Echinacea purpurea Eastern purple coneflower, Purple coneflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Elymus canadensis Canada wild rye, Canadian wildrye, Prairie wildrye, Nodding wildrye	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Eragrostis spectabilis Purple lovegrass, Purple love grass, Purple plains lovegrass, Tumblegrass, Petticoat climber	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Eryngium aquaticum Rattlesnake-master, Rattlesnakemaster, Snakeroot	Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Eupatoriadelphus maculatus var. maculatus Spotted trumpetweed, Spotted joe-pye-weed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Fothergilla gardenii Dwarf witchalder, Dwarf witch-alder, Dwarf fothergilla	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water:
	Halesia carolina Carolina silverbell	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade Water:
	Heliopsis helianthoides Smooth oxeye, Oxeye sunflower, False sunflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Heuchera americana American alumroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Hypoxis hirsuta Common goldstar, Yellow star-grass, Eastern yellow star-grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Ilex glabra Inkberry, Gallberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Kalmia latifolia Mountain laurel, Calico bush, Kalmia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star, Kansas Ggayfeather, Cat-tail Gayfeather, Hairy Button-snakeroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Liatris spicata Dense blazing star, Dense gayfeather, Marsh blazing star	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Lobelia siphilitica Great blue lobelia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Monarda fistulosa Wild bergamot, Beebalm	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Morella pensylvanica Northern bayberry, Candleberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Oenothera fruticosa Narrowleaf evening-primrose, Narrow-leaf evening-primrose, Sundrops	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Oligoneuron ohioense Ohio goldenrod	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water:
	Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum Stiff goldenrod	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Panicum virgatum Switchgrass, Wand panic grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Parthenium integrifolium Wild quinine, American fever-few	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water:
	Penstemon digitalis Mississippi penstemon, Smooth white beardtongue, Talus slope penstemon, Foxglove beardtongue	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox, Moss phlox, Moss pink, Rock pink	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Photinia pyrifolia Red chokeberry, Red chokecherry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern	Duration: Perennial Habit: Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Quercus rubra Northern red oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Ratibida pinnata Pinnate prairie coneflower, Grayhead Mexican hat, Yellow coneflower, Grayhead coneflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Rhododendron prinophyllum Early azalea, Roseshell azalea, Woolly azalea	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade Water: Moist
	Rhus aromatica Fragrant sumac, Aromatic sumac, Lemon sumac, Polecat bush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower, Orange Rudbeckia, Perennial black-eyed Susan	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan, Common black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Rudbeckia subtomentosa Sweet coneflower, Sweet black-eyed Susan	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Rudbeckia triloba Browneyed Susan, Brown-eyed-Susan, Thin-leaved coneflower, Three-lobed Rudbeckia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestem	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Sibbaldiopsis tridentata Shrubby fivefingers, Shrubby-fivefingers	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie rosinweed, Prairie dock	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist
	Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass, Yellow indian grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie dropseed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve Smooth blue aster, Smooth aster	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England aster, New England American-aster	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Tradescantia ohiensis Bluejacket, Ohio spiderwort	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Vaccinium angustifolium Late lowbush blueberry, Lowbush blueberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Vaccinium corymbosum Highbush blueberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Verbena hastata Swamp verbena, Blue verbena, Blue vervain, Simpler's joy	Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Vernonia fasciculata Prairie ironweed, Common ironweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's root	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides Withe-rod, Witherod viburnum, Possumhaw, Wild raisin	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Waldsteinia fragarioides Appalachian barren strawberry, Barren Strawberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Water: Moist, Dry
	Zizia aurea Golden zizia, Golden Alexanders	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist

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