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QR Tag	Name	Characteristics
	Acer saccharinum Silver maple, Soft maple, White maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Acer saccharum Sugar maple, Northern sugar maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Aesculus glabra Ohio buckeye, Texas buckeye, Fetid buckeye, Horse chestnut	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Allium canadense Meadow garlic, Wild garlic, Wild onion	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Allium stellatum Autumn onion, Prairie onion	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Amelanchier arborea Common serviceberry, Downy serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Amorpha canescens Leadplant, Leadplant amorpha, Prairie shoestring	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Amorpha fruticosa Indigo bush, False indigo bush, False indigo, Desert false indigo	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Andropogon gerardii Big bluestem, Turkeyfoot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Andropogon hallii Sand bluestem	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water:
	Anemone canadensis Canadian anemone, Round-leaf thimbleweed, Canada anemone, Windflower, Meadow anemone	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Aquilegia canadensis Eastern red columbine, Wild red columbine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Arisaema triphyllum Jack in the pulpit, Indian jack in the pulpit, Jack-in-the-pulpit	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade Water: Wet, 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
	Asclepias verticillata Whorled milkweed, Eastern whorled milkweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Baptisia alba White wild indigo	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea Longbract wild indigo, Cream false indigo, Plains wild indigo, Cream wild indigo, Large-bracted wild indigo	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Betula nigra River birch, Red birch	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats grama	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Bouteloua gracilis Blue grama	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Callirhoe involucrata Winecup, Purple poppy mallow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Campanulastrum americanum American bellflower, American-bellflower, Tall bellflower	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Carex stipata Owlfruit sedge, Stalk-grain sedge, Awl-fruited sedge	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist
	Carya ovata Shagbark hickory	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea, Redroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Celastrus scandens American bittersweet	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Celtis occidentalis Common hackberry, Nettle tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Cephalanthus occidentalis Common buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button willow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Cercis canadensis Eastern redbud, Redbud	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge pea, Sleepingplant, Sensitive plant	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Coreopsis palmata Stiff tickseed, Stiff coreopsis, Finger coreopsis	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water:
	Cornus obliqua Silky dogwood, Pale dogwood, Swamp dogwood, Kinnikinnik	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Corylus americana American hazelnut, American filbert	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Crataegus mollis Downy hawthorn, White thorn, Whitethorn, Scarlet hawthorn, Scarlet haw	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Desmodium canadense Showy tick trefoil	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's breeches	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Dodecatheon meadia Pride-of-Ohio, Roosterheads, Shootingstar, Pride of Ohio, Eastern shooting star	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Echinacea angustifolia Black Sampson, Black Samson echinacea, Narrow-leaf 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
	Eupatorium perfoliatum Common boneset	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Euphorbia corollata Flowering spurge	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Euthamia graminifolia Flat-top goldentop, Grass-leaved goldenrod	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Eutrochium purpureum Purple joepyeweed, Sweet-scented joepyeweed, Sweet joepyeweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Fragaria virginiana Virginia strawberry, Wild strawberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Fraxinus americana White ash	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green ash, Red ash	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Gaillardia aristata Common gaillardia, Great blanketflower, Blanketflower, Brown-eyed susan	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Geranium maculatum Spotted geranium, Wild geranium, Cranesbill	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky coffeetree, Stump tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Heliopsis helianthoides Smooth oxeye, Oxeye sunflower, False sunflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Heuchera richardsonii Richardson's alumroot, Prairie alumroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Hydrophyllum virginianum Eastern waterleaf, Shawnee salad, Virginia waterleaf	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Juglans nigra Black walnut, Eastern black walnut	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Juniperus virginiana Eastern red cedar, Eastern redcedar, Virginia juniper	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Koeleria macrantha Prairie Junegrass, Junegrass, Prairie Koeler's grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Lespedeza capitata Roundhead lespedeza, Roundhead bush-clover	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Liatris aspera Tall blazing star, Tall gayfeather, Rough blazing star, Button snakeroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star, Kansas Gayfeather, Cat-tail Gayfeather, Hairy Button-snakeroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal flower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Lobelia siphilitica Great blue lobelia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Malus ioensis Prairie crabapple, Iowa crabapple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Monarda fistulosa Wild bergamot, Beebalm	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Oenothera biennis Common evening-primrose, King's cure-all	Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Oenothera rhombipetala Diamond petal primrose, Four-Point Evening Primrose, Fourpoint evening-primrose, Greater four-point evening-primrose	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Opuntia macrorhiza Common prickly-pear, Plains prickly pear, Prickly Pear, Twist-spine prickly-pear, Twistspine pricklypear	Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Ostrya virginiana Eastern hop-hornbeam, Hophornbeam, Ironwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree 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
	Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Pascopyrum smithii Western wheatgrass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Penstemon digitalis Mississippi penstemon, Smooth white beardtongue, Talus slope penstemon, Foxglove beardtongue	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Penstemon grandiflorus Large beardtongue, Large-flower beardtongue, Large-flowered penstemon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii Lapham's phlox, Blue phlox, Sweet william	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water:
	Physostegia virginiana Fall obedient plant, Obedient plant, False dragonhead	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Platanus occidentalis American sycamore, Buttonwood, Plane-tree, Sycamore	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple, Indian apple, Wild mandrake, Pomme de mai, Podophylle pelt	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Polygonatum biflorum Smooth Solomon's seal, Great Solomon’s-seal, Sealwort	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Populus deltoides Eastern cottonwood, Alamo, Carolina poplar, Necklace Poplar	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Prunus americana American plum, Wild plum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Prunus serotina Black cherry, Rum cherry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Prunus virginiana Chokecherry, Common chokecherry, Choke cherry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Quercus alba White oak, Northern white oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak, Forked-leaf White Oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Quercus bicolor Swamp white oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Quercus macrocarpa Bur oak, Burr oak, Savannah oak, Overcup oak, Prairie oak, Mossy-cup oak, Mossy-overcup oak, Blue oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Quercus palustris Pin oak, Swamp Spanish oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Quercus rubra Northern red oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Ratibida columnifera Mexican hat, Prairie coneflower, Upright prairie coneflower, Red-spike mexican-hat, Long-headed coneflower, Thimbleflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun 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
	Rhus aromatica Fragrant sumac, Aromatic sumac, Lemon sumac, Polecat bush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Rhus glabra Smooth sumac	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Rosa blanda Smooth rose, Early wild rose	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Rosa setigera var. tomentosa Climbing rose, Illinois rose	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water:
	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
	Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestem	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Silphium integrifolium Wholeleaf rosinweed, Entire-leaf rosinweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Silphium laciniatum Compassplant, Compass plant	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Silphium perfoliatum Cup plant	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Sisyrinchium campestre Prairie blue-eyed grass, Prairie blue-eyed-grass, White-eyed grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Solidago nemoralis Gray goldenrod, Prairie goldenrod, Old field goldenrod	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Solidago speciosa Showy goldenrod	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Solidago ulmifolia Elmleaf goldenrod, Elm-leaf goldenrod	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass, Yellow indian grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Spartina pectinata Prairie cordgrass, Freshwater cordgrass, Sloughgrass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Wet
	Spiraea alba White meadowsweet	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie dropseed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Staphylea trifolia American bladdernut	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade Water: Moist
	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Coralberry, Indian currant, Buckbrush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Symphyotrichum ericoides White heath aster, Heath Aster	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Thalictrum dasycarpum Purple meadow-rue, Meadow rue, Tall meadow-rue	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Tilia americana American basswood, American linden, Lime tree, Bee tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Tradescantia ohiensis Bluejacket, Ohio spiderwort	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Typha latifolia Broadleaf cattail, Common cat-tail, Broad-leaf cat-tail	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet
	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
	Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw, Smooth blackhaw, Blackhaw viburnum, Smooth blackhaw viburnum, Stagbush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Viola sororia Missouri violet, Common blue violet, Hooded blue violet, Florida violet, Meadow violet	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Zizia aptera Meadow zizia, Heartleaf Alexanders, Meadow parsnip, Zizia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Zizia aurea Golden zizia, Golden Alexanders	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist

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