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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
	Achillea millefolium Common yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil, Western yarrow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Aesculus glabra Ohio buckeye, Texas buckeye, Fetid buckeye, Horse chestnut	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Amelanchier arborea Common serviceberry, Downy serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Amsonia ciliata Fringed bluestar, Bluestar, Blue funnel lily, Texas bluestar	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	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:
	Aquilegia canadensis Eastern red columbine, Wild red columbine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Asclepias tuberosa Butterflyweed, Butterfly milkweed, Orange milkweed, Pleurisy root	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Baptisia australis Blue wild indigo, Wild blue indigo, Blue false indigo	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun 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 dactyloides Buffalograss, Buffalo grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Bouteloua gracilis Blue grama	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Callirhoe alcaeoides Light poppy-mallow, Light poppymallow, Pink poppy-mallow, Plains poppy-mallow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Callirhoe involucrata Winecup, Purple poppy mallow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Calylophus serrulatus Yellow sundrops, Yellow evening primrose, Plains evening primrose	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Camassia scilloides Atlantic camas, Wild hyacinth	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Campanulastrum americanum American bellflower, American-bellflower, Tall bellflower	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Carya cordiformis Bitternut hickory, Swamp hickory	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Carya illinoinensis Pecan	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Carya texana Black hickory	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Castilleja indivisa Entireleaf indian paintbrush, Texas paintbrush, Indian paintbrush, Scarlet paintbrush, Entire-leaf indian-paintbrush	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Celtis laevigata Sugar hackberry, Hackberry, Sugarberry, Texas sugarberry, Palo blanco	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: 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 var. fasciculata Partridge pea, Showy Partridge-pea, Beeflower	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Conoclinium coelestinum Blue mistflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Coreopsis grandiflora Largeflower tickseed, Large-flower tickseed, Coreopsis	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water:
	Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf coreopsis, Lanceleaf tickseed, Lance-leaved coreopsis, Sand coreopsis	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Coreopsis tinctoria Plains coreopsis, Golden tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Cornus drummondii Roughleaf dogwood, Drummond's dogwood, Rough-leaf dogwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens Carolina larkspur, Prairie larkspur, Plains larkspur	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Desmanthus illinoensis Illinois bundleflower, Bundleflower, Prairie bundle flower, Prickleweed, Illinois Desmanthus, Prairie mimosa	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Diospyros virginiana Common persimmon, Eastern persimmon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Dodecatheon meadia Pride-of-Ohio, Roosterheads, Shootingstar, Pride of Ohio, Eastern shooting star	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Dracopis amplexicaulis Clasping coneflower, Clasping-leaf coneflower	Duration: Annual 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
	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 trichodes Sand love grass, Sand lovegrass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water:
	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 pulchella Firewheel, Indian Blanket	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Gaillardia suavis Perfumeballs, Pincushion daisy, Fragrant gaillardia, Rayless gaillardia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida Prairie verbena, Purple prairie verbena, Dakota mock vervain, Dakota vervain	Duration: Annual, Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Glandularia canadensis Rose vervain, Sweet william, Rose mock vervain	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Gleditsia triacanthos Honey locust, Common Honey-locust, Honey-locust, Thornless common honey-locust, Honey shucks	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky coffeetree, Stump tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Helianthus maximiliani Maximilian sunflower, Max sunflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri Curly-mesquite	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Ilex decidua Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Winterberry, Deciduous yaupon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Ipomopsis rubra Standing cypress, Texas plume, Red Texas star, Red gilia	Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Iris cristata Dwarf crested iris	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 monosperma Oneseed juniper, One-seed juniper, Cherrystone juniper	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water:
	Juniperus virginiana Eastern red cedar, Eastern redcedar, Virginia juniper	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Lesquerella gracilis Spreading bladderpod, Cloth-of-gold	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Liatris elegans Blazing star, Gay feather, Pink-scale gayfeather, Pinkscale blazing star	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Liatris punctata Dotted blazing star, Dotted gayfeather	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star, Kansas Ggayfeather, 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
	Lupinus texensis Texas bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas lupine, Buffalo clover, Wolf-flower	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Melica nitens Three-flower melic, Tall melicgrass, Threeflower melicgrass, Melicgrass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Monarda citriodora Lemon beebalm, Horsemint, Purple horsemint, Lemon mint, Plains horsemint, Lemon horsemint	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Monarda fistulosa Wild bergamot, Beebalm	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Monarda punctata Spotted beebalm, Spotted horsemint, Horsemint	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa Bigfruit evening-primrose, Fluttermill, Missouri evening primrose	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, 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
	Oenothera speciosa Pink evening primrose, Showy evening primrose, Mexican evening primrose, Showy primrose, Pink ladies, Buttercups, Pink buttercups	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, 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
	Oxalis stricta Common yellow oxalis, Yellow Wood-sorrel	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Packera plattensis Prairie groundsel, Prairie ragwort	Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Panicum virgatum Switchgrass, Wand panic grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Pascopyrum smithii Western wheatgrass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Penstemon buckleyi Buckley's beardtongue	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Penstemon cobaea Wild foxglove, Prairie penstemon, Foxglove penstemon, False foxglove, Large-flowered beardtongue, Large-flowered penstemon, Prairie beardtongue, Cobaea penstemon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Penstemon grandiflorus Large beardtongue, Large-flower beardtongue, Large-flowered penstemon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Phlox divaricata Wild blue phlox, Louisiana phlox, Blue woodland phlox, Sweet william, Wild sweet william	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Phlox pilosa Downy phlox, Prairie phlox, Fragrant phlox	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Pinus echinata Shortleaf pine, Yellow pine, Spruce pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Pinus edulis Colorado pinyon pine, Pinyon pine, Two-needle pine, Colorado pinyon, Pinyon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Pinus taeda Loblolly pine, Old field pine, Bull pine, Rosemary pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Platanus occidentalis American sycamore, Buttonwood, Plane-tree, Sycamore	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Potentilla simplex Common cinquefoil, Oldfield cinquefoil	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Proboscidea louisianica Devil's claw, Ram's horn, Unicorn plant, Proboscis flower	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Prunella vulgaris Common selfheal	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Prunus angustifolia Chickasaw plum, Sandhill plum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Prunus mexicana Mexican plum, Bigtree plum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Ptelea trifoliata Wafer ash, Common hoptree, Hop tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	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 marilandica Blackjack oak, Barren oak, Black oak, Jack oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Quercus muehlenbergii Chinkapin oak, Chinquapin oak, Chestnut oak, Yellow chestnut oak, Yellow oak, Rock chestnut oak, Rock oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Quercus stellata Post oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Quercus velutina Black oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: 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
	Rhus copallinum Winged sumac, Shining sumac, Flameleaf sumac, Mountain sumac, Dwarf sumac	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Rhus glabra Smooth sumac	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Rudbeckia fulgida Orange coneflower, Orange Rudbeckia, Perennial black-eyed Susan	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Rudbeckia grandiflora Rough coneflower, Tall coneflower	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
	Sabatia campestris Texas star, Rose gentian, Meadow pink, Prairie rose-gentian, Prairie sabatia	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Pitcher sage, Blue sage	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Salvia coccinea Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage, Blood sage	Duration: Annual, Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii Western soapberry, Soapberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Sassafras albidum Sassafras	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestem	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. lanuginosum Gum bully, Gum Elastic, Chittamwood, Gum bumelia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Water:
	Silene virginica Fire pink, Scarlet catchfly	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Silphium laciniatum Compassplant, Compass plant	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
	Stenaria nigricans var. nigricans Diamondflowers, Narrowleaf bluets, Baby’s breath, Bluets, Fine-leaf bluets	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Taxodium distichum Bald cypress, Baldcypress, Common bald cypress, Southern bald cypress, Deciduous cypress	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Thelesperma filifolium Stiff greenthread, Greenthread	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Tradescantia ohiensis Bluejacket, Ohio spiderwort	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Ulmus alata Winged elm, Wahoo	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Ulmus americana American elm, White elm	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Ulmus rubra Slippery elm, Red elm	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Vernonia baldwinii Baldwin's ironweed, Western Ironweed, Ironweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Viburnum rufidulum Rusty blackhaw viburnum, Rusty blackhaw, Southern blackhaw, Downy viburnum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Viola pedata Birdfoot violet, Bird’s-foot violet, Bird-foot violet	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Viola sororia Missouri violet, Common blue violet, Hooded blue violet, Florida violet, Meadow violet	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist

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