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Wisconsin Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Wisconsin. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
Oenothera biennis | Common Evening-primrose King's Cure-all Common Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera rhombipetala | Fourpoint Evening-primrose Four-point Evening Primrose Diamond Petal Primrose Greater Four-point Evening-primrose | |
Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear Smooth Prickly Pear Devil's Tongue | |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
Osmorhiza claytonii | Clayton's Sweetroot Hairy Sweet-cicely Sweet Jarvil | |
Osmunda claytoniana | Interrupted Fern | |
Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam American Hop-hornbeam Woolly Hop-hornbean Eastern Ironwood Roughbark Ironwood Ironwood Deerwood Leverwood | |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon Mississippi Beardtongue Smooth White Penstemon Smooth White Beardtongue Talus Slope Penstemon Talus Slope Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue | |
Penstemon grandiflorus | Large Penstemon Large Beardtongue Large-flower Penstemon Large-flower Beardtongue Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue | |
Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii | Lapham's Phlox Blue Phlox Sweet William | |
Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark Atlantic Ninebark | |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
Pinus resinosa | Red Pine Norway Pine Canadian Pine | |
Pinus strobus | Eastern White Pine Weymouth Pine | |
Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | |
Polygonatum biflorum | Smooth Solomon's Seal Great Solomon's-seal Sealwort | |
Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple Indian Apple Wild Mandrake Pomme De Mai Podophylle Pelt | |
Polemonium reptans | Greek Valerian Jacob's Ladder | |
Populus tremuloides | Quaking Aspen Golden Aspen Trembling Aspen Mountain Aspen Aspen Trembling Poplar Alamo Blanco | |
Prunus americana | American Plum Wild Plum | |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry | |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia Mountain Mint | |
Quercus alba | White Oak Northern White Oak Eastern White Oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
Quercus bicolor | Swamp White Oak | |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
Quercus rubra | Northern Red Oak | |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Coneflower Gray-headed Coneflower Grayhead Mexican Hat Gray-headed Mexican Hat Pinnate Prairie Coneflower Yellow Coneflower | |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | |
Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac Velvet Sumac | |
Rosa blanda | Smooth Rose Early Wild Rose | |
Rosa setigera var. tomentosa | Climbing Rose Illinois Rose | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower Sweet Black-eyed Susan | |
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | |
Salix discolor | Pussy Willow Glaucous Willow | |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
Sisyrinchium campestre | Prairie Blue-eyed Grass White-eyed Grass | |
Silphium integrifolium | Wholeleaf Rosinweed Entire-leaf Rosinweed | |
Silphium laciniatum | Compassplant Compass Plant | |
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant Indian Cup | |
Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Rosinweed Prairie Dock | |
Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Oldfield Goldenrod Grayleaf Goldenrod Gray-leaved Goldenrod Dyersweed Goldenrod Dwarf Goldenrod Field Goldenrod | |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod Noble Goldenrod | |
Solidago ulmifolia | Elmleaf Goldenrod Elm-leaved Goldenrod | |
Spiraea alba | White Meadowsweet | |
Sporobolus heterolepis | Prairie Dropseed | |
Staphylea trifolia | American Bladdernut | |
Symphoricarpos albus | Common Snowberry | |
Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry Indian Currant Buckbrush | |
Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple Meadow-rue Tall Meadow-rue Meadow Rue | |
Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow-rue | |
Thuja occidentalis | Arborvitae Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar | |
Tilia americana | American Basswood American Linden Lime Tree Bee Tree | |
Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort Bluejacket | |
Tsuga canadensis | Eastern Hemlock | |
Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail Common Cattail | |
Uvularia grandiflora | Largeflower Bellwort Large-flower Bellwort Merrybells | |
Uvularia sessilifolia | Spreading Bellwort Straw Lily Wild Oats Merrybells Sessile-leaf Bellwort Sessile Bellwort | |
Vaccinium angustifolium | Lowbush Blueberry Late Lowbush Blueberry | |
Vernonia fasciculata | Prairie Ironweed Common Ironweed | |
Verbena hastata | Swamp Verbena Blue Verbena Blue Vervain Simpler's Joy | |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | |
Viburnum lentago | Nannyberry Blackhaw Sweet Viburnum Sheepberry | |
Viburnum opulus var. americanum | American Cranberry Bush Highbush Cranberry American Cranberrybush Viburnum Cranberry Viburnum | |
Viola pedata | Birdfoot Violet Bird's-foot Violet Bird-foot Violet | |
Viola sororia | Missouri Violet Common Blue Violet Hooded Blue Violet Florida Violet Meadow Violet Confederate Violet Dooryard Violet Purple Violet Woolly Blue Violet Wood Violet Hooded Violet | |
Zizia aptera | Heart-leaved Meadow Parsnip Heartleaf Meadow Parsnip Meadow Parsnip Heartleaf Alexanders Meadow Zizia Zizia | |
Zizia aurea | Golden Zizia Golden Alexanders | |
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