Special Collections
Minnesota Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Minnesota. 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 |
| 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 | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
| Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | |
| Salix discolor | Pussy Willow Glaucous Willow | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
| Shepherdia argentea | Silver Buffaloberry Buffaloberry | |
| Sisyrinchium campestre | Prairie Blue-eyed Grass White-eyed Grass | |
| 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 | |
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