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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Acer saccharinum | Silver Maple, Soft Maple, White Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple, Northern Sugar Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow, Western Yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Aesculus glabra | Ohio Buckeye, Texas Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Horse Chestnut | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Amelanchier arborea | Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry, Junebush, Shadblow, Sarvis | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Amsonia ciliata | Fringed Bluestar, Bluestar, Texas Bluestar | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Andropogon hallii | Sand Bluestem | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo, Wild Blue Indigo, Blue False Indigo | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Betula nigra | River Birch, Red Birch, Black Birch, Water Birch | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss, Buffalo Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Callirhoe alcaeoides | Light Poppymallow, Plains Poppy-mallow, Light Poppy-mallow, Pink Poppy-mallow, Light Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup, Purple Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Calylophus serrulatus | Yellow Sundrops, Yellow Evening Primrose, Plains Evening Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Camassia scilloides | Atlantic Camas, Wild Hyacinth | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Campanulastrum americanum | American Bellflower, Tall Bellflower | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Carya cordiformis | Bitternut Hickory, Swamp Hickory, Bitternut, Pig Hickory, Pignut Hickory, Pignut, White Hickory, Red Hickory, Bitter Walnut, Bitter Pecan | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Carya texana | Black Hickory, Buckley Hickory, Pignut Hickory | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush, Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush, Texas Paintbrush, Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Paintbrush | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Celtis laevigata | Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry, Hackberry, Palo Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Honeybells, Honey Balls, Honeyballs, Button-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud, Redbud | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge Pea, Showy Partridge-pea, Beeflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Coreopsis grandiflora | Largeflower Tickseed, Large-flower Tickseed, Common Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed, Sand Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood, Drummond's Dogwood, Rough-leaf Dogwood | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens | Carolina Larkspur, Prairie Larkspur, Plains Larkspur | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower, Bundleflower, Prairie Bundle Flower, Prickleweed, Illinois Desmanthus, Prairie Mimosa | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Diospyros virginiana | Eastern Persimmon, Common Persimmon, Possumwood, Date Plum, Winter Plum, Jove's Fruit | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Dodecatheon meadia | Eastern Shooting Star, Shooting Star, Pride Of Ohio, Roosterheads, Prairie Pointers | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping Coneflower, Clasping-leaf Coneflower | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Echinacea angustifolia | Black Samson, Black Samson Echinacea, Narrow-leaf Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye, Canadian Wildrye, Prairie Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Eragrostis trichodes | Sand Lovegrass, Sand Love Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | |
Fraxinus americana | White Ash, American Ash, Cane Ash, Smallseed White Ash, Biltmore White Ash, Biltmore Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash, Red Ash, Swamp Ash, River Ash, Water Ash, Darlington Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy, Fragrant Gaillardia, Rayless Gaillardia, Perfumeballs | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena, Purple Prairie Verbena, Dakota Mock Vervain, Dakota Vervain | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Glandularia canadensis | Rose Vervain, Sweet William, Rose Mock Vervain | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey Locust, Common Honey Locust, Thorny Common Honey Locust, Honey Shucks Locust, Sweet Locust, Thorny Locust, Honey Shucks, Sweet Bean Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky Coffeetree, Stump Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower, Max Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Meadow Holly, Prairie Holly, Swamp Holly, Welk Holly, Deciduous Yaupon, Bearberry, Winterberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress, Texas Plume, Red Texas Star, Red Gilia | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Iris cristata | Dwarf Crested Iris | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut, Eastern Black Walnut, American Black Walnut | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Juniperus monosperma | Oneseed Juniper, One-seed Juniper, Cherrystone Juniper, New Mexico Juniper, West Texas Juniper | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redcedar, Virginia Juniper, Red Juniper, Pencil Cedar, Carolina Cedar, Red Savin | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Lesquerella gracilis | Spreading Bladderpod, Cloth-of-gold | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star, Pink-scale Gayfeather, Pink-scale Liatris | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star, Dotted Gayfeather, Dotted Liatris, Purples | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star, Prairie Gayfeather, Prairie Liatris, Kansas Blazing Star, Kansas Gayfeather, Kansas Liatris, Cat-tail Blazing Star, Cat-tail Gayfeather, Cat-tail Liatris, Hairy Button-snakeroot | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas Lupine, Buffalo Clover, Wolf Flower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic, Tall Melicgrass, Threeflower Melicgrass, Melicgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Mint, Plains Horsemint, Lemon Horsemint, Horsemint, Purple Lemon Mint | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot, Beebalm | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm, Spotted Horsemint, Horsemint | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose, Fluttermill, Missouri Evening Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Oenothera rhombipetala | Fourpoint Evening-primrose, Four-point Evening Primrose, Diamond Petal Primrose, Greater Four-point Evening-primrose | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose, Showy Evening Primrose, Mexican Evening Primrose, Showy Primrose, Pink Ladies, Buttercups, Pink Buttercups | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear, Twist-spine Prickly Pear, Common Prickly Pear, Plains Prickly Pear | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis, Yellow Wood-sorrel, Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel, Yellow Woodsorrel | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Packera plattensis | Prairie Groundsel, Prairie Ragwort | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Penstemon buckleyi | Buckley's Penstemon, Buckley's Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon, Prairie Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Foxglove Beardtongue, False Foxglove, Large-flowered Penstemon, Large-flowered Beardtongue, Cobaea Penstemon, Cobaea Beardtongue, Wild Foxglove | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon grandiflorus | Large Penstemon, Large Beardtongue, Large-flower Penstemon, Large-flower Beardtongue, Large-flowered Penstemon, Large-flowered Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant, Stinking-clover, Bee Spiderflower, Navajo Spinach, Pink Cleome, Toothed Spiderflower, Skunkweed | Annual | Herb | Sun, Shade | Moist, Dry |
Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox, Louisiana Phlox, Blue Woodland Phlox, Sweet William, Wild Sweet William | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox, Prairie Phlox, Fragrant Phlox | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine, Shortleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Yellow Pine, Shortstraw Pine, Arkansas Pine, Longtag Pine, Spruce Pine, Oldfield Pine, Arkansas Soft Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pinus edulis | Colorado Pinyon Pine, Colorado Pinyon, Pinyon Pine, Pinyon, Two-needle Pine, Two-needle Pinyon, Two-leaf Pinyon, Nut Pine, Pino Dulce | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine, Oldfield Pine, Bull Pine, Rosemary Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore, Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Plane Tree, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Potentilla simplex | Common Cinquefoil, Oldfield Cinquefoil | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Proboscidea louisianica | Louisiana Devil's-claw, Devil's claw, Ram's-horn, Unicorn Plant, Proboscis Flower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Prunella vulgaris | Common Selfheal | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum, Sandhill Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum, Bigtree Plum, Inch Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash, Common Hoptree, Hop Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak, Burr Oak, Savanna Oak, Overcup Oak, Prairie Oak, Mossy-cup Oak, Mossy-overcup Oak, Blue Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak, Barren Oak, Black Oak, Jack Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak, Chinquapin Oak, Chestnut Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Rock Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak, Iron Oak, Cross Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus velutina | Black Oak, Quercitron Oak, Yellow Oak, Smoothbark Oak, Yellowbark Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rhus copallinum | Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Mountain Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, Wing-rib Sumac, Black Sumac, Upland Sumac | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower, Orange Rudbeckia, Perennial Black-eyed Susan, Goldstrum | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Rudbeckia grandiflora | Rough Coneflower, Tall Coneflower, Largeflower Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Sabatia campestris | Texas Star, Rose Gentian, Meadow Pink, Prairie Rose-gentian, Prairie Sabatia | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage, Blue Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage, Blood Sage, Red Sage, Indian Fire | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry, Soapberry, Wild China Tree, Wild Chinaberry, Indian Soap Plant, Jaboncillo | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras, White Sassafras, Ague Tree, Cinnamon Wood, Mitten Tree, Saloop, Smelling Stick | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. lanuginosum | Gum Bully, Gum Elastic, Chittamwood, Gum Bumelia | Perennial | Tree | ||
Silene virginica | Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Silphium laciniatum | Compassplant, Compass Plant | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass, Freshwater Cordgrass, Sloughgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Stenaria nigricans var. nigricans | Diamondflowers, Narrowleaf Bluets, Baby's Breath, Bluets, Fine-leaf Bluets | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress, Baldcypress, Common Bald Cypress, Southern Bald Cypress, Deciduous Cypress, Southern Cypress, Swamp Cypress, Red Cypress, White Cypress, Yellow Cypress, Gulf Cypress, Tidewater Red Cypress | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Thelesperma filifolium | Stiff Greenthread, Greenthread | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort, Bluejacket | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Ulmus alata | Winged Elm, Wahoo Elm, Cork Elm, Witch Elm | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Ulmus americana | American Elm, White Elm, Soft Elm, Water Elm, Common Elm | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ulmus rubra | Slippery Elm, Red Elm, Gray Elm, Soft Elm | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Vernonia baldwinii | Western Ironweed, Baldwin's Ironweed, Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, Rusty Blackhaw, Southern Blackhaw, Blackhaw, Bluehaw, Downy Viburnum, Southern Nannyberry, Rusty Nannyberry, Nannyberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Viola pedata | Birdfoot Violet, Bird's-foot Violet, Bird-foot Violet | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
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 | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |