Plant Descriptions
Plants for Woodland Gardens
Asters - Blue Wood, Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Aster cordifolius) and White Wood,Eurybia divaricata (Aster divaricatus)
Baneberry, Dolls Eyes - Actaea pachypoda and Actaea rubra
Black Cohosh, Cimicifuga racemosa
Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadense
Blue Cohosh, Caulophyllum thalictroides
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod, Solidago caesia
Bottle Brush Grass, Elymus hystrix
Bowman's Root, Porteranthus (Gillenia) trifoliatus
Canada Anemone, Anemone canadensis
Christmas Fern,  Polystichum acrostichoides
Dutchman's Breeches, Dicentra cucullaria
Early Meadow Rue, Thalictrum diocum
Ebony Spleenwort, Asplenium platyneuron
False Solomon's Seal, Smilacina racemosa
Foam Flower, Tiarella cordifolia
Goat's beard, Aruncus dioicus
Goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis
Green and Gold, Chrysogonum virginianum
Hart's Tongue Fern, Asplenium scolopendrium
 Hepatica, Sharp Lobed, Hepatica nobilis var. acuta      (Hepatica acutiloba)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum
Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum pedatum
Mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum
Northern Sea Oats, Chasmanthium latifolium
Red Trillium, Trillium erectum
Rue Anemone, Thalictrum thalictroides
Sessile Bellwort, Uvularia Sessilfolia
Shooting Star, Dodecatheon meadia
Twinleaf, Jeffersonia diphylla
Water Avens, Geum rivale
Wild Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis
Wild Ginger, Asarum canadense
Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum
Wild Leek, Allium tricoccum
Woodland Phlox, Phlox stolonifera
Yellow Wood Poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum
Plants for Wetlands, Wet Meadows. Most of these plants will tolerate drier soils see individual descriptions for information.
Blue  Flag  Iris, Iris versicolor
Golden Groundsel, Golden Ragwort, Packera aurea
Great Blue Lobelia, Lobelia siphilitica
Green Cone Flower, Rudbeckia lancinata
Heartleaf Golden Alexanders, Zizia aptera
Joe-Pye Weed, Eupatorium pupureum
Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris
Red Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis
Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
Tall Meadow Rue, Thalictrum pubescens
Turk's Cap Lily, Lilium superbum
Virginia Bluebells, Mertensia virginica
Willow Blue Amsonia, Amsonia tabernaemontana
White Turtlehead, Chelone glabra
Plants for Prairie  and Full Sun Gardens
Wild Bergamot, Monarda fistulosa
Flowering Raspberry, Rubus odoratus    ( can be used in Shady areas too.)
New England Aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae  (Aster novae-angliae)
New York Aster, Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea
Showy Goldenrood, Solidago speciosa
Smooth Aster, Symphyotrichum laeve (Aster laevis)
Summer phlox, Phlox paniculata
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