Anise Hyssop* Agastache foeniculum

Barren Strawberry Geum fragarioides

Bee Balm Monarda fistulosa

Big Leaf Aster Eurybia macrophylla

Bird's Foot Violet Viola pedata

Black Cohosh* Actaea racemosa

Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta

Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis

Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides

Blue Sage* Salvia azurea

Blue Vervain Verbena hastata

Blue Wild Indigo Baptisia australis

Blue Wood Violet Viola palmata

Blue-Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium montanum

Bluestem Goldenrod Solidago caesia

Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum

Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii

Brown Eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba

Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa

Calico Aster Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis

Cardinal Flowe rLobelia cardinalis

Clustered Mountain Mint Pycn. muticum

Columbine Aquilegia canadensis

Common Blue Violet Viola sororia

Common Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex

Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca

Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum

Creeping Strawberry Bush Euonymus obovatus

Culvers Root Veronicastrum virginicum

Cupplant Silphium perfoliatum

Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata

Dogbane Apocynum cannibinum

Downy Woodmint Blephilia ciliata

Drummonds Aster Symphyotrichum drummondii

Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria

Early Figwort Scrophularia lanceolata

Early Meadow Rue Thalictrum dioicum

Early Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides

Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis

Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium

Flowering Spurge Euphorbia corollata

Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia

Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis

Frost Aster Symphyotrichum pilosum

Gaura Gaura biennis

Germander Teucrium canadense

Giant Yellow Hyssop Agastache nepetoides

Goat's Beard Aruncus dioicus

Goat's Rue Tephrosia virginiana

Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea

Golden Groundsel Packera aurea

Grass-leaved Goldenrod Euthamia graminifolia

Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica

Great St. Johns Wort Hypericum pyramidatum

Green Dragon Arisaema dracontium

Hairy Beardtongue Penstemon hirsutus

Harebell Campanula rotundifolia

Heart-leaved Aster Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Helenium Helenium autumnale

Hoary Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum incanum

Hoary Vervain Verbana stricta

Horsemint Monarda punctata

Ironweed Vernonia missurica

Jack in the Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum

Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptans

Jerusalem Artichoke Helianthus tuberosus

Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium maculatum

Late Figwort Scrophularia marilandica

Leadplant Amorpha canescens

Longleaf Bluets Houstonia longifolia

Marsh Marigold Clathua palustris

Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum

Michigan Lily Lilium michiganense

Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens

Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum

Narrow Vervain Verbena simplex

New England Aster Sym. novae-angliae

Nodding Pink Onion Allium cernuum

Northern Blazing Star Liatris scariosa

Northern Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor

Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana

Ohio Goldenrod Solidago ohioensis

Ohio Spiderwort Transcandentia ohiensis

Old Field Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis

Orange Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida

Pale Indian Plantain Arnoglossum atriplicifolium

Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida

Panicled Aster Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata

Pasture Thistle Cirsium discolor

Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea

Poke Milkweed Asclepias exaltata

Prairie Alum Root Heuchera richardsonii

Prairie Cinquefoil Drymocallis arguta

Prairie Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata

Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum

Prairie Indian Plantain Arnoglossum plantag.

Prairie Onion Allium stellatum

Prairie Phlox Phlox pilosa

Prairie Sage Artemisia ludoviciana

Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum

Prairie Spiderwort Transcandentia bracteata

Prickly Pear Opuntia cespitosa

Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea

Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea

Purple-stem Aster Symphyotrichum puniceum

Pussytoes Antennaria parlinii

Queen of the Prairie Filipendula rubra

Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium

Red Baneberry Actaea rubra

Red Milkweed Asclepias incarnata

Robins Plantain Erigeron pulchellus

Rose Mallow Hibiscus moscheutos

Rosin Weed Silphium integrifolium

Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera

Sand Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata

Scarlet Beebalm Monarda didyma

Senna Senna hebecarpa

Shining Aster Symphyotrichum firmum

Short's Aster Symphyotrichum shortii

Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa

Showy Penstemon Penstemon grandiflorus

Showy Trefoil Desmodium canadense

Silky Aster Symphyotrichum sericeum

Silverweed Potentilla anserina

Sky Blue Aster Sym. oolentangiense

Slender Mountain Mint Pyc. tenuifolium

Smooth Blue Aster Symphyotrichum laevis

Spikenard Aralia racemosa

Stiff Goldenrod Oligioneuron rigida

Sweet Black-eyed Susan Rud. subtomentosa

Sweet Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium purpureum

Tall Bellflower Campanula americana

Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris

Tall Meadow Rue Thalictrum dasycarpum

Tall Sunflower Helianthus giganteus

Tall Thimbleweed Anemone virginiana

Turtlehead Chelone glabra

Upland White Goldenrod Oligioneuron album

Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica

Virginia Waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum

Western Sunflower Helianthus occidentalis

White Baneberry Actaea pachypoda

White Snakeroot Ageratina altissima

White Wild Indigo Baptisia lactea

Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata

Whorled Mountain Mint Pycn. verticillatum

Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum

Wild Ginger Asarum canadense

Wild Golden Glow Rudbeckia laciniata

Wild Leek Allium tricoccum

Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis

Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis

Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium

Wild Sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis

Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana

Wingstem Verbesina alternifolia

Woodland Phlox Phlox divaricata

Woodland Poppy Stylophorum diphyllum

Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus

Woodmint Blephilia hirsuta

Yarrow Achillea millefolium

Yellow Avens Geum allepicum

Yellow Coneflower Ratibida pinnata

Yellow Wild Indigo Baptisia tinctoria

Zigzag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis

​*Useful Midwestern natives without natural Michigan range

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Grasses and Sedge

American Beachgrass Ammophila breviligulata

Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii

Bottlebrush Grass Elymus hystrix

Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea

Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans

Ivory Sedge Carex eburnea

June Grass Koeleria macrantha

Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium

Northern Sea Oats Chasmanthium latifolium

Palm Sedge Carex muskingumensis

Pennsylvania Sedge Carex pensylvanica

Plain's Oval Sedge Carex brevior

Poverty Oat Grass Danthonia spicata

Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis

Purple Lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis

Rosy Sedge Carex rosea

Side-Oats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula

Sprengel's Sedge Carex sprengelii

Sweet Grass Hierochloe odorata

Switch Grass Panicum virgatum

Wood Sedge Carex blanda

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Shrubbery

Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum dentatum

Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Black Chokeberry Aronia prunifolia

Black Elderberry Sambucus canadensis

Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum prunifolium

Bluehaw Viburnum Viburnum cassinoides

Buffaloberry Shepherdia canadensis

Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis

Canada Yew Taxus candensis

Common Juniper Juniperus communis

Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis

Dune Willow Salix cordata

Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica

Gray Dogwood Cornus racemosa

Hazelnut Corylus americana

Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum

Highbush Cranberry Viburnum trilobum

Huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata

Kalm's St. John's Wort Hypericum kalmianum

Lowbush Blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium

Michigan Rose Rosa setigera

Nannyberry Viburnum lentago

New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus

Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius

Northern Bayberry Myrica pensylvanica

Northern Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera

Pricklyash Zanthoxylum americanum

Purple Flowering Raspberry Rubus odoratus

Pussy Willow Salix discolor

Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa

Red Honeysuckle Lonicera dioica

Red Twig Dogwood Cornus sericea

Sand Cherry Prunus pumila

Shrubby Cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa

Shrubby St. John's Wort Hypericum prolificum

Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum

Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus

Spicebush Lindera benzoin

Sweetfern Comptonia peregrina

Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus

Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans

Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Virgins Bower Clematis virginiana

Wild Grape Vitis riparia

Winterberry Ilex verticillata

Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana

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Trees

Allegheny Serviceberry Amelanchier laevis

American Crabapple Malus coronaria

American Elm Ulmus americana

American Hophornbeam Carpinus caroliniana

American Mountain Ash Sorbus americana

American Plum Prunus americana

American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis

Balsam Fir Abies balsamea

Basswood Tilia americana

Bigtooth Aspen Populus grandidentata

Black Cherry Prunus serotina

Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica

Black Oak Quercus velutina

Black Willow Salix nigra

Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa

Chokecherry Prunus virginiana

Cottonwood Populus deltoides

Downy Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea

Eastern White Cedar Thuja occidentalis

Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida

Hackberry Celtis occidentalis

Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus

Mountain Maple Acer spicatum

​Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra

Northern White Pine Pinus strobus

Pagoda Dogwood Cornus alternifolia

Paper Birch Betula papyrifera

Paw Paw Asimina triloba

Peachleaf Willow Salix amygdaloides

Prairie Crabapple Malus ioensis

Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides

Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana

Red Pine Pinus resinosa

Redbud Cercis canadensis

Sassafras Sassafras albidum

Silver Maple Acer saccharinum

Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina

Sugar Maple Acer saccharum

Tamarack Larix laricina

Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera

White Oak Quercus alba

White Spruce Picea glauca

Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis

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Ferns

Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides

Cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea

Eastern Woodfern Dryopteris marginalis

Goldie's Woodfern Dryopteris goldiana

Lady Fern Athyrium felix-femina

Maidenhair fern Adiantum pedatum

Ostrich fern Matteuccia struthiopteris

Royal Fern Osmunda regalis

Sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis