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2 | Common name | Scientific name | Height | Soil preference | Shade tolerance | New to region |
3 | Pecan | Carya illinoinensis | 130 ft | Medium-textured, well-drained | Full sun | yes |
4 | Black hickory | Carya texana | 140 ft | Adaptable | Part shade | yes |
5 | Sugarberry | Celtis laevigata | 70 ft | Adaptable | Full sun, part sun | yes |
6 | Eastern redbud | Cercis canadensis | 30 ft | Medium-textured, well-drained | Full sun, part sun | yes |
7 | Ashe juniper | Juniperus ashei | 30 ft | Medium-textured, well-drained | Part shade | yes |
8 | Osage-orange | Maclura pomifera | 60 ft | Adaptable | Full sun | yes |
9 | Bur oak | Quercus macrocarpa | 80 ft | Medium-textured, well-drained | Sun | |
10 | Post oak | Quercus stellata | 60 ft | Adaptable | Full sun | yes |
2 | Common name | Scientific name | Height | Soil preference | Shade tolerance | Benefit |
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3 | Western ragweed | Ambrosia psilostachya | 1–3 ft. | Disturbed | Full sun | Insect host |
4 | Low juneberry | Amelanchier humilis | 25 ft | Fine to coarse, moist | Part shade | Attracts pollinators |
5 | Leadplant | Amorpha canescens | 36 in | Medium to dry | Full sun | Attracts pollinators |
6 | Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | 2-7 ft | Adaptable | Part shade | Deer resistant |
7 | Pasqueflower | Anemone patens | 18 in | Dry, sandy | Part shade | Deer resistant |
8 | Plantain-leaved pussytoes | Antennaria plantaginifolia | 12 in | Medium to dry | Part shade | Deer resistant |
9 | Sage wormwood | Artemisia frigida | 16 in | Dry, sandy | Full sun | Attracts pollinators |
10 | White sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | 36 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Full sun | Deer resistant |
11 | Green milkweed | Asclepias viridiflora | 36 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Full sun | Insect host |
12 | Heath aster | Aster ericoides | 36 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Part shade | Bird favorite |
13 | Smooth blue aster | Aster laevis | 36 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Part shade | Attracts pollinators |
14 | Aromatic aster | Aster oblongifolius | 24 in | Medium to dry | Full sun | Attracts pollinators |
15 | Silky aster | Aster sericeus | 12-24 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Part shade | Attracts pollinators |
16 | Side-oats grama | Bouteloua curtipendula | 24 in | Medium to dry | Part shade | Deer resistant |
17 | Hairy grama | Bouteloua hirsuta | 30 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Full sun | Insect host |
18 | Harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | 20 in | Coarse, well-drained | Part shade | Deer resistant |
19 | Pennsylvania sedge | Carex pensylvanica | 8 in | Medium to dry | Shade | Deer resistant |
20 | Hairy golden aster | Chrysopsis villosa | 20 in | Dry, sandy | Full sun | Attracts pollinators |
21 | Bird’s foot coreopsis | Coreopsis palmata | 3 ft | Dry, sandy | Full sun | Attracts pollinators |
22 | Grey dogwood | Cornus racemosa | 12 ft | Moist to dry | Part shade | Bird favorite |
23 | American hazelnut | Corylus americana | 8 ft | Medium | Part shade | Bird favorite |
24 | White prairie clover | Dalea candida | 3 ft | Well-drained to dry | Part shade | Deer resistant |
25 | Purple prairie clover | Dalea purpurea | 3 ft | Coarse, well-drained | Full sun | Attracts pollinators |
26 | Silky prairie clover | Dalea villosa | 18 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Full sun | Attracts pollinators |
27 | Narrow-leaved coneflower | Echinacea angustifolia | 24 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Full sun | Deer resistant |
28 | Flowering spurge | Euphorbia corollata | 3 ft | Medium to dry | Part shade | Bird favorite |
29 | Northern bedstraw | Galium boreale | 24 in | Wet to medium-dry | Part shade | Deer resistant |
30 | Maximilian’s sunflower | Helianthus maximiliani | 7 ft | Medium | Part shade | Insect host |
31 | Stiff sunflower | Helianthus pauciflorus | 5 ft | Medium-dry to dry | Part shade | Insect host |
32 | Junegrass | Koeleria pyramidata | 10 in | Adaptable | Part shade | Deer resistant |
33 | False boneset | Kuhnia eupatorioides | 3 ft | Medium, well-drained | Part shade | Deer resistant |
34 | Rough blazing star | Liatris aspera | 36 in | Medium to dry | Part shade | Bird favorite |
35 | Dotted blazing star | Liatris punctata | 24 in | Medium to dry | Part shade | Deer resistant |
36 | Hoary puccoon | Lithospermum canescens | 18 in | Medium, well-drained | Part shade | Early bloom |
37 | Hairy puccoon | Lithospermum caroliniense | 18 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Part shade | Attracts pollinators |
38 | Narrow-leaved puccoon | Lithospermum incisum | 16 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Full sun | Attracts pollinators |
39 | Starry fale Solomon’s seal | Maianthemum stellatum | 24 in | Adaptable | Shade | Bird favorite |
40 | Plains muhly | Muhlenbergia cuspidata | 20 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Full sun | Bird favorite |
41 | Virginia creepers | Parthenocissus spp. | 90 ft | Medium, well-drained | Shade | Bird favorite |
42 | Prairie phlox | Phlox pilosa | 24 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Part shade | Attracts pollinators |
43 | Virginia ground cherry | Physalis virginiana | 24 in | Coarse-textured, dry | Part shade | Attracts pollinators |
44 | Wild plum | Prunus americana | 20 ft | Moist to well-drained | Part shade | Keystone species |
45 | Chokecherry | Prunus virginiana | 25 ft | Medium, well-drained | Full sun | Insect host |
46 | Gray-headed coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | 5 ft | Medium, well-drained | Part shade | Deer resistant |
47 | Smooth sumac | Rhus glabra | 18 ft | Adaptable | Part shade | Bird favorite |
48 | Prairie rose | Rosa arkansana | 24 in | Moist to dry | Part shade | Attracts pollinators |
49 | Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | 3 ft | Coarse-textured, dry | Part shade | Deer resistant |
50 | Canada goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | 4 ft | Adaptable | Full sun | Attracts pollinators |
51 | Missouri goldenrod | Solidago missouriensis | 3 ft | Coarse-textured, dry | Full sun | Attracts pollinators |
52 | Gray goldenrod | Solidago nemoralis | 3 ft | Coarse-textured, dry | Full sun | Deer resistant |
53 | Stiff goldenrod | Solidago rigida | 4 ft | Moist to dry | Part shade | Rapid spread |
54 | Indian grass | Sorghastrum nutans | 6 ft | Medium to dry | Part shade | Rapid spread |
55 | Prairie dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepis | 4 ft | Medium to dry, sandy loam | Full sun | Deer resistant |
56 | Porcupine grass | Stipa spartea | 4 ft | Coarse-textured, dry | Full sun | Deer resistant |
57 | Wolfberry | Symphoricarpos occidentalis | 4 ft | Medium, well-drained | Part shade | Bird favorite |
58 | Tall meadow-rue | Thalictrum dasycarpum | 8 ft | Fine, poorly-drained | Part shade | Bird favorite |
59 | Bearded birdfoot violet | Viola palmata var. pedatifida | 6 in | Medium to dry | Part shade | Attracts pollinators |
60 | Wild grape | Vitis riparia | 75 ft | Well-drained to dry | Part shade | Edible fruit |
61 | Heart-leaved alexanders | Zizia aptera | 24 in | Medium to dry | Part shade | Attracts pollinators |