Native plants in Alton

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Carolina Sweetheart Redbud

Cercis canadensis 'Carolina Sweetheart'

River Birch

Betula nigra

Tulip Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

Worplesdon Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon'

Pink Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida 'Rubra'

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginiana 'Idyllwild'

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

Shumard Oak

Quercus shumardii

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

White Oak

Quercus alba

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Scarlet Oak

Quercus coccinea

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

American Linden

Tilia americana

Kentucky Coffeetree

Gymnocladus dioica

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Willow Oak

Quercus phellos

American Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

Red Buckeye

Aesculus pavia

Blackhaw Viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium

Chinkapin Oak

Quercus muehlenbergii

American Hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

Cockspur Hawthorn

Crataegus crusgalli

Smooth Hydrangea, Wild Hydrangea

Hydrangea arborescens

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

Monarda punctata

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

Red Buckeye

Aesculus pavia

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

Blackhaw Viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium

Cockspur Hawthorn

Crataegus crusgalli

False Indigo Bush

Amorpha fruticosa

Coralberry

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Sassafras

Sassafras albidum

Pasture Rose

Rosa carolina

Partridgeberry

Mitchella repens

Shrubby St. Johnswort

Hypericum prolificum

Shining Sumac

Rhus copallinum

American Plum

Prunus americana

Leadplant

Amorpha canescens 'Wisconsin form'

Washington Hawthorn

Crataegus phaenopyrum

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

'Rain Dance' Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii 'Rain Dance'

Northern Sea Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Prairie Dropseed

Sporobolus heterolepis

Golden Sunset Yellow Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans 'Golden Sunset Yellow'

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Purple Love Grass

Eragrostis spectabilis

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Palm Sedge

Carex muskingumensis

Gray Sedge

Carex grayi

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

Blue Wood Sedge

Carex flaccosperma

Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

Path Rush

Juncus tenuis

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

Eastern Gamagrass

Tripsacum dactyloides

Ivory Sedge

Carex eburnea

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Whitetinge Sedge

Carex albicans

Texas Sedge

Carex texensis

Fox Sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

Variegated Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea 'Luteo Picta'

Creek Sedge

Carex amphibola

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Carex blanda

Ravenfoot Sedge

Carex crus-corvi

Broomsedge Bluestem

Andropogon virginicus

Woolgrass

Scirpus cyperinus

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex lurida

Shortbeak Sedge

Carex brevior

Copper Shouldered Oval Sedge

Carex bicknellii

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Garden Phlox

Phlox paniculata

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Obedient Plant Miss Manners

Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Blue Wild Indigo

Baptisia australis

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

New England Aster Harringtons Pink

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Harringtons Pink'

Lanceleaf Tickseed

Coreopsis lanceolata

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Culver's root

Veronicastrum virginicum

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

Common Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Woodland Phlox

Phlox divaricata

Bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Virginia Iris

Iris virginica 'Carl Amason'

Bugbane 'Brunette'

Actaea racemosa 'Brunnette Black'

rattlesnake master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Green Spice Coral Bells

Heuchera americana 'Green Spice'

Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Rough Gayfeather

Liatris aspera

Virginia Bluebell

Mertensia virginica

Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Snow Flurry Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'

Clematis Candida

Clematis virginiana 'Candida'

Trumpet Creeper

Campsis radicans

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Purple Passionflower

Passiflora incarnata

Pitcher's Clematis

Clematis pitcheri

American Bittersweet

Celastrus scandens 'Mix'

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

Marginal Wood Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Interrupted Fern

Osmunda claytoniana

Brunswick Giant Ebony Spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron 'Brunswick Giant'

Broad Beech Fern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Bulblet Fern

Cystopteris bulbifera

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

Whorled Stonecrop

Sedum ternatum