Native plants in Ankeny

Carolina Sweetheart Redbud

Cercis canadensis 'Carolina Sweetheart'

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginiana 'Idyllwild'

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

White Oak

Quercus alba

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

American Linden

Tilia americana

Kentucky Coffeetree

Gymnocladus dioica

American Hophornbeam

Ostrya virginiana

Thornless Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

American Elm

Ulmus americana

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Black Walnut

Juglans nigra

Early Glow Ohio Buckeye

Aesculus glabra 'Early Glow'

American Plum

Prunus americana

Shagbark Hickory

Carya ovata

Siouxland Cottonless Poplar

Populus deltoides 'Siouxland'

Black Willow

Salix nigra

Black Oak

Quercus velutina

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

Coralberry

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Pasture Rose

Rosa carolina

American Plum

Prunus americana

Leadplant

Amorpha canescens 'Wisconsin form'

Mammoth Red Raspberry

Rubus idaeus 'Mammoth Red'

American Spikenard

Aralia racemosa

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

'Rain Dance' Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii 'Rain Dance'

Golden Sunset Yellow Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans 'Golden Sunset Yellow'

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Purple Love Grass

Eragrostis spectabilis

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Palm Sedge

Carex muskingumensis

Gray Sedge

Carex grayi

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

Path Rush

Juncus tenuis

Tussock Sedge

Carex stricta

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Whitetinge Sedge

Carex albicans

Fox Sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

Variegated Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea 'Luteo Picta'

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Carex blanda

Ravenfoot Sedge

Carex crus-corvi

Shortbeak Sedge

Carex brevior

Copper Shouldered Oval Sedge

Carex bicknellii

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Obedient Plant Miss Manners

Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

New England Aster Harringtons Pink

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Harringtons Pink'

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

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Virginia Iris

Iris virginica 'Carl Amason'

rattlesnake master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Rough Gayfeather

Liatris aspera

Virginia Bluebell

Mertensia virginica

Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Golden Alexanders

Zizia aurea

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

Prairie Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya

Pinnate Prairie Coneflower

Ratibida pinnata

Purple Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea

Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum biflorum

White Wild Indigo

Baptisia alba

Wild Petunia

Ruellia humilis

Thin-leaved Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

American Bittersweet

Celastrus scandens 'Mix'

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Interrupted Fern

Osmunda claytoniana