Native plants in Aurora

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Carolina Sweetheart Redbud

Cercis canadensis 'Carolina Sweetheart'

Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

River Birch

Betula nigra

Tulip Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

Pink Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida 'Rubra'

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginiana 'Idyllwild'

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Prairie Gold Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides 'Prairie Gold'

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Paper Birch

Betula papyrifera

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Thornless Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Swamp White Oak

Quercus bicolor

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 dioicus

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

Blackhaw Viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Skyrocket Juniper

Juniperus horizontalis 'Skyrocket'

Brilliant Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa 'Brilliantissima'

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Lemony Lace Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa 'Lemony Lace'

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Golden Swedish Juniper

Juniperus communis 'Suecica Aurea'

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

American Cranberrybush

Viburnum trilobum

Lowbush Blueberry

Vaccinium angustifolium

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

Monarda punctata

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

Blackhaw Viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium

Kodiak Orange Diervilla

Diervilla lonicera 'Kodiak Orange'

Cockspur Hawthorn

Crataegus crus-galli

Kalm's St. John's Wort

Hypericum kalmianum

Coralberry

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

'Rain Dance' Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii 'Rain Dance'

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

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Palm Sedge

Carex muskingumensis

Gray Sedge

Carex grayi

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

Path Rush

Juncus tenuis

Tussock Sedge

Carex stricta

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

Blue Joint Grass

Calamagrostis canadensis

Fringed Sedge

Carex crinita

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

Broomsedge Bluestem

Andropogon virginicus

Woolgrass

Scirpus cyperinus

Comosa Sedge

Carex comosa

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex lurida

Shortbeak Sedge

Carex brevior

Copper Shouldered Oval Sedge

Carex bicknellii

Wood's Sedge

Carex woodii

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Blazing Star Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

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

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

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

Queen of the Prairie

Filipendula rubra

Virginia Bluebell

Mertensia virginica

Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Snow Flurry Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'

Golden Alexanders

Zizia aurea

Aromatic Aster

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Clematis Candida

Clematis virginiana 'Candida'

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

American Bittersweet

Celastrus scandens 'Mix'

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Interrupted Fern

Osmunda claytoniana

Brunswick Giant Ebony Spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron 'Brunswick Giant'

Bulblet Fern

Cystopteris bulbifera

Meadow Spikemoss

Selaginella apoda

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa