Native plants in Chicago

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Carolina Sweetheart Redbud

Cercis canadensis 'Carolina Sweetheart'

Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

Tulip Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

Pink Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida 'Rubra'

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginiana 'Idyllwild'

Black Tupelo, Black Gum, Sour Gum

Nyssa sylvatica

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 dioica

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

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

Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

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

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

American Cranberrybush

Viburnum trilobum

Lowbush Blueberry

Vaccinium angustifolium

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

Monarda punctata

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

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

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Palm Sedge

Carex muskingumensis

Gray Sedge

Carex grayi

Creeping Sedge

Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb'

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

Ivory Sedge

Carex eburnea

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Whitetinge Sedge

Carex albicans

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

Comosa Sedge

Carex comosa

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex lurida

Shortbeak Sedge

Carex brevior

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

Improved Rugen Strawberry

Fragaria vesca 'Improved Rugen'

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

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

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Interrupted Fern

Osmunda claytoniana

Spinulose Wood Fern

Dryopteris carthusiana

Brunswick Giant Ebony Spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron 'Brunswick Giant'

Broad Beech Fern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Bulblet Fern

Cystopteris bulbifera

New York Fern

Parathelypteris noveboracensis

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa