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Native plants in Fargo

67 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

11 of them need no watering beyond Fargo’s own rainfall

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Canopy and structure

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 1.0

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Photo: Dávid Horváth · CC BY 4.0

American Linden

Tilia americana

Photo: Tom Scavo · CC BY 4.0

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

Photo: Loïc Mathieu · CC BY 4.0

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

Photo: Jacob Buchanan · CC0 1.0

American Elm

Ulmus americana

Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

Pussy Willow

Salix discolor

Photo: swords · CC0 1.0

Siouxland Cottonless Poplar

Populus deltoides 'Siouxland'

Shrubs9

Backbone planting

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Melanie Gaddy · CC0 1.0

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Photo: Indio Brown · CC BY 4.0

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0

Red Twig Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Red Twig'

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

Photo: Loïc Mathieu · CC BY 4.0

False Indigo Bush

Amorpha fruticosa

Photo: Dmitry Trutsko · CC BY 4.0

Broadleaf Meadowsweet

Spiraea alba

Photo: alicia penney · CC BY 4.0

Pussy Willow

Salix discolor

Photo: swords · CC0 1.0

Leadplant

Amorpha canescens 'Wisconsin form'

Grasses13

Movement and texture

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

Photo: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0

'Rain Dance' Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii 'Rain Dance'

No watering needed

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Photo: Frog The Kermit · CC BY 4.0

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Photo: Erin Snyder · CC BY 4.0

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

No watering needed Photo: Andrea Grover · CC BY 4.0

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

No watering needed Photo: tzeducation · CC BY 4.0

Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

Photo: Skyler Principe · CC BY 4.0

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

Photo: Jason Leduc · CC0 1.0

Fox Sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

Photo: Brandon Corder · CC BY 4.0

Variegated Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea 'Luteo Picta'

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Carex blanda

Photo: Matt Felperin · CC BY 4.0

Shortbeak Sedge

Carex brevior

Photo: Summit Metro Parks · CC BY 4.0

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

Photo: Patrice Dupont · CC BY 4.0

Perennials37

Seasonal colour

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Obedient Plant Miss Manners

Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Photo: Tom Pollard · CC BY 4.0

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Photo: Craig Hensley · CC BY 4.0

False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

Photo: W Rao · CC BY 4.0

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe · CC BY 4.0

Rough Gayfeather

Liatris aspera

Photo: florawhite · CC BY 4.0

Snow Flurry Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'

No watering needed

Golden Alexanders

Zizia aurea

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

Photo: Solomiya · CC BY 4.0

Prairie Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya

Photo: Briggs Armstrong · CC BY 4.0

Purple Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea

No watering needed Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 1.0

False Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum racemosum

Photo: Mason Heberling · CC BY 4.0

Prairie Ironweed

Vernonia fasciculata

Photo: aarongunnar · CC BY 4.0

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Mexican Hat Prairie Coneflower

Ratibida columnifera 'pulcherrima'

No watering needed

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

No watering needed Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

Prairie Smoke

Geum triflorum 'Prairie Smoke'

No watering needed

Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

Photo: Larry Jensen · CC BY 4.0

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Photo: jogarton · CC0 1.0

Wild Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Photo: maureen_c-m · CC BY 4.0

Common Blue Violet

Viola sororia

Photo: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0

Whorled Milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

No watering needed Photo: Katherine Teresa · CC0 1.0

Snowbank Boltonia

Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank'

Broadleaf Arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

Photo: M. Whitson · CC BY 4.0

Hoary Vervain

Verbena stricta

No watering needed Photo: Guy Babineau · CC BY 4.0

Maximilian sunflower

Helianthus maximiliani

No watering needed Photo: Jaime González · CC0 1.0

Alumroot

Heuchera richardsonii

Photo: Kallum McDonald · CC0 1.0

Starry Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

Photo: mel letterman · CC BY 4.0

Scouring Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Vines1

Verticals and screens

Clematis Candida

Clematis virginiana 'Candida'

Ferns1

Shade and damp

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Photo: tkr421 · CC BY 4.0

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