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Native plants in Grand Forks

54 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

13 of them need no watering beyond Grand Forks’s own rainfall

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Trees7

Canopy and structure

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 1.0

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

American Linden

Tilia americana

Photo: Tom Scavo · CC BY 4.0

Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago

Photo: Loïc Mathieu · CC BY 4.0

American Elm

Ulmus americana

Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

American Plum

Prunus americana

No watering needed Photo: Curtis Drake · CC BY 4.0

Pussy Willow

Salix discolor

Photo: swords · CC0 1.0

Shrubs10

Backbone planting

Anise Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Photo: aarongunnar · 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

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

Photo: Mark Richman · CC BY 4.0

Broadleaf Meadowsweet

Spiraea alba

Photo: alicia penney · CC BY 4.0

American Plum

Prunus americana

No watering needed Photo: Curtis Drake · CC BY 4.0

Pussy Willow

Salix discolor

Photo: swords · CC0 1.0

Pawnee Buttes Western Sandcherry

Prunus besseyi 'Pawnee Buttes'

No watering needed

Dwarf Indigo Bush

Amorpha nana

No watering needed Photo: Jared Shorma · CC BY 4.0

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

Golden Sunset Yellow Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans 'Golden Sunset Yellow'

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

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

Photo: Jason Leduc · CC0 1.0

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Photo: Jeremy Atherton · 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

Perennials28

Seasonal colour

Anise Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Photo: aarongunnar · CC BY 4.0

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

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe · CC BY 4.0

Snow Flurry Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry'

No watering needed

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

No watering needed Photo: Solomiya · 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

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Photo: jogarton · CC0 1.0

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

Stiff Goldenrod

Solidago rigida

Photo: Kallum McDonald · CC0 1.0

Broadleaf Arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

Photo: M. Whitson · 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

No watering needed Photo: mel letterman · CC BY 4.0

Allegheny Monkey Flower

Mimulus ringens

Photo: Rose Zappa · CC BY 4.0

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

Photo: Elias · CC BY 4.0

Evening Primrose

Oenothera biennis

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Purple-leaf Loosestrife

Lysimachia ciliata 'Atropurpurea'

Wood Lily

Lilium philadelphicum

Photo: Elias · CC BY 4.0

Field Pussytoes

Antennaria neglecta

Photo: Shaan Aroeste · CC BY 4.0

Vines1

Verticals and screens

Clematis Candida

Clematis virginiana 'Candida'

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