North Dakota

Native plants in Grand Forks

72 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

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

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Movement and texture

Big Bluestem

Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardi

No watering needed

Indiangrass

Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Pennsylvania Sedge

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Photo: Frog The Kermit · CC BY 4.0

Switchgrass

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Photo: Erin Snyder · CC BY 4.0

Sideoats Grama

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

No watering needed Photo: Andrea Grover · CC BY 4.0

Canada Wild Rye

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

No watering needed Photo: tzeducation · CC BY 4.0

Virginia Wild Rye

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

Photo: Jason Leduc · CC0 1.0

Rosy Sedge

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Photo: Jeremy Atherton · CC BY 4.0

Reed Canary Grass

Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Carex blanda

Photo: Matt Felperin · CC BY 4.0

Softstem Bulrush

Softstem Bulrush

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Photo: Tommy Forrest · CC0 1.0

Shortbeak Sedge

Shortbeak Sedge

Carex brevior

Photo: Summit Metro Parks · CC BY 4.0

Woolly Sedge

Woolly Sedge

Carex pellita

Photo: Patrice Dupont · CC BY 4.0

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Seasonal colour

Anise Hyssop

Anise Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Photo: aarongunnar · CC BY 4.0

Swamp Milkweed

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Photo: Mike Gooley · CC0 1.0

Obedient Plant

Obedient Plant

Physostegia virginiana

Photo: Andrew St. Paul · CC BY 4.0

Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

Wild Bergamot

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Photo: Tom Pollard · CC BY 4.0

Eastern Red Columbine

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Photo: Craig Hensley · CC BY 4.0

Cutleaf Coneflower

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0

Common Milkweed

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe · CC BY 4.0

Heath Aster

Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides

No watering needed Photo: Alex Heyman · CC0 1.0

Smooth Blue Aster

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

No watering needed Photo: Solomiya · CC BY 4.0

Prairie Ironweed

Prairie Ironweed

Vernonia fasciculata

Photo: aarongunnar · CC BY 4.0

Common Yarrow

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Mexican Hat

Mexican Hat

Ratibida columnifera

No watering needed Photo: Theresa Strickler · CC BY 4.0

Common Sunflower

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

No watering needed Photo: Francesco Santoro · CC BY 4.0

Canada Goldenrod

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Photo: Ulrik Andreassen · CC BY 4.0

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Photo: jogarton · CC0 1.0

Common Blue Violet

Common Blue Violet

Viola sororia

Photo: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0

Whorled Milkweed

Whorled Milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

No watering needed Photo: Katherine Teresa · CC0 1.0

Stiff Goldenrod

Stiff Goldenrod

Solidago rigida

Photo: Kallum McDonald · CC0 1.0

Broadleaf Arrowhead

Broadleaf Arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

Photo: M. Whitson · CC BY 4.0

Maximilian sunflower

Maximilian sunflower

Helianthus maximiliani

No watering needed Photo: Jaime González · CC0 1.0

Alumroot

Alumroot

Heuchera richardsonii

Photo: Kallum McDonald · CC0 1.0

Starry Solomon's Seal

Starry Solomon's Seal

Maianthemum stellatum

No watering needed Photo: mel letterman · CC BY 4.0

Giant goldenrod

Giant goldenrod

Solidago gigantea

Photo: Sofia Voynovskaya · CC BY 4.0

Allegheny Monkey Flower

Allegheny Monkey Flower

Mimulus ringens

Photo: Rose Zappa · CC BY 4.0

Blue Vervain

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

Photo: Elias · CC BY 4.0

Evening Primrose

Evening Primrose

Oenothera biennis

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Fringed Loosestrife

Fringed Loosestrife

Lysimachia ciliata

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Jerusalem Artichoke

Jerusalem Artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Photo: Tommy Forrest · CC0 1.0

Tall Goldenrod

Tall Goldenrod

Solidago altissima

Photo: 岸本年郎 · CC BY 4.0

White Avens

White Avens

Geum canadense

Photo: Conway Hawn · CC0 1.0

Wood Lily

Wood Lily

Lilium philadelphicum

Photo: Elias · CC BY 4.0

Vines2

Verticals and screens

Virgin's Bower

Virgin's Bower

Clematis virginiana

Photo: Roy Boyle · CC0 1.0

Common hop

Common hop

Humulus lupulus

Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

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