Native plants in Sterling Heights

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Eastern Arborvitae Northern White Cedar

Thuja occidentalis

Tulip Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginiana

Freeman Maple

Acer freemanii

Black Tupelo

Nyssa sylvatica

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Paper Birch

Betula papyrifera

Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

Shumard Oak

Quercus shumardii

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Staghorn Sumac

Rhus typhina

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

Swamp White Oak

Quercus bicolor

White Oak

Quercus alba

Boxelder

Acer negundo

Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Scarlet Oak

Quercus coccinea

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

American Linden

Tilia americana

Kentucky Coffeetree

Gymnocladus dioicus

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Common Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea

Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis

Bunchberry

Cornus canadensis

Redosier Dogwood

Cornus sericea

Staghorn Sumac

Rhus typhina

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

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

Monarda punctata

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

Northern Bush Honeysuckle

Diervilla lonicera

Silky Dogwood

Cornus amomum

Cockspur Hawthorn

Crataegus crus-galli

Sassafras

Sassafras albidum

Pasture Rose

Rosa carolina

Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardi

Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Purple Love Grass

Eragrostis spectabilis

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

Palm Sedge

Carex muskingumensis

Gray Sedge

Carex grayi

Seersucker Sedge

Carex plantaginea

Creeping Sedge

Carex laxiculmis

Canada Wild Rye

Elymus canadensis

Soft Rush

Juncus effusus

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

Poverty Oatgrass

Danthonia spicata

Fox Sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Carex blanda

Softstem Bulrush

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

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

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Blazing Star Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Bee Balm Oswego Tea

Monarda didyma

Obedient Plant

Physostegia virginiana

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

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

Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

Woodland Phlox

Phlox divaricata

Blue Flag Iris

Iris versicolor

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Virginia Iris

Iris virginica

Rattlesnake master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Coral Bells

Heuchera americana

Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Rough Gayfeather

Liatris aspera

Virginia Bluebell

Mertensia virginica

Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides

Golden Alexanders

Zizia aurea

Virgin's Bower

Clematis virginiana

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Limber Honeysuckle

Lonicera dioica

American Bittersweet

Celastrus scandens

Summer Grape

Vitis aestivalis

Hedge Bindweed

Calystegia sepium

Eastern Poison Ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

Bristly Greenbrier

Smilax tamnoides

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

Ebony Spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron

Goldie's Wood Fern

Dryopteris goldieana

Broad Beech Fern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Clinton's Wood Fern

Dryopteris x clintoniana

Marsh Fern

Thelypteris palustris