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Native plants in Terre Haute

192 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

89 of them need no watering beyond Terre Haute’s own rainfall

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Redbud

Redbud

Cercis canadensis

No watering neededPhoto: John Thomlinson · CC BY 4.0
River Birch

River Birch

Betula nigra

No watering neededPhoto: wcmorton · CC0 1.0
Tulip Poplar

Tulip Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

Photo: Daniel Atha · CC0 1.0
Sweetgum

Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 1.0
Flowering Dogwood

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

Photo: Maura · CC BY 4.0
Sugar Maple

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Photo: kedmunds11 · CC0 1.0
Shumard Oak

Shumard Oak

Quercus shumardii

No watering neededPhoto: lanechaffin · CC0 1.0
Thornless Honeylocust

Thornless Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Photo: Liviu Chiriac · CC0 1.0
Pin Oak

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Photo: Amelia Tauber · CC BY 4.0
Eastern White Pine

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Photo: TEAMVALOR786 Succulents and cacti, The future of nature is in your hands · CC BY 4.0
Bur Oak

Bur Oak

Quercus macrocarpa

No watering neededPhoto: Reuven Martin · CC0 1.0
Swamp White Oak

Swamp White Oak

Quercus bicolor

Photo: Steven Joyner · CC BY 4.0
White Oak

White Oak

Quercus alba

Photo: sblumen · CC BY 4.0
Boxelder

Boxelder

Acer negundo

Photo: Ryan Sorrells · CC BY 4.0
Pawpaw

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Photo: Farren Dell Rossman · CC BY 4.0
Common Hackberry

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Photo: Dávid Horváth · CC BY 4.0
American Hornbeam

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Photo: Bonnie Isaac · CC0 1.0
American Linden

American Linden

Tilia americana

Photo: Tom Scavo · CC BY 4.0
Kentucky Coffeetree

Kentucky Coffeetree

Gymnocladus dioicus

No watering neededPhoto: M. Whitson · CC BY 4.0
Spicebush

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
American Sycamore

American Sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

Photo: ashleyrsteel · CC BY 4.0
American Persimmon

American Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

No watering neededPhoto: Cody Stricker · CC BY 4.0
Blackhaw Viburnum

Blackhaw Viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium

No watering neededPhoto: geosesarma · CC BY 4.0
Sassafras

Sassafras

Sassafras albidum

Photo: Mark Apgar · CC BY 4.0
Silver Maple

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

Photo: Jacob Buchanan · CC0 1.0
American Elm

American Elm

Ulmus americana

Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
Black Cherry

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

No watering neededPhoto: Михайло Жук · CC0 1.0
Northern Catalpa

Northern Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

No watering neededPhoto: mks334 · CC BY 4.0
Black Walnut

Black Walnut

Juglans nigra

No watering neededPhoto: Robbie Hannawacker · CC0 1.0
Shagbark Hickory

Shagbark Hickory

Carya ovata

Photo: Andrew Conboy · CC BY 4.0
White Ash

White Ash

Fraxinus americana

Pussy Willow

Pussy Willow

Salix discolor

Photo: swords · CC0 1.0

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Ninebark

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Photo: jyoung2399 · CC BY 4.0
Hardy Hibiscus

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

Photo: botanygirl · CC BY 4.0
Buttonbush

Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Photo: Gregory Bennett · CC0 1.0
Winterberry

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Photo: Adam Kranz · CC0 1.0
Cutleaf Coneflower

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0
Pawpaw

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Photo: Farren Dell Rossman · CC BY 4.0
Gray Dogwood

Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Photo: nathanstrem · CC BY 4.0
Spicebush

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
American Hazelnut

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

No watering neededPhoto: Mark Richman · CC BY 4.0
Smooth Sumac

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

No watering neededPhoto: Tony KM · CC BY 4.0
Blackhaw Viburnum

Blackhaw Viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium

No watering neededPhoto: geosesarma · CC BY 4.0
Coralberry

Coralberry

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

No watering neededPhoto: Brand R · CC BY 4.0
Sassafras

Sassafras

Sassafras albidum

Photo: Mark Apgar · CC BY 4.0
Pussy Willow

Pussy Willow

Salix discolor

Photo: swords · CC0 1.0
Leadplant

Leadplant

Amorpha canescens

No watering neededPhoto: aarongunnar · CC BY 4.0
Washington Hawthorn

Washington Hawthorn

Crataegus phaenopyrum

Photo: Rochelle Davis · CC BY 4.0
American Spikenard

American Spikenard

Aralia racemosa

Photo: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0
American Bladdernut

American Bladdernut

Staphylea trifolia

Photo: Jesse · CC BY 4.0
Black Raspberry

Black Raspberry

Rubus occidentalis

No watering needed
Eastern Poison Ivy

Eastern Poison Ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

Photo: Ryan · CC0 1.0
Carolina Horsenettle

Carolina Horsenettle

Solanum carolinense

No watering neededPhoto: swords · CC0 1.0

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Big Bluestem

Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardi

No watering needed
Northern Sea Oats

Northern Sea Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

No watering neededPhoto: Gold eagle Kroll · CC BY 4.0
Indiangrass

Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans

No watering neededPhoto: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0
Pennsylvania Sedge

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

No watering neededPhoto: Frog The Kermit · CC BY 4.0
Purple Love Grass

Purple Love Grass

Eragrostis spectabilis

No watering neededPhoto: Reuven Martin · CC0 1.0
Palm Sedge

Palm Sedge

Carex muskingumensis

Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan · CC0 1.0
Gray Sedge

Gray Sedge

Carex grayi

No watering neededPhoto: A. G. · CC0 1.0
Creeping Sedge

Creeping Sedge

Carex laxiculmis

Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée · CC0 1.0
Path Rush

Path Rush

Juncus tenuis

Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 1.0
Virginia Wild Rye

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

Photo: Jason Leduc · CC0 1.0
Eastern Gamagrass

Eastern Gamagrass

Tripsacum dactyloides

No watering neededPhoto: Rich Sommer · CC BY 4.0
Fringed Sedge

Fringed Sedge

Carex crinita

Photo: Trix Niernberger · CC0 1.0
Rosy Sedge

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Photo: Jeremy Atherton · CC BY 4.0
Whitetinge Sedge

Whitetinge Sedge

Carex albicans

Photo: hr_dragonfly · CC BY 4.0
Poverty Oatgrass

Poverty Oatgrass

Danthonia spicata

Photo: botanygirl · CC BY 4.0
Fox Sedge

Fox Sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

Photo: Brandon Corder · CC BY 4.0
Creek Sedge

Creek Sedge

Carex amphibola

Photo: Bonnie Semmling · CC BY 4.0
Eastern Woodland Sedge

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Carex blanda

Photo: Matt Felperin · CC BY 4.0
Ravenfoot Sedge

Ravenfoot Sedge

Carex crus-corvi

Photo: Sarah Fitz · CC0 1.0
Broomsedge Bluestem

Broomsedge Bluestem

Andropogon virginicus

No watering neededPhoto: Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0
Bottlebrush Sedge

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex lurida

Photo: Steven Lamonde · CC BY 4.0
Shortbeak Sedge

Shortbeak Sedge

Carex brevior

No watering neededPhoto: Summit Metro Parks · CC BY 4.0

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Purple Coneflower

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

No watering neededPhoto: Rochelle Davis · CC BY 4.0
Orange Coneflower

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Photo: Kristály Cravens-Liszak · CC BY 4.0
Butterfly Weed

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

No watering neededPhoto: k2018lena · CC0 1.0
Garden Phlox

Garden Phlox

Phlox paniculata

Photo: Andy Wilson · CC0 1.0
Swamp Milkweed

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Photo: Mike Gooley · CC0 1.0
Foxglove Beardtongue

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Photo: Bob Schwartz · CC BY 4.0
Obedient Plant

Obedient Plant

Physostegia virginiana

Photo: Andrew St. Paul · CC BY 4.0
Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

No watering neededPhoto: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
Hardy Hibiscus

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

Photo: botanygirl · CC BY 4.0
Wild Bergamot

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

No watering neededPhoto: Tom Pollard · CC BY 4.0
Eastern Red Columbine

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Photo: Craig Hensley · CC BY 4.0
Great Blue Lobelia

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Photo: Andrew Conboy · CC BY 4.0
Woodland Phlox

Woodland Phlox

Phlox divaricata

No watering neededPhoto: Jacqueline Raiford · CC BY 4.0
Cutleaf Coneflower

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Photo: Ian Wolfe · CC0 1.0
Wild Geranium

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

No watering neededPhoto: sophia_herrmeyer · CC BY 4.0
Virginia Iris

Virginia Iris

Iris virginica

Photo: mfeaver · CC BY 4.0
Common Milkweed

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

No watering neededPhoto: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe · CC BY 4.0
Brown-eyed Susan

Brown-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

No watering neededPhoto: Alexis Williams · CC BY 4.0
Virginia Bluebell

Virginia Bluebell

Mertensia virginica

Photo: Melinda Soltys · CC0 1.0
Heath Aster

Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides

No watering neededPhoto: Alex Heyman · CC0 1.0
Smooth Blue Aster

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

No watering neededPhoto: Solomiya · CC BY 4.0
Prairie Blazing Star

Prairie Blazing Star

Liatris pycnostachya

No watering neededPhoto: Briggs Armstrong · CC BY 4.0
Pinnate Prairie Coneflower

Pinnate Prairie Coneflower

Ratibida pinnata

No watering neededPhoto: Alan Prather · CC BY 4.0
Purple Prairie Clover

Purple Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea

No watering neededPhoto: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 1.0
Virginia Spiderwort

Virginia Spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana

Photo: Cazody · CC0 1.0
Hollow Joe-Pye Weed

Hollow Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium fistulosum

White Wild Indigo

White Wild Indigo

Baptisia alba

No watering neededPhoto: sblumen · CC BY 4.0
Wild Petunia

Wild Petunia

Ruellia humilis

No watering neededPhoto: Michael Burdsall · CC0 1.0
Thin-leaved Mountain Mint

Thin-leaved Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Photo: Ayla · CC BY 4.0
Virginia mountain mint

Virginia mountain mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

No watering neededPhoto: infiniteuniverse · CC0 1.0
Common Yarrow

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

No watering neededPhoto: rappman · CC BY 4.0
Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass

Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Photo: Allen Browne · CC0 1.0

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Virgin's Bower

Virgin's Bower

Clematis virginiana

Photo: Roy Boyle · CC0 1.0
Trumpet Creeper

Trumpet Creeper

Campsis radicans

No watering neededPhoto: Bryant Brumbill-Corral · CC BY 4.0
Virginia Creeper

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

No watering neededPhoto: Tyler Cannon · CC BY 4.0
Pitcher's Clematis

Pitcher's Clematis

Clematis pitcheri

No watering neededPhoto: Textile Ranger · CC0 1.0
Wild Potato Vine

Wild Potato Vine

Ipomoea pandurata

No watering neededPhoto: Becky Dill · CC0 1.0
American Bittersweet

American Bittersweet

Celastrus scandens

No watering neededPhoto: Owen McElroy · CC0 1.0
Summer Grape

Summer Grape

Vitis aestivalis

No watering neededPhoto: Lauren McLaurin · CC BY 4.0
Frost Grape

Frost Grape

Vitis vulpina

No watering neededPhoto: Adrian Gonzalez · CC BY 4.0
Eastern Poison Ivy

Eastern Poison Ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

Photo: Ryan · CC0 1.0
Bristly Greenbrier

Bristly Greenbrier

Smilax tamnoides

No watering neededPhoto: Vince Hale · CC0 1.0

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Northern Maidenhair Fern

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Photo: Jason Hill · CC BY 4.0
Christmas Fern

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

Photo: John Brew · CC BY 4.0
Sensitive Fern

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Photo: laurawies · CC BY 4.0
Interrupted Fern

Interrupted Fern

Osmunda claytoniana

Photo: Richard Littauer · CC BY 4.0
Ebony Spleenwort

Ebony Spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron

No watering neededPhoto: Daniel Atha · CC0 1.0
Broad Beech Fern

Broad Beech Fern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0
Bulblet Fern

Bulblet Fern

Cystopteris bulbifera

Photo: Jaime McGuigan · CC BY 4.0
Marsh Fern

Marsh Fern

Thelypteris palustris

Photo: Анна Митрошенкова · CC BY 4.0

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Whorled Stonecrop

Whorled Stonecrop

Sedum ternatum

Photo: botanygirl · CC BY 4.0

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