The Native Plant Nursery LLC
Ann Arbor, Michigan
www.nativeplant.com

2010 Plant List

Wildflowers

Plants are available individually or in bulk quantity in quart and plug-size containers. All species listed are Michigan native perennial plants, grown from local Michigan seed sources. Availability changes throughout the growing season. Please call or email to place an order or inquire about current availability. For prices and more about our plants, go to Our Plants. To view our searchable plant list, with pictures and additional information, use our Michigan Plants Database Search.

Latin Name

Common Name
  • Achillea millefolium
  • Yarrow
  • Acorus calamus
  • Sweet-flag; calamus
  • Actaea pachypoda
  • White Baneberry; Doll's-eyes
  • Agastache nepetoides
  • Yellow Giant Hyssop
  • Agrimonia gryposepala
  • Tall Agrimony
  • Agrimonia parviflora
  • Swamp Agrimony
  • Allium cernuum
  • Nodding Wild Onion
  • Amphicarpaea bracteata
  • Hog-peanut
  • Anemone cylindrica
  • Thimbleweed
  • Anemone virginiana
  • Thimbleweed
  • Angelica atropurpurea
  • Angelica
  • Apocynum cannabinum
  • Indian Hemp; Hemp Dogbane
  • Aralia racemosa
  • Spikenard
  • Asclepias incarnata
  • Swamp Milkweed
  • Asclepias syriaca
  • Common Milkweed
  • Asclepias tuberosa
  • Butterfly-weed
  • Asclepias verticillata
  • Whorled Milkweed
  • Aster cordifolius
  • Heart-leaved Aster
  • Aster ericoides
  • Heath Aster
  • Aster firmus
  • Smooth Swamp Aster
  • Aster laevis
  • Smooth Aster
  • Aster lateriflorus
  • Calico Aster
  • Aster novae-angliae
  • New-England Aster
  • Aster oolentangiensis
  • Sky Blue Aster
  • Aster sagittifolius
  • Arrow-leaved Aster
  • Aster shortii
  • Short's aster
  • Aster umbellatus
  • Tall Flat-top White Aster
  • Bidens connatus
  • Purple-stemmed tickseed
  • Boehmeria cylindrica
  • False Nettle
  • Cassia hebecarpa
  • Wild Senna
  • Chelone glabra
  • Turtlehead
  • Cirsium discolor
  • Pasture-thistle
  • Cirsium muticum
  • Swamp-thistle
  • Clematis virginiana
  • Virgin's bower
  • Coreopsis lanceolata
  • Sand coreopsis
  • Coreopsis tripteris
  • Tall coreopsis
  • Cryptotaenia canadensis
  • Honewort
  • Desmodium canadense
  • Showy tick-trefoil
  • Dioscorea villosa
  • Wild yam
  • Erigeron pulchellus
  • Robin's plantain
  • Eupatorium maculatum
  • Joe-pye weed
  • Eupatorium perfoliatum
  • Common boneset
  • Eupatorium purpureum
  • Purple joe-pye weed
  • Eupatorium rugosum
  • White snakeroot
  • Fragaria virginiana
  • Wild strawberry
  • Geranium maculatum
  • Wild geranium
  • Gnaphalium obtusifolium
  • Sweet Everlasting
  • Helenium autumnale
  • Sneezeweed
  • Helianthus divaricatus
  • Woodland sunflower
  • Helianthus giganteus
  • Tall sunflower
  • Helianthus strumosus
  • Pale-leaved sunflower
  • Heliopsis helianthoides
  • False sunflower
  • Heracleum maximum
  • Cow-parsnip
  • Heuchera americana
  • Alum root
  • Hypericum ascyron
  • Giant st. john's-wort
  • Iris virginica
  • Southern blue flag
  • Juncus effusus
  • Soft-stemmed rush
  • Juncus tenuis
  • Roadside rush; path rush
  • Lespedeza capitata
  • Round-headed bush-clover
  • Lespedeza violacea
  • Violet bush-clover
  • Lespedeza virginica
  • Slender bush-clover
  • Liatris aspera
  • Rough blazing star
  • Liatris spicata
  • Marsh blazing star
  • Lobelia cardinalis
  • Cardinal flower
  • Lobelia siphilitica
  • Great blue lobelia
  • Lycopus americanus
  • Common water horehound
  • Lycopus uniflorus
  • Northern bugle weed
  • Lysimachia ciliata
  • Fringed loosestrife
  • Mentha arvensis
  • Wild mint
  • Mimulus ringens
  • Monkey-flower
  • Monarda fistulosa
  • Wild bergamot, Beebalm
  • Monarda punctata
  • Horsemint
  • Oenothera biennis
  • Common evening-primrose
  • Oenothera fruticosa
  • Sundrops
  • Penstemon digitalis
  • Foxglove beard-tongue
  • Penstemon hirsutus
  • Hairy beard-tongue
  • Phryma leptostachya
  • Lopseed
  • Podophyllum peltatum
  • May apple; mandrake
  • Polygonum virginianum
  • Jumpseed
  • Potentilla simplex
  • Old-field or common cinquefoil
  • Pycnanthemum virginianum
  • Common mountain mint
  • Ranunculus hispidus
  • Swamp buttercup
  • Ratibida pinnata
  • Yellow coneflower
  • Rudbeckia hirta
  • Black-eyed susan
  • Rudbeckia laciniata
  • Cut-leaved coneflower
  • Rudbeckia triloba
  • Three-lobed coneflower
  • Rumex orbiculatus
  • Great water dock
  • Scutellaria lateriflora
  • Mad-dog skullcap
  • Senecio aureus
  • Golden ragwort
  • Senecio obovatus
  • Round-leaved ragwort
  • Silphium terebinthinaceum
  • Prairie dock
  • Sisyrinchium angustifolium
  • Stout blue-eyed-grass
  • Solidago caesia
  • Blue-stemmed goldenrod
  • Solidago flexicaulis
  • Zig-zag goldenrod
  • Solidago hispida
  • White goldenrod
  • Solidago nemoralis
  • Grey goldenrod
  • Solidago patula
  • Swamp goldenrod
  • Solidago riddellii
  • Riddell's goldenrod
  • Solidago rigida
  • Stiff goldenrod
  • Solidago rugosa
  • Rough goldenrod
  • Solidago speciosa
  • Showy goldenrod
  • Stachys tenuifolia
  • Smooth hedge nettle
  • Teucrium canadense
  • Wood sage
  • Thalictrum dasycarpum
  • Purple meadow-rue
  • Thalictrum dioicum
  • Early meadow-rue
  • Tradescantia ohiensis
  • Common spiderwort
  • Verbena hastata
  • Blue vervain
  • Verbena stricta
  • Hoary vervain
  • Vernonia missurica
  • Missouri ironweed
  • Veronicastrum virginicum
  • Culver's root
  • Zizia aurea
  • Golden alexanders

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    Grasses, Sedges, Rushes

    Plants are available individually or in bulk quantity in quart and plug-size containers. All species listed are Michigan native perennial plants, grown from local Michigan seed sources. Availability changes throughout the growing season. Please call or email to place an order or inquire about current availability. For prices and more about our plants, go to Our Plants. To view our searchable plant list, with pictures and additional information, use our Michigan Plants Database Search.

    Latin Name

    Common Name
  • Andropogon gerardii
  • Big bluestem grass
  • Brachyelytrum erectum
  • Long-awned Wood Grass
  • Bromus latiglumis
  • Ear-leaved brome
  • Calamagrostis canadensis
  • Blue-joint grass
  • Carex bebbii
  • Bebb's sedge
  • Carex bicknellii
  • Prairie sedge
  • Carex cephalophora
  • Oval-leaf sedge
  • Carex gracillima
  • Slender sedge
  • Carex grayi
  • Gray's sedge
  • Carex normalis
  • Normal sedge
  • Carex sprengelii
  • Sprengel's sedge
  • Carex stipata
  • Awl-fruited sedge
  • Carex stricta
  • Tussock sedge
  • Carex tenera
  • Quill sedge
  • Carex vulpinoidea
  • Fox sedge
  • Elymus villosus
  • Silky wild-rye
  • Eragrostis spectabilis
  • Tumble grass; purple love grass
  • Hystrix patula
  • Bottlebrush grass
  • Panicum implicatum
  • Panic grass
  • Panicum virgatum
  • Switch grass
  • Schizachyrium scoparius
  • Little bluestem grass
  • Scirpus atrovirens
  • Black bulrush
  • Sorghastrum nutans
  • Indian grass
  • Spartina pectinata
  • Cordgrass

    Trees & Shrubs

    Plants are available in quart-size and 1-gallon-size pots. Availability changes throughout the growing season. Please call or email to place an order or inquire about current availability. For prices and more about our plants, go to Our Plants. To view our searchable plant list, with pictures and additional information, use our Michigan Plants Database Search.

    Latin Name

    Common Name
  • Euonymus obovata
  • Creeping Strawberry-bush
  • Juniperus communis
  • Common or ground juniper
  • Juniperus virginiana
  • Red-cedar
  • Physocarpus opulifolius
  • Ninebark
  • Prunus virginiana
  • Choke cherry
  • Quercus rubra
  • Red oak
  • Ribes americanum
  • Wild black currant
  • Rosa palustris
  • Swamp rose
  • Rosa setigera
  • Prairie rose
  • Sambucus racemosa
  • Red-berried elder
  • Staphylea trifolia
  • Bladdernut
  • Viburnum lentago
  • Nannyberry; sheepberry

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    * (asterisk) indicates plants available from The Native Plant Nursery, 2010.
    + Click on a plant picture or link for additional plant information.

    this database is provided by The Native Plant Nursery LLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, www.nativeplant.com
    All the plants we grow are native to Michigan and originate from Michigan collected seed or plants.
    To learn more about our plants and pricing, visit the page about our plants.
    or you can download a copy of our 2010 Plant List.pdf.

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