Scientific name |
Common Name |
Flower |
Habitat |
Height |
Aesculus pavia |
Red Buckeye |
Red fls Apr-May |
Woodland |
10-15' |
Allium tricoccum |
Wild Leek |
White fls Jun-Jul |
Woodland |
|
Aquilegia canadensis |
Wild Columbine |
Red fls Apr-Jun |
Woodland |
2-3' |
Aralia racemosa |
Spikenard |
Creamy white clusters |
Open Woodland |
2-4' |
Aralia spinosa |
Devil's Walking Stick |
Creamy white |
Woodland |
10-20' |
Arisaema dracontium |
Green Dragon |
Green fls May-Jun, red fruit fall |
Woodland |
2' |
Arisaema triphyllum |
Jack-in-the Pulpit |
Green fls May-Jun, red fruit fall |
Woodland |
2' |
Aruncus dioicus |
Goatsbeard |
Creamy white |
Woodland |
3-4' |
Asarum canadense |
Wild Ginger |
Burgundy fls Mar-May |
Mesic Woodland |
6-8" |
Aster anomalus |
Soft Blue Aster |
Lt blue fls Jul-Sep |
Woodland |
2-3' |
Aster drummondii |
Drummond Aster |
Lt blue fls Aug-Oct |
Savanna |
2' |
Aster furcatus |
Forked Aster |
White fls July-Aug |
Woodland |
2' |
Aster patens |
Purple Daisy |
Blue |
Woodland |
2-3' |
Athyrium filix-femina |
Lady Fern |
|
Woodland |
2' |
Athyrium pycnocarpon |
Narrow leaved Spleenwort |
Tall narrow fronds |
Woodland |
2-3' |
Blephilia ciliata |
Ohio Horsemint |
Lavender fls Apr-Jun |
Woodland |
2' |
Botrychium virginianum |
Rattlesnake Fern |
|
Woodland |
|
Campanula americana |
American Bellflower |
Biennial blue |
Woodland |
5' |
Carex buxbaumii |
Buxbaum's Sedge |
|
Prairies and Fens |
1-2' |
Carex crus-corvi |
Raven's Foot Sedge |
|
Wet Woodland |
1-2' |
Carex frankii |
Frank's Sedge |
|
Wetland |
1-2' |
Carex glaucodea |
Blue sedge |
|
Open Woodland |
1' |
Carex grayi |
Gray's Sedge |
Round seedheads May-Jul |
Woodland |
2-3' |
Carex hyalinolepis |
Shoreline Sedge |
|
Wetland |
2-3' |
Carex hystericina |
Bottlebrush Sedge |
May-July |
Wet Woodland |
2-3' |
Carex jamesii |
Grass Sedge |
Spring fls inconspicuous |
Savanna |
1' |
Carex muskingumensis |
Palm Sedge |
Seed heads Jun-Sep |
Wetland |
1-2' |
Caulophyllum thalicroides |
Blue Cohosh |
Yellow-green fls Apr-May |
Woodland |
|
Chelone glabra |
White Turtlehead |
White fls Aug-Oct |
Wetland |
2-3' |
Chelone obliqua |
Rosy Turtlehead |
Rosy purple fls Jul-Aug |
Wetland |
3' |
Cimicifuga racemosa |
Black Cohosh |
White fls Apr-Jun on tall spikes |
Woodland |
4' |
Collinsia verna |
Blue-eyed-Mary |
Blue & White |
Woodland and Savanna |
1' |
Cystopteris fragilis |
Fragile Fern |
Spores on underside of fronds |
Woodland |
1-2' |
Delphinium tricorne |
Dwarf Larkspur |
Purple or white fls Apr-May |
Woodland |
|
Diarrhena obovata |
American Beakgrain |
Shiny dark green leaves |
Savanna |
2' |
Dicentra cucullaria |
Dutchman's Breeches |
Lt Pink fls Mar-Apr |
Woodland |
|
Dryopteris goldiana |
Goldies Fern |
|
Woodland |
|
Elymus hystrix |
Bottlebrush Grass |
Seed heads Jun-Aug |
Dry Woodland |
2-4' |
Euonymus americanus |
Strawberrybush |
Yellowish May-June |
Woodland |
5-7' |
Eupatorium maculatum |
Joe Pye Weed |
Purple fls Aug-Sep |
Wetland |
5-8' |
Eupatorium purpureum |
Joe Pye Weed |
Mauve fls Jul-Sep |
Woodland |
4-6' |
Geranium maculatum |
Wild Geranium |
Pink fls Apr-May |
Woodland |
2' |
Heuchera villosa |
Alumroot |
White |
Woodland and Bluff |
2' |
Hydrangea arborescens |
Wild Hydrangea |
White fls May-Jul |
Woodland and Bluff |
3-5' |
Hydrastis canadensis |
Goldenseal |
White fls Mar-Apr |
Woodland |
|
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum |
Woolen Breeches |
Lt pink fls summer |
Woodland |
2' |
Impatiens capensis |
Wild Impatiens |
Orange fls Jun-Oct |
Wetland |
3-5' |
Iodanthus pinnatifidus |
Purple Rocket |
Lilac fls May-Jun |
Floodplain |
2' |
Iris cristata |
Dwarf Crested Iris |
Blue/yellow |
Woodland |
1' |
Lindera benzoin |
Spicebush |
Yellow fls Mar-Apr |
Woodland |
8-12' |
Maianthemum racemosum |
Soloman's Plume |
Creamy white |
Woodland |
2' |
Matteuccia struthiopteris |
Ostrich Fern |
|
Woodland |
3-5' |
Mertensia virginica |
Virginia Bluebells |
Lt blue fls Mar-Apr |
Woodland |
2' |
Osmorhiza longistylis |
Sweet Cicely |
White fls Apr-Jun |
Woodland |
2-3' |
Osmunda regalis |
Royal Fern |
|
Woodland |
|
Phacelia purshii |
Miami Mist |
Annual. White |
Woodland |
1' |
Phlox divaricata |
Wild Sweet William |
Fragrant blue fls Apr-May |
Woodland |
1' |
Phlox maculata |
Meadow Phlox |
Rose Pnk fls Jun-Jul |
Woodland |
3-4' |
Phlox paniculata |
Garden Phlox |
Purple fls Jul-Oct |
Woodland |
5' |
Polemonium reptans |
Jacob's Ladder |
Blue |
Woodland |
1-2' |
Polygonatum biflorum var commutatum |
Soloman's Seal |
Green fls May-Jun |
Woodland |
3' |
Polygonum virginianum |
Virginia Knotweed |
White fls Jul-Oct |
Woodland |
3' |
Polystichum acrostichoides |
Christmas Fern |
Evergreen |
Woodland |
2' |
Rudbeckia laciniata |
Wild Golden Glow |
Yellow fls Aug-Sep |
Wet Woodland |
4-6' |
Rudbeckia triloba |
Brown-eyed Susan |
Yellow fls in summer |
Savanna |
3-5' |
Sanguinaria canadensis |
Bloodroot |
Pure White fls Mar-Apr |
Woodland |
|
Scutellaria ovata |
Heart-leaved Skullcap |
Blue |
Woodland |
2' |
Senecio glabellus |
Butterweed |
Yellow fls Apr-Jun |
Woodland |
|
Senecio obovatus |
Round-leaved Ragwort |
Yellow fls Apr-May |
Woodland |
1' |
Silene stellata |
Starry Campion |
White fls Jun-Jul |
Woodland |
2' |
Solidago rugosa |
Rough-leaved Goldenrod |
Yellow fls in fall |
Savanna |
3-4' |
Spigelia marilandica |
Indian Pink |
Red fls Jun-Jul |
Woodland |
2-3' |
Stylophorum diphyllum |
Celandine Poppy |
Yellow fls Mar-Apr |
Woodland |
2' |
Thelypteris hexagonoptera |
Braod-beech Fern |
Winged fronds |
Woodland |
1-2' |
Tradescantia ernestiana |
Palmer's Spiderwort |
Pink fls Apr-May |
Woodland |
2' |
Tradescantia subaspera |
Ziz-zag Spiderwort |
Lavender fls Jul-Sep |
Woodland and Streambank |
3' |
Trillium flexipes |
White Wake Robin |
White fls Apr-May |
Woodland |
|
Trillium recurvatum |
Purple Wake Robin |
Dk Red fls Mar-May |
Woodland |
|
Trillium sessile |
Toadshade |
Dk Red fls Apr-May |
Woodland |
|
Uvularia grandiflora |
Bellwort |
Yellow fls Apr-May |
Woodland |
2' |
Viola pubescens |
Yellow Violet |
White fls Apr-May |
Woodland |
1' |
Viola sororia f priceana |
Confederate Violet |
Purple fls Mar-May |
Woodland |
1' |
Woodsia obtusa |
Common Wood Fern |
|
Woodland |
1' |
