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Scientific Name Common Name(s) Ground cover? Evergreen? Plant Form(s) Tolerates
Allium cernuum Nodding onion No No Herbs Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
Amelanchier canadensis Canadian serviceberry No No Medium Trees Wet conditions, Fire
Andropogon gerardii Big bluestem, Turkeyfoot No No Grasses, Sedges & Rushes Air pollution, Allelopathic plants, Dry soils, drought, Salt, Wet conditions
Antennaria plantaginifolia Plantain-leaved pussytoes, Everlasting, Ladies' tabacco, Mouse ear, Plantain-leaved everlasting, Plantain pussytoes, Pussytoes No No Herbs Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
Aquilegia canadensis Wild columbine, Eastern red columbine No No Herbs Dry soils, drought, Salt
Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly milkweed, Common butterfly weed, Butterfly weed, Common butterfly-weed No No Herbs Dry soils, drought, Salt
Chrysogonum virginianum Green and gold, Golden knees Yes No Herbs Dry soils, drought
Heuchera villosa Hairy alumroot Yes No Herbs
Sisyrinchium angustifolium Narrow-leaved blue-eyed-grass, Narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass, Blue-eyed grass, Bermuda blue-eyed grass , Blue eyes , Grass flower , Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass , Narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass , Sassy grass , Stout blue-eyed grass No No Herbs
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Aromatic aster No No Herbs Dry soils, drought, Poor soil
Thalictrum thalictroides Rue-anemone No No Herbs Dry soils, drought
Tradescantia ohiensis Ohio spiderwort, Smooth spiderwort No No Herbs Dry soils, drought
Vaccinium angustifolium Northern low-bush blueberry, Sugarberry, Low sweet blueberry Yes No Shrubs & Small Trees Salt, Acidic soils
Vaccinium fuscatum Hairy highbush blueberry, Black highbush blueberry No No Shrubs & Small Trees Acidic soils, Wet conditions
Vernonia glauca Upland ironweed, Broad-leaf ironweed, Broadleaf ironweed No No Herbs Dry soils, drought
Viola pedata Bird's foot violet, Birdfoot violet, Bird-foot violet No No Herbs Dry soils, drought
Viola pubescens Downy yellow violet Yes No Herbs Dry soils, drought
Vitis aestivalis Silverleaf grape No No Vines
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