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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 (sand/clay)
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 (sand/clay)
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 (sand/clay)
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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