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WEST VIRGINIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

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Gardening with WV native plants

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PRESENTED BYTHE WEST VIRGINIA NATIVE PLANT 

SOCIETY

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West VirginiaNATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

The purpose of the West Virginia Native Plant Societyis to promote the preservation and conservation of the

native plants and vegetation of West Virginiaand to further the education of the general publicon the values of native plants and vegetation.

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HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

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Oswego Tea/Bee Balm

Monarda didyma

July ‐ Aug.

2‐3’

Partial shade

Butterflies

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Oswego Tea/Bee Balm

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Wild Bergamot

• Monarda fistulosa

Summer

2‐3’

Full sun

Butterflies

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Wild Bergamot

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Wild Bergamot

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Blazing Star

• Liatris spicata

July to August

2‐3’

Full sun

Butterflies

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Blazing Star

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Cardinal flower

• Lobelia cardinalis

�July – August

3’

Partial shade

Butterflies

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Cardinal Flower

Photo: Carolyn Barker

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Cardinal Flower

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Butterfly weed

Asclelpias tuberosa

June to July

2’

Full sun

Butterflies

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Butterfly weed

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Common Milkweed

• Asclepias syriaca

June

3’

Full sun

Butterflies

Host plant for butterfly caterpillar

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Common Milkweed

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Common Milkweed

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New England Aster

• Symphyotrichum

novae‐angliaeSeptember

3‐4’

Full sun

Butterflies

Host plant for butterfly caterpillars

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New England Aster

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Smooth Aster

• Symphyotrichum laeve

September

3‐4’

Full sun

Butterflies

Host plant for butterfly caterpillars 

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Smooth Aster

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Wild Blue Indigo

• Baptisia australis

May

3’

Full sun

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Wild Blue Indigo

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Virginia Bluebells

• Mertensia virginica

April

2’

Partial shade

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Virginia Bluebells

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Wild Geranium

• Geranium maculatum

April – May

2’

Partial shade

Butterflies

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Geranium

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Wild Columbine

• Aquilegia canadensis

May

2‐3’

Partial shade

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Wild Columbine

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Wild Columbine

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Joe‐Pye Weed

• Eupatorium

purpureum

September

8’

Full sun

Butterflies

May spread aggressively

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Joe‐Pye Weed

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Jerusalem Artichoke

• Helianthus tuberosus

September

6‐9’

Full sun

May spread aggressively

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Jerusalem Artichoke

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Spiderwort

• Tradescantia virginiana

May – June

2’

Full sun

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Spiderwort

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Culver’s Root

• Veronicastrum virginicum

Mid‐Summer

6’

Full sun

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Culver’s Root

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SHRUBS

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SPICEBUSH

• Lindera benzoin

Flowers in AprilRed berries in September

10’

Host plant for butterfly caterpillars

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Spicebush

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Spicebush

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Spicebush Swallowtail(Papilio troilus)

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BLACK HAW

• Viburnum prunifolium

Flowers in May

Bluish‐black fruit ripens in the Fall

12’

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Black Haw

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Black Haw

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Witchhazel

• Hammamelis virginiana

Yellow Fall foliage

Yellow fringed flowers in November

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Witchhazel

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Bursting Heart

• Euonymus americana

Reddish Fall foliage

Showy red fruit in Fall

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Bursting Heart

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Common Hazelnut

• Corylus americana

Catkin‐bearing in March

4‐5’

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Common Hazelnut

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Common Hazelnut

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Eastern Wahoo

• Euonymus 

atropurpurea

Reddish Fall foliage

Showy red fruit 

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Eastern Wahoo

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Additional Herbaceous Plants

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Wild Senna

• Senna marilandica

Yellow legume flower

July

4’

Full sun

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Wild Senna

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Great Blue Lobelia

• Lobelia siphilitica

Flowers in a spike

July – August

3’

Partial shade

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Great Blue Lobelia

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Mist Flower

• Conoclinium coelestinum

September

2’

Partial shade

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Mist Flower

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Ironweed

• Vernonia altissima

August – September

6’

Full sun

Butterflies

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Ironweed

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Sweet Goldenrod

• Solidago odora

September

4’

Full sun

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Sweet Goldenrod

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Tall Bellflower

• Campanulastrum 

americanum

Mid‐summer

3‐4’

Partial shade

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Tall Bellflower

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Goatsbeard

• Aruncus dioicus

June

4‐5’

Partial shade

Butterflies

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Goatsbeard

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Brown‐eyed Susan

• Rudbeckia triloba

Mid‐summer

2’

Full sun

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Brown‐eyed Susan

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Swamp Milkweed

• Asclepias incarnata

July

3’

Partial shade

Butterflies

Host plant for butterfly caterpillars

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Swamp Milkweed

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Smooth Beardtongue

• Penstemon

laevigatus

June

2-3’

Full sun

Butterflies

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Smooth Beardtongue

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Cup Plant

• Silphium connatum

July – August

6’

Full sun

Butterflies

Spreads aggressively

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Cup Plant

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ADDITIONAL SHRUBS

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SMOOTH ARROWWOOD

• Viburnum 

recognitum

Flowers in Summer

Scarlet  foliage in Fall

6’

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Smooth Arrowwood

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Fringetree

• Chioanthus virginicus

Flowers in May

Butterflies

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Fringetree

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Fragrant Sumac

• Rhus aromatica

Yellow flowers in May

Red berries in FallWith reddish foliage

6’

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Fragrant Sumac

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Maple‐Leaf Viburnum

• Viburnum  acerifolium

White flowers in late Spring

3’

Full sun

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Maple‐Leaf Viburnum

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Maple‐leaf Viburnum

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FERNS

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CHRISTMAS FERN

• Polystichum acrostichoides

Evergreen

Prefers Moist soil

1’

Open or shade

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Christmas Fern

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Royal Fern

• Osmunda regalis

3’

Moist to wet soil

Full sun

showy

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Royal Fern

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Maidenhair Fern

• Adiantum pedatum

1‐2’

Prefers moist soil

shade

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Maidenhair Fern

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Hay‐scented Fern

• Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Lacy leaves

1‐2’ tall

Prefers open areas

Crushed foliage has a scent like fresh hay

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Hay‐scented Fern

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Southern Lady Fern

• Athyrium filix‐femmina

• var. asplenoides

1‐2’

Moist soil

Shade to partial shade

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Benefits of Native Flora

•Evolved locally.  Well adapted to local climate and soil conditions.  

•Requires less maintenance than exotics

•Lends dynamic scope to landscape with their beauty and variety of  textures, shapes, and colors over the seasons.

•Provides shelter, nectar, pollen, and seeds to butterflies, pollinators and birds.  

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BIBLIOGRAPHYStrausbaugh, P. D. And E. L. Core.  1977.  Flora of West Virginia, 2nd. Edition.  West Virginia University Books, Morgantown, WV 1079p

Harmon, Paul J.,  Donna Ford‐Werntz, William Grafton, Editors. 2006 Checklist of the Vascular Flora of West Virginia. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Section, Elkins, WV. 381 p.

Highshoe, Gary. 1987. Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America:  A Planting Design Manual for Environmental Designers.  John Wiley & Sons.

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