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Common NameLatin NameCommunitiesPlant TypesSunSpacingHeightColorFlower SeasonSoilSeed Cost OunceSeed Cost Pound   AscDesc   of 2 Common Name Latin Name Image Communities Plant Types Sun Spacing Height Color Flower Season Soil Seed Cost / oz Seed Cost / lb Nodding Wild Onion Allium cernuum Dry Woods, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Forb Sun-psun 1-2 Ft Pink July-Aug 10.00 150.00 Leadplant Amorpha canescens Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Woody Plant Sun-psun 1-3 Ft Purple June-July 15.00 NA Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie Graminoid Sun 5-8 Ft Coarse July-Aug 2.00 8.00 Sky-Blue Aster Aster azureus Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Forb Sun-psun 1-2 Ft Blue Sept 20.00 300.00 Heath Aster Aster ericoides Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 1-2 Ft White Sept-Oct 100.00 NA Smooth Aster Aster laevis Mesic Prairie, Dry Savanna Forb Sun-psun 3-5 Ft Blue Sept-Oct 20.00 300.00 New England Aster Aster novae-angliae Sedge Meadow, Wet Prairie, Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie, Bioretention Forb Sun 3-5 Ft Purple Sept-Oct 20.00 300.00 Panicled Aster Aster simplex Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Woods, Wet Prairie Forb Sun-psun 3-5 Ft White Sept-Oct 30.00 450.00 Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun-psun 2-4 Ft Blue May-June NA NA White False Indigo Baptisia leucantha Dry Prairie, Dry Savanna, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun-psun 3-4 Ft White June-July 20.00 300.00 Cream False Indigo Baptisia leucophaea Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun-Psun 1 ft Cream May 80.00 NA Yellow Fox Sedge Carex annectens var xanthocarpa Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie Graminoid Sun 2-3ft Fine May-June 15.00 225.00 Prairie Oval Sedge Carex bicknellii Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Graminoid Sun 1-2 Ft Fine May 20.00 300.00 Porcupine Sedge Carex hystericina Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie Graminoid Sun 1-2 Ft Medium May-June 20.00 300.00 Wooly Sedge Carex pellita Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie Graminoid Sun 1-2 Fet Medium May NA NA Lance-Fruited Oval Sedge Carex scoparia Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie Graminoid Sun 2-3 Ft Medium May 20.00 300.00 Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie Graminoid Sun-psun 2-3 Ft Fine May-June 8.00 120.00 New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Woody Plant Sun-psun 1-3 Ft White June-July 60.00 NA Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 6-8 Ft Yellow Aug-Sept 20.00 300.00 Illinois Tick Trefoil Desmodium illinoiense Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 3-5 Ft Pink July-Sept 20.00 300.00 Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 4-6 Ft Pink May-June 10.00 150.00 Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna, Dry Woods, Bioretention Forb Sun-psun 3-4 Ft Pink June-Aug 7.00 105.00 Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Graminoid Sun-psun 3-4 Ft Coarse June-July 2.00 12.00 Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium Mesic Prairie, Dry Prairie Forb Sun 3-4 Ft White July-Sept 10.00 150.00 Bottle Gentain Gentiana andrewsii Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie, Wet Prairie Forb Sun 1-2 Ft Blue Sept-Oct 50.00 NA Sawtooth Sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 5-10 Ft yellow Aug-Sept 30.00 450.00 Downy Sunflower Helianthus mollis Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 2-4 Ft Yellow Aug-Sept 40.00 600.00 Western Sunflower Helianthus occidentalis Mesic Prairie, Dry Prairie Forb Sun 2-3 Ft Yellow Aug-Sept 40.00 600.00 Showy Sunflower Helianthus rigidus Mesic Prairie, Dry Prairie, Mesic Woods, Mesic Savanna Forb Sun 3-5 Ft Yellow Aug-Sept 40.00 NA False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna, Mesic Woods Forb Sun-psun 3-5 Ft Yellow July-Sept 7.00 105.00 Round-Headed Bush Clover Lespedeza capitata Mesic Prairie, Dry Prairie Forb Sun 1-2 ft Yellow August - September 10.00 150.00 Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera Dry Prairie, Dry Savanna, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Forb Sun 1-3 Ft Purple Aug-Sept 30.00 450.00 Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 3-5 ft Purple July-Aug 15.00 225.00 Savanna Blazing Star Liatris scariosa nieuwlandii Dry Savanna, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Forb Sun-psun 2-3 Ft Purple Aug-Sept 30.00 450.00 Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie, Sedge Meadow, Bioretention Forb Sun 3-5 Ft Purple July-Aug 15.00 225.00 Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 2-4 Ft Lavender July-Aug 10.00 150.00 Switch Grass Panicum virgatum Wet Mesic Prairie, Bioretention Graminoid Sun 3-5 Ft Medium July-Aug 2.00 8.00 Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium Dry Savanna, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Forb Sun-psun 2-3 Ft White July-Aug 15.00 225.00 Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis Bioretention, Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun-psun 2-3 Ft White June 8.00 120.00 Hairy Penstemon Penstemon hirsutus Dry Prairie, Dry Savanna, Mesic Prairie, Mesic Savanna Forb Sun-psun 1-2 Ft Purple May-June 15.00 225.00 White Prairie Clover Petalostemum candidum Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 1 - 3 ft White June - Sept 15.00 NA Purple Prairie Clover Petalostemum purpureum Dry Prairie, Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 1-2 Ft Purple July-Aug 10.00 150.00 Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie, Wet Prairie Forb Sun 2-4 Ft Pink Aug-Sept 40.00 600.00 Prairie Cinquefoil Potentilla arguta Mesic Prairie, Dry Prairie Forb Sun 2-3 Ft Sulphur July-Aug 10.00 150.00 Narrow-Leaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Mesic Prairie, Dry Prairie Forb Sun 1-2 Ft White July-Aug 30.00 450.00 Common Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum Bioretention, Mesic Prairie, Sedge Meadow, Wet Prairie Forb Sun 1-2 Ft White July-Aug 40.00 600.00 Yellow Coneflower Ratibida pinnata Mesic Prairie, Bioretention Forb Sun 3-5 Ft Yellow July-Aug 7.00 105.00 Orange Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida speciosa Bioretention, Sedge Meadow, Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun 2-3 Ft Gold Aug-Sept 10.00 150.00 Sweet Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie, Bioretention Forb Sun 3-5 Ft Yellow Aug-Sept 8.00 120.00 Brown Eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba   Mesic Prairie, Wet Mesic Prairie Forb Sun-Psun 2-5 ft Yellow June-Oct NA NA of 2