Perennials: List
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| Scientific Name | Common Name | Native | Soil Moisture 1=Dry 2=Med 3=Wet |
Partial shade tolerance | Drought Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High |
Salt Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High |
Pollution tolerance | Compaction tolerance | Flower colour | STEP star! | Illustration |
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| Achillea millefolium ssp. Lanulosa | Common Yarrow | Y | 2 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | Y | O | ☆ | 
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| Agastache foeniculum | Giant Hyssop | Y | 2-3 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | Y | 3 | ☆ | 
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| Alisma plantago-aquatica | American Water-plantain | Y | 3 | 1 | 2 | O | 
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| Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum | Wild Chives | Y | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 
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| Amsonia hubrichtii | Arkansas Blustar flower | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | 3 | .jpg)
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| Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar | 2 | Y | 2 | 1 | 3 | 
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| Anaphalis margaritacea | Pearly Everlasting | Y | 2-3 | 3 | 3 | Y | O | ☆ | 
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| Anemone canadensis | Canada Anemone | Y | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | O | 
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| Antennaria spp. | Pussytoes | Y | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 
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| Aquilegia canadensis | Wild Columbine | Y | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | 1 | 
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| Armeria maritima 'Dusseldorf Pride' | Dusseldorf Pride Sea Thrift | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 
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| Artemisia schmidtiana | Silver Mound Artemesia | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | O | 
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| Aruncus dioicus | Bride's Feathers | 2-3 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | O | 
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| Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Swamp milkweed | Y | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 
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| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed | Y | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2 | ☆ | 
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| Baptisia alba | Rattlebox, White Wild Indigo | 1 | Y | 3 | 3 | O | 
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| Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 
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| Bidens cernua | Nodding Beggar-ticks | Y | 3 | Y | 1 | 2 | Y | 2 | 
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| Bidens frondosa | Devil's Beggar-ticks | Y | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | Y | 2 | 
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| Boltonia asteroides | Boltonia, False Aster | 2 | 2 | 2 | O | ☆ | 
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| Caltha palustris | Marsh Marigold | Y | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
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| Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum | Field Chickweed | Y | 1 | Y | 2 | 2 | O | 
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| Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | Y | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | O | ☆ | File:Chelone glabra.jpg | |||
| Chelone lyonii | Pink Turtlehead e.g. cultivar 'Hot Lips' | Y | 2 | Y | 1 | 1 | 1 | ☆ | 
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| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lance-leaved Coreopsis | Y | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 3 | 2 | 
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| Coreopsis rosea | Pink-flowered Tickseed | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick-trefoil | Y | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | Y | 1 | ||||
| Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata (Aster umbellatus) | Flat-top White Aster | Y | 2-3 | 1 | 2-3 | O | ☆ | ||||
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ☆ | |||||
| Epilobium coloratum | Purple-leaf Willow-herb | Y | 3 | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 1 | |||
| Erigeron pulchellus | Robin's Plantain Fleabane | Y | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Eupatorium maculatum ssp. maculatum | Spotted Joe-pye Weed | Y | 3 | 2 | 2 | Y | 1 | ☆ | |||
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | Y | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 1 | Y | O | |||
| Euthamia graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop | Y | 2 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
| Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana | Common Strawberry | Y | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | O | ||
| Gaillardia aristata | Great Blanket-flower | 2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | ||||
| Geranium maculatum | Wild Crane's-bill / Wild Geranium | Y | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Geum triflorum | Prairie Smoke | Y | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland Sunflower | Y | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | 2 | |||
| Helianthus strumosus | Pale-leaf Sunflower | Y | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2 | ||||
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke | Y | 1 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Oxeye Sunflower | Y | 2 | 2-3 | ? | 2 | |||||
| Hosta ssp. | Hosta (various) | 1-3 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Hydrophyllum virginianum | John's Cabbage / Virginia Waterleaf | Y | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Impatiens capensis | Spotted Touch-me-not | Y | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Iris versicolor | Blue Flag Iris | Y | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ☆ | ||||
| Lespedeza capitata | Round-head Bush-clover | Y | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | Y | O | |||
| Leucanthemum superbum | Shasta Daisy | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | Y | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1 | 3 | ☆ | |||
| Lysimachia ciliata | Fringed Loosestrife | Y | 2 | Y | 2 | 1-2 | 2 | ||||
| Matteucia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica | Ostrich Fern | Y | 2-3 | Y, preferred | 2 | 1-2 | O | ||||
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Bee-balm | Y | 1-3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | Y | 1 | ☆ | ||
| Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern | Y | 2-3 | Y, perferred | 1-2 | 1-2 | O | ||||
| Opuntia fragilis | Spreading Prickly-Pear | Y | 1 | Y | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | Y | 2-3 | Y, preferred | 1-2 | 1 | O | ||||
| Packera paupercula | Balsam Ragweed | Y | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | Y | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | O | ||||
| Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy beardtongue | Y | 1-2 | Y | 3 | ? | 3 | ||||
| Podophyllum peltatum | May Apple | Y | 2 | Y | 1 | ? | O | ||||
| Potentilla anserina | Silverweed | Y | 3 | 3 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | |||
| Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower | Y | 1-2 | 3 | ? | 2 | |||||
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-Eyed Susan | Y | 1-3 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | ☆ | ||||
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-Headed Coneflower, Cut-leaf Coneflower | Y | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
| Salvia spp. | Sage (various) | Y | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 3 | ☆ | |||
| Sedum album | White Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | O | ☆ | ||||
| Sedum hybridum | Hybrid Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | ||||
| Sedum reflexum | Jenny's Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | ||||
| Sedum sexangulare | Tasteless Stonecrop | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | |||
| Sedum spurium | Dragon's Blood Sedum | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 1 | ☆ | ||||
| Sisyrinchium montanum | Strict Blue-eyed-grass | Y | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Solidago altissima var. altissima | Tall Goldenrod | Y | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
| Solidago canadensis var. canadensis | Canada Goldenrod | Y | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
| Solidago flexicaulis | Zig-zag Goldenrod | Y | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | 2 | |||
| Solidago nemoralis ssp. nemoralis | Grey Goldenrod | Y | 1 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
| Solidago patula | Roundleaf Goldenrod | Y | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Solidago ptarmicoides(Oligoneuron album) | Prairie Goldenrod | Y | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | ||||
| Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa | Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod | Y | 2 | 1-2 | 2 | Y | 2 | ||||
| Stachys byzantina | Lambs' Ears | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Heart-leaved Aster | Y | 1 | Y | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | 1 | ☆ | ||
| Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster | Y | 1-2 | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | O | ☆ | ||
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum | Panicled Aster | Y | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | O | ☆ | |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster | Y | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | 3 | ☆ | |
| Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Sky-blue Aster | Y | 1 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | 3 | ☆ | ||
| Symphyotrichum puniceum | Swamp Aster | Y | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3 | ☆ | ||||
| Thalictrum pubescens | Tall Meadow-Rue | Y | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | O | ||||
| Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens | Marsh Fern | Y | 2-3 | Y, preferred | 1 | 1-2 | O | ||||
| Thymus serpyllum | Mother-of-Thyme | 1-2 | 3 | 2-3 | Y | 1 | |||||
| Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort | 2 | Y | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Trichostema brachiatum (Isanthus brachiatus) | False Pennyroyal | Y | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | Y | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | 3 | ☆ | ||
| Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | Y | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | 3 | ||||
| Verbena urticifolia | White Vervain | Y | 2 | Y | 3 | 2 | Y | O | |||
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's root | Y | 2 | 3 | 2 | O | ☆ | ||||
| Waldsteinia fragarioides | Barren Strawberry | Y | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | O | ||||
| Yucca filamentosa | Narrow-Leaved Yucca | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | O | ||||||
| Zizia aurea | Common Alexanders | Y | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | 2 |
