Ohio

Native Alternatives to Wildflower Species

Alternatives to Ohio's invasive wildflower species.

INVASIVE SPECIES

Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace)

Hemerocallis fulva (day-lily)

Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket)

Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet)

 

NATIVE ALTERNATIVES

 

Aster ericoides (heath aster)

 

Aster lateriflorus (calico aster)

 

Aster novae-angliae (New England aster)

 

Aster pilosus (common white aster)

 

Aster puniceus (purple-stemmed aster)

 

Eupatorium altissimum (tall boneset)

 

Eupatorium rugosa (white snakeroot)

 

Hybrid lilies - non-native, but non-invasive

 

Lilium canadense (Canada lily)

 

Lilium michiganense (Michigan lily)

 

Oenothera missouriensis (Missouri primrose) *

 

Phlox divaricata (wild blue phlox)

 

Phlox paniculata (garden phlox)

 

Phlox pilosa (downy phlox)

 

Ratibida pinnata (yellow coneflower)

 

Sedum ternatum (wild stonecrop)

 

Solidago rigida (stiff goldenrod)

 

Solidago rugosa (fireworks cultivar)

 

Solidago speciosa (showy golden rod)

 

* indicates native to region, but not Ohio

March 10, 2011

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