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Wild Ones Handbook
WHAT EVERY WILD ONE SHOULD KNOW
PLANTING A WOODLAND
NATIVE GRASSES, FERNS, SEDGES AND RUSHES
| Canada Anemone* | Anemone canadensis |
| Wild Columbine* | Aquilegia canadensis |
| Silver Sage* | Artemisia ludoviciana |
| Wild Ginger | Asarum canadense |
| Large-leaf Aster* | Aster macrophyllus |
| Coreopsis* | Coreopsis spp. |
| Wild Strawberry | Fragaria virginiana |
| Wild Geranium | Geranium maculatum |
| Prairie Smoke* | Geum triflorum |
| Waterleaf | Hydrophyllum virginianum |
| Blue Wood Phlox | Phlox divaricata |
| False Dragonhead* | Physostegia virginiana |
| Mayapple | Podophyllum peltatum |
| Jacob's Ladder | Polemonium reptans |
| Silverweed | Potentilla anserina |
| Oldfield Cinquefoil | Potentilla simplex |
| Solomon's Plume | Smilacina racemosa |
| Starry Solomon's Plume | Smilacina stellata |
| Zigzag Goldenrod* | Solidago flexicaulis |
| Early Meadowrue* | Thalictrum dioicum |
| Wild Violet | Viola spp. |
*For best results, water deeply after planting and during dry spells. Fertilize with organics such as fish-emulsion, cottonseed and soybean meal, malt-sprouts, compost, leafmold, and bonemeal. Deep-mulch to feed, insulate, control weeds, and hold moisture. Hand-weed diligently, especially in first and second years.
LESS-COMMON, HIGH-QUALITY
NATIVE TREES
AND SHRUBS FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST
| Trees | |
|---|---|
| Shellbark Hickory | Carya laciniosa |
| Hackberry | Celtis occidentalis |
| Hawthorn (various) | Crataegus spp. |
| American Beech | Fagus grandifolia |
| Blue Ash | Fraxinus quadrangulata |
| Kentucky Coffeetree | Gymnocladus dioica |
| Butternut | Juglans cinerea |
| Wild Sweet Crabapple | Malus coronaria |
| Wafer Ash | Ptelea trifoliata |
| Swamp White Oak | Quercus bicolor |
| Shrubs | |
| Mountain Maple | Acer spicatum |
| Running Serviceberry | Amelanchier stolonifera |
| Buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis |
| Silky Dogwood | Cornus amomum |
| Northern Bush Honeysuckle | Diervilla lonicera |
| Leatherwood | Dirca palustris |
| Golden Currant | Ribes aureum |
| Clove Currant | Ribes odoratum |
| Red-berried Elder | Sambucus pubens |
| Russet Buffaloberry | Shepherdia canadensis |
| Bladdernut | Staphylea trifolia |
| Mapleleaf Viburnum | Viburnum acerifolium |
| Witherod Viburnum | Viburnum cassinoides |