Native Plants Growing in the Creekhouse Garden (2013)

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1 alternate-leaf dogwood Cornus alternifolia transplanted from other garden American harebell Campanula rotundifolia American spikenard Aralia racemosa Appalachian sedge Care appalachica arrow-leaved violet Viola sagittata wild-growing Viburnum dentatum var. arrowwood planted donated potted plant lucidum awl aster pilosum wild-growing big bluestem Andropogon gerardii grown from wild-collected seeds black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa s bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis transplanted from other garden blue vervain Verbena hastata? grown from wild-collected seeds blue wood-aster cordifolium transplanted from other garden blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium s blueflag Iris versicolor s bluet Houstonia caerulea s, divided and broad-leaved sedge Care platyphylla browneyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba wild-growing and freely self-seeding butterfly-weed Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior collected in garden page 1 of 7

2 buttonbush calico aster Cephalanthus occidentalis lateriflorum s wild-growing Canada lily Lilium canadense? transplanted from other garden cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis grown from wild-collected seeds and from seeds collected in garden charming woodland sedge Care blanda transplanted from other garden Christmas fern common elderberry Polystichum acrostichoides Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis common milkweed Asclepias syriaca growing wild common violet Viola sororia transplanted from other garden, freely spreading common woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus transplanted from other garden Culver's-root Veronicastrum virginicum cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata downy skullcap* Scutellaria incana early meadow-rue Thalictrum dioicum eastern willow-herb Epilobium coloratum wild-growing field pussytoes Antennaria neglecta transplanted from other garden fringed sedge Care crinita transplanted from other garden germander Teucrium canadense wild-growing page 2 of 7

3 giant Solomon's seal Polygonatum biflorum transplanted from other garden golden ragwort Packera aurea transplanted from other garden Goldie's wood fern Dryopteris goldiana gray goldenrod Solidago nemoralis? grown from wild-collected seeds? great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica collected in garden hairy lip-fern* Cheilanthes lanosa heath aster grown from wild-collected seeds ericoides herb-robert Geranium robertianum wild-growing hoary mountain-mint Pycnanthemum incanum transplanted from other garden hollow Joe-Pye weed Eutrochium fistulosum hop sedge Care lupulina transplanted from other garden Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans lady fern little bluestem Athyrium fili-femina ssp. angustum Schizachyrium scoparium, also many transplanted from other garden, transplanted from other garden, grown from wild-collected seeds, seeds broadcast lupine** Lupinus sp. collected in garden, seeds broadcast maidenhair-fern Adiantum pedatum page 3 of 7

4 marginal wood fern Dryopteris marginalis meadow-sweet Spiraea alba var. latifolia? transplanted from other garden Missouri willow Sali eriocephala grown from wild cuttings monkey-flower Mimulus ringens, freely spreading moss-phlo* Phlo subulata New England aster, blue variety novaeangliae grown from wild-collected seeds, selfseeding, New England aster, pink variety novaeangliae grown from wild-collected seeds, selfseeding, New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus New York ironweed* Vernonia noveboracensis nodding ladies'-tresses Spiranthes cernua northern bush-honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera planted donated potted plant oblong-leaf serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis ostrich fern Matteuccia struthiopteris and transplanted from other garden path rush Juncus tenuis wild-growing Pennsylvania catchfly Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica s, barely hanging on Pennsylvania sedge Care pensylvanica s, spreads freely plantain-leaved sedge Care plantaginea page 4 of 7

5 purple lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis purple-stemmed aster planted from donated seedlings puniceum purple-top Tridens flavus grown from donated, wild-collected seeds red chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia red osier dogwood Cornus sericea rough avens Geum laciniatum grown from wild-collected seeds rough-leaved goldenrod Solidago patula grown from wild-collected seeds Schreber's aster Eurybia schreberi grown from wild-collected seeds seedbo Ludwigia alternifolia grown from wild-collected seeds, and from seeds collected in garden sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis transplanted from other garden shallow sedge Care lurida transplanted from other garden showy goldenrod Solidago speciosa collected in garden showy tick-trefoil Desmodium canadense grown from wild-collected seeds slender mountain-mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium transplanted from other garden, also grown from wild-collected seeds?, smooth blue aster laeve grown from wild-collected seeds smooth shadbush Amelanchier laevis page 5 of 7

6 spotted Joe-Pye weed Eutrochium maculatum wild-growing spotted spurge Chamaesyce maculata wild-growing squarrose sedge Care squarrosa grown from wild-collected seeds steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa? transplanted from other garden stiff aster Ionactis linariifolium s striped cream violet* Viola striata transplanted from other garden swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata, also grown from wildcollected seeds swamp rose Rosa palustris grown from wild-collected seeds sweet fern Comptonia peregrina, freely spreading sweet gale Myrica gale sweetflag Acorus sp. three-toothed cinquefoil Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, freely spreading trumpet honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens transplanted from other garden, and Turk's cap lily Lilium superbum grown from bulblets turtlehead Chelone glabra, spreading virgin-bower Clematis virginiana wild-growing Virginia bluebells Mertensia virginica Parthenocissus Virginia creeper quinquefolia wavy hair grass Avenella fleuosa page 6 of 7

7 white beard-tongue Penstemon digitalis wild-growing, self-seeding, transplanted within garden white panicle aster lanceolatum wild-growing wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa transplanted from other garden and within garden wild columbine Aquilegia canadensis transplanted from other garden, freely reseeds itself wild ginger Asarum canadense transplanted from other garden wild senna Senna hebecarpa transplanted from other garden wild strawberry Fragaria virginiana wild-growing and transplanted within garden wild-indigo Baptisia tinctoria yellow avens Geum aleppicum grown from wild-collected seeds page 7 of 7

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