Below is a native species table created by KISMA which groups species by type, lists whether they are native to the Upper Peninsula or native regionally, and lists which local nurseries they can be found at. The types of native species included in this table are trees, shrubs, perennials, ground covers, ferns, grasses, sedges, rushes, and vines. Table last updated June of 2023.
Native Species (Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Ground covers, Ferns, Grasses, Sedges, Rushes, Vines)
Scientific name | Common name | Native to the UP | Native regionally (northern half of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) | Available at Flowers by Sleeman (Houghton) | Available at Designs by Nature (Marquette) | Available at Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) | Available at Prairie Nursery (WI) |
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Acer rubrum | red maple | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Acer saccharinum | silver maple | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Acer saccharum | sugar maple | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Acer negundo | boxelder | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Betula alleghaniensis | yellow birch | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Betula papyrifera | paper birch | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Carya cordiformis | bitternut hickory | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Carya ovata | shagbark hickory | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Fagus grandifolia | American beech | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Fraxinus americana | white ash | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Fraxinus nigra | black ash | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Juglans cinerea | butternut | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Juglans nigra | black walnut | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Malus coronaria | wild crabapple | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Malus ioensis | wild crabapple | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Ostrya virginiana | American hop hornbeam, ironwood | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Populus deltoides | eastern cottonwood | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Populus tremuloides | quaking aspen | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Prunus serotina | black cherry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Quercus alba | white oak | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Quercus macrocarpa | bur oak | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Quercus palustris | pin oak | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Quercus rubra | red oak | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Sassafras albidum | sassafras | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Tilia americana | basswood | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Ulmus americana | American elm (blight-resistant variety) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Scientific name | Common name | Native to the UP | Native regionally (northern half of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) | Available at Flowers by Sleeman (Houghton) | Available at Designs by Nature (Marquette) | Available at Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) | Available at Prairie Nursery (WI) |
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Abies balsamea | balsam fir | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Juniperus communis | common juniper | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Larix laricina | tamarack | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Picea glauca | white spruce | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Picea mariana | black spruce | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Pinus banksiana | Jack pine | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Pinus resinosa | red pine | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Pinus strobus | white pine | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Taxus canadensis | Canada yew | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Thuja occidentalis | northern white-cedar | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Tsuga canadensis | eastern hemlock | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Scientific name | Common name | Native to the UP | Native regionally (northern half of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) | Available at Flowers by Sleeman (Houghton) | Available at Designs by Nature (Marquette) | Available at Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) | Available at Prairie Nursery (WI) |
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Acer penslyvanicum | striped maple | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Acer spicatum | mountain maple | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Alnus incana | speckled alder | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Amelanchier arborea | downy serviceberry, shadblow serviceberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Amelanchier humilis | low serviceberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Amelanchier laevis | smooth serviceberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Amelanchier sanguinea | sand serviceberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Amorpha canescens | lead plant | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Aronia melanocarpa | black chokeberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Carpinus caroliniana | ironwood | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey tea | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Celtis occidentalis | common hackberry | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | buttonbush | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Cornus alternifolia | alternate-leaf dogwood | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Cornus amomum | silky dogwood | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Cornus racemosa | gray dogwood | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Cornus sericea (aka C. stolonifera) | red osier dogwood | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Corylus americana | American hazelnut | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Corylus cornuta | beaked hazelnut | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Crataegus mollis | downy hawthorn | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Diervilla lonicera | bush honeysuckle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dirca palustris | leatherwood | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Gaylussacia baccata | black huckleberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Hamamelis virginiana | witchhazel | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Ilex verticillata | winterberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Kalmia polifolia | swamp-laurel | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Myrica gale | sweet gale | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Nemopanthus mucronatus | American mountain holly | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Ostrya virginiana | American hop hornbeam, ironwood | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Physocarpus opulifolius | common ninebark | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Prunus virginiana | chokecherry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Ptelea trifoliata | hoptree | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Rhus aromatica | fragrant sumac | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Rhus glabra | smooth sumac | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Rhus typhina | staghorn sumac | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Ribes americanum | wild black current | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Rosa acicularis | prickly rose | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Rosa arkansana | Arkansas rose | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Rosa blanda | meadow rose, smooth rose | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Rosa setigera | prairie rose | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Rubus flagellaris | northern dewberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Rubus idaeus | red raspberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Rubus occidentalis | black raspberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Rubus parviflorus | thimbleberry | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Salix petiolaris | meadow willow | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Sambucus canadensis | elderberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Shepherdia canadensis | russet buffaloberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Sorbus americana | mountain ash | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Sorbus decora | showy mountain ash | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Spiraea alba | white meadowsweet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Spiraea tomentosa | steeplebush | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Staphylea trifoliata | bladdernut | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Symphoricarpos albus | snowberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Vaccinium angustifolium | low sweet blueberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Vaccinium corymbosum | highbush blueberry | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea | mountain cranberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Viburnum acerifolium | mapleleaf viburnum | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Viburnum dentatum | arrowwood | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Viburnum lentago | nannyberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Viburnum trilobum | highbush cranberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Zanthoxylum americanum | pricklyash | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Scientific name | Common name | Native to the UP | Native regionally (northern half of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) | Available at Flowers by Sleeman (Houghton) | Available at Designs by Nature (Marquette) | Available at Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) | Available at Prairie Nursery (WI) |
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Alnus incana | gray alder | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Alnus viridis | green alder | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Asarum canadense | wild ginger | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Betula pumila | bog birch | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | buttonbush | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Chamaedaphne calyculata | leatherleaf | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Cornus amomum | silky dogwood | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Dirca palustris | leatherwood | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Ilex verticillata | winterberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Salix amygdaloides | peachleaf willow | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Salix discolor | pussy willow | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Salix eriocephala | Missouri River willow | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Salix interior | sandbar willow | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Salix nigra | black willow | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Scientific name | Common name | Native to the UP | Native regionally (northern half of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) | Available at Flowers by Sleeman (Houghton) | Available at Designs by Nature (Marquette) | Available at Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) | Available at Prairie Nursery (WI) |
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Anemone canadensis | Canada anemone | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Antennaria howellii | small pussytoes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Aquilegia canadensis | wild columbine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Asclepias syriaca | common milkweed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Asclepias tuberosa | butterfly weed | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Campanula rotundifolia | harebell | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Capnoides sempervirens (aka Corydalis sempervirens) | rock harlequin | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Caulophyllum thalictroides | blue cohosh | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Coreopsis lanceolata | tickseed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cypripedium parviflorum | lesser yellow lady's slipper | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Echinacea pallida | pale purple coneflower | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Echinacea purpurea | purple coneflower | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Epilobium angustifolium | fireweed | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Eupatorium rugosum | white snakeroot | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Eurybia macrophylla | Aster, Bigleaf | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Geranium maculatum | wild geranium | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Geum triflorum | prairie smoke | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Heliopsis helianthoides | oxeye, sunflower everlasting | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hepatica americana | three-lobed hepatica | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Heuchera americana | alumroot coral bells | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Hydrastis canadensis | goldenseal | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Liatris aspera | Blazing Star, Rough | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Liatris scariosa | Blazing Star, Northern | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Lilium philadelphicum | wood lily | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Lupinus perennis | blue lupine | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mitella diphylla | miterwort | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Oenothera fruticosa | sundrops | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Oligoneuron album | upland white goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Oligoneuron (aka Solidago) rigidum | stiff goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Opuntia humifusa | eastern prickly pear | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Panax quinquefolius | ginseng | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Ratibida pinnata | pinnate prairie coneflower | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rudbeckia fulgida | orange coneflower | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rudbeckia hirta | black-eyed Susan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rudbeckia laciniata | cutleaf coneflower | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Sanguinaria canadensis | bloodroot | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium | blue-eyed grass | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Solidago bicolor | silver-rod | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Solidago caesia | blue-stem goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Solidago hispida | hairy goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Solidago juncea | early goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Solidago nemoralis | old field goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Solidago speciosa | showy goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Solidago ulmifolia | elm-leafed goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Symphyotrichum ciliolatum | aster, northern heart-leaf | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Symphyotrichum ericoides | aster, white heath | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Symphyotrichum laeve | aster, smooth blue | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | aster, sky blue | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Tradescantia ohiensis | spiderwort | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Trillium cernuum | nodding trillium | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Trillium flexipes | bent trillium | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Trillium grandiflorum | white trillium | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Uvularia grandiflora | large-flowered bellwort | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Viola pedata | bird's foot violet | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Scientific name | Common name | Native to the UP | Native regionally (northern half of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) | Available at Flowers by Sleeman (Houghton) | Available at Designs by Nature (Marquette) | Available at Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) | Available at Prairie Nursery (WI) |
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Actaea pachypoda | white baneberry, doll's eyes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Actaea rubra | red baneberry | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Anemone canadensis | Canada anemone | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Anemone quinquefolia | wood anemone | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Anemone virginiana | thimble weed | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Aralia nudicaulis | wild sarsaparilla | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Aralia racemosa | spikenard | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-in-the-pulpit | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Asclepias incarnata | swamp milkweed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Calla palustris | water arum | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Caltha palustris | marsh marigold | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Chelone glabra | turtlehead | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cimicifuga racemosa (aka Actaea racemosa) | black cohosh | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Clintonia borealis | blue bead lily | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Dicentra canadensis | squirrel corn | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's breeches | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Dodecantheon meadia | shooting star | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Erythronium americanum | yellow trout lily | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Eupatorium maculatum (aka Eutrochium maculatum) | spotted Joe-Pye weed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Eupatorium perfoliatum | boneset | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Euthamia graminifolia | grass-leaved goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Filipendula rubra | queen of the prairie | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gentiana andrewsii | bottle gentain | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Gentianopsis virgata | lesser fringed gentian | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Helenium autumnale | Helen's flower, sneezeweed | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Hepatica americana | round-lobed hepatica | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Iris versicolor | blue flag iris | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Liatris spicata | spiked blazing star | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lilium michiganensis | Michigan Lily | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Lobelia cardinals | cardinal flower | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lobelia inflata | Indian tobacco | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Lobelia siphilitica | great blue lobelia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lupinus perennis | blue lupine | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Maianthemum racemosum | false Solomon's seal | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mertensia paniculata | northern bluebells | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Mertensia virginica | Virginia bluebells | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Mimulus ringens | monkey flower | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Monarda didyma | beebalm | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Monarda fistulosa | wild bergamot | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Oligoneuron (aka Solidago) ohioense | Ohio goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Packera aura | golden ragwort | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Penstemon digitalis | foxglove beardtongue | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Penstemon hirsutus | hairy beardtongue | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Phlox divaricata | wild blue phlox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Physostegia virginiana | false dragonhead | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Polygonatum pubescens | Solomon's seal | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Solidago flexicaulis | zig zag goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Solidago gigantea | late goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Solidago patula | swamp goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Solidago rugosa | rough-stem goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Solidago uliginosa | bog goldenrod | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Stylophorum diphyllum | celandine poppy | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England aster | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Symphyotrichum puniceum | Aster, Smooth Swamp | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Teucrium canadense | wood sage | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Thalictrum dasycarpum | purple meadow rue | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Thalictrum pubescens | tall meadow rue | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia spiderwort | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Trientalis (new genus = Lysimachia) borealis | starflower | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Verbena hastata | blue vervain | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's root | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Viola cucullata | marsh blue violet | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Viola pubescens | yellow violet | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Viola sororia | hooded violet | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Zizia aurea | golden Alexanders | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Scientific name | Common name | Native to the UP | Native regionally (northern half of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) | Available at Flowers by Sleeman (Houghton) | Available at Designs by Nature (Marquette) | Available at Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) | Available at Prairie Nursery (WI) |
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Antennaria howellii | small pussytoes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Antennaria neglecta | pussytoes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | bearberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Asarum canadense | wild ginger | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania sedge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Carex plantaginea | plantainleaf sedge | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Carex platyphylla | broadleaf sedge | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Carex stricta | tussock sedge | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Cornus canadensis | bunchberry | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Fragaria virginiana | common strawberry | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gaultheria procumbens | wintergreen, teaberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Gaylussacia baccata | black huckleberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Hepatica americana | round-lobed hepatica | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Jeffersonia diphylla | twinleaf | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Junipers horizontalis | horizontal juniper | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Maianthemum canadense | Canada mayflower | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Mitchella repens | partridgeberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Podophyllum peltatum | mayapple | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Potentilla tridentata | three-toothed cinquefoil | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata | shrubby fivefingers | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Tiarella cordifolia | eastern foamflower | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea | mountain cranberry | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Waldsteinia fragarioides | barren strawberry | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Scientific name | Common name | Native to the UP | Native regionally (northern half of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) | Available at Flowers by Sleeman (Houghton) | Available at Designs by Nature (Marquette) | Available at Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) | Available at Prairie Nursery (WI) |
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Adiantum pedatum | maidenhair fern | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Athyrium filix-femina | lady fern | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Botrychium virginianum | rattlesnake fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Cryptogramma stelleri | slender rock break | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Cystopteris fragilis | brittle bladder fern, fragile fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Dennstaedtia punctilobula | hayscented fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Dryopteris cristata | crested wood fern | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Dryopteris filix-mas | male fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Dryopteris goldiana | Goldie's fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Dryopteris intermedia | evergreen wood fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Dryopteris marginalis | marginal shield fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Gymnocarpium dryopteris | oak fern | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Matteuccia struthiopteris | ostrich fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Onoclea sensibilis | sensitive fern | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Osmunda cinnamomea | cinnamon fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Osmunda claytoniana | interrupted fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Osmunda regalis | royal fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Pellaea atropupurea | purple cliffbrake | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Phegopteris hexagonoptera | broad beech fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Polypodium virginianum | rock polypody | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
Polystichum braunii | Braun's holly fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Pteridium aquilinum | bracken fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Thelypteris palustris | marsh fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Woodsia obtusa | blunt-lobed woodsia | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Woodwardia virginica | chain fern | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Scientific name | Common name | Native to the UP | Native regionally (northern half of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) | Available at Flowers by Sleeman (Houghton) | Available at Designs by Nature (Marquette) | Available at Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) | Available at Prairie Nursery (WI) |
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Acorus calamus | sweetflag | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Andropogon gerardi | big bluestem | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Andropogon virginicus | broomsedge | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Carex muskingumensis | palm sedge | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania sedge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Carex plantaginea | plantain sedge | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Carex platyphylla | broadleaf sedge | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Deschampsia cespitosa | tufted hairgrass | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Elymus canadensis | Canada wild rye | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Elymus glaucus | blue wild rye | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Eragrostis spectabilis | purple lovegrass | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Juncus effusus | common rush | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Panicum virgatum | switchgrass | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Schizacharium scoparium | little bluestem | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Scirpus cyperinus | bulrush woolgrass | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indian grass | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Spartina pectinata | prairie cord-grass | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Sporobolus heterolepis | prairie dropseed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tridens flavus | purpletop | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Scientific name | Common name | Native to the UP | Native regionally (northern half of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) | Available at Flowers by Sleeman (Houghton) | Available at Designs by Nature (Marquette) | Available at Prairie Moon Nursery (MN) | Available at Prairie Nursery (WI) |
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Celastrus scandens | American bittersweet | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Clematis virginiana | Virgin's Bower | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Lonicera dioica | limber honeysuckle | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Menispermum canadense | moonseed | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Vitis riparia | riverbank grape | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |