Category: Wildflowers

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description

Appearance: Lysimachia borealis is a herbaceous perennial known for its delicate white, star-shaped flowers and lance-shaped leaves.

Leaves: The leaves are lance-shaped and usually opposite along the stem.

Flowers: The plant produces small, white, star-shaped flowers with yellow centers. These flowers are typically arranged singly or in loose clusters.

Habitat: It is commonly found in wetlands, including bogs and marshes, as well as along the edges of ponds and streams.

Distribution: Boreal loosestrife is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found in large brush island

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description

Appearance: Polemonium reptans is a herbaceous perennial known for its pinnately compound leaves and clusters of blue, bell-shaped flowers.

Leaves: The leaves are pinnately compound with multiple leaflets.

Flowers: The plant produces clusters of bell-shaped, blue flowers with white centers.

Habitat: It is commonly found in woodlands and along stream banks.

Distribution: Spreading Jacob’s ladder is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found in fern area and large brush island

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description

Appearance: Mitella diphylla is a herbaceous perennial known for its palmately lobed leaves and spikes of small, white flowers.

Leaves: The basal leaves are palmately lobed, with two large, toothed leaflets.

Flowers: The plant produces spikes of small, white, star-shaped flowers.

Habitat: It is commonly found in moist woodlands.

Distribution: Two-leaved bishop’s cap is native to eastern North America.

Occurrence
Found in large brush island and fern section

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description

Appearance: Viola sororia is a herbaceous perennial known for its heart-shaped leaves and deep purple-blue flowers.

Leaves: The leaves are heart-shaped, with scalloped margins.

Flowers: The plant produces deep purple-blue flowers with a white or yellow center.

Habitat: It is commonly found in woodlands, meadows, and open areas.

Distribution: Common blue violet is native to eastern North America.

Occurrence
Found throughout property

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description

Appearance: Clintonia borealis is a woodland perennial known for its basal leaves and clusters of nodding, bell-shaped yellow flowers.

Leaves: The basal leaves are broadly oval and have prominent parallel veins.

Flowers: The plant produces nodding, bell-shaped, yellow flowers with six petals.

Fruit: It bears blue berries.

Habitat: It is commonly found in shaded woodlands.

Distribution: Yellow Clintonia is native to North America.

Occurrence
Planted in fern section and in back 40 wet area

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description

Appearance: Oxalis violacea is a herbaceous perennial known for its trifoliate leaves and small, violet-pink flowers.

Leaves: The leaves are trifoliate, with heart-shaped leaflets.

Flowers: The plant produces small, violet-pink flowers with five petals.

Habitat: It is commonly found in woodlands and open areas.

Distribution: Violet wood sorrel is native to North America.

Occurrence
Planted in several areas where the grass is short.

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description

Appearance: Anemone quinquefolia is a herbaceous perennial known for its solitary white flowers and deeply lobed leaves.

Leaves: The leaves are deeply lobed and palmate in shape.

Flowers: The plant produces solitary, white, five-petaled flowers.

Habitat: It is commonly found in woodlands and shaded areas.

Distribution: Wood anemone is native to eastern North America.

Occurrence
Found throughout wooded area

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description
Appearance: Helenium autumnale is a herbaceous perennial known for its tall stems and bright yellow to orange-red flowers.

Leaves: The leaves are lance-shaped and alternate along the stem.

Flowers: The plant produces daisy-like flowers with yellow to orange-red petals and dark brown centers.

Habitat: It is commonly found in wet meadows and along stream banks.

Distribution: Common sneezeweed is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found along the crick.

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: NO

Description

Appearance: Heliopsis helianthoides is a herbaceous perennial known for its yellow, daisy-like flowers and rough, toothed leaves.

Leaves: The leaves are rough to the touch, lance-shaped, and serrated along the edges.

Flowers: The plant produces bright yellow, daisy-like flowers with dark brown centers.

Habitat: It is commonly found in prairies, meadows, and open woodlands.

Distribution: False sunflower is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found in the prairie areas

Native To State: YES
Naturally Occurring: YES

Description

Appearance: Symphyotrichum lateriflorum is a herbaceous perennial known for its small, white to pale pink flowers with yellow centers.

Leaves: The leaves are lance-shaped and arranged alternately along the stem.

Flowers: The plant produces small, white to pale pink, daisy-like flowers with yellow centers. The flowers are often arranged in a panicle.

Habitat: It is commonly found in woodlands and along the edges of wetlands.

Distribution: Calico aster is native to North America.

Occurrence
Found naturally throughout the property in wetter grassy areas and wood edges.