Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Pennsylvania SedgeBINOMIAL: Carex Pensylvanica FamilyCyperaceaeCdn Native RangeManitoba, Ontario, QuebecNatural habitatthickets and dry woodland areas; often found near oak treesTyperush or sedgeFeaturesnarrow grass-like semi-evergreen leaves;…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Scarlet Beebalm, Red Bergamot, Oswego teaBINOMIAL: Monarda didyma FamilyLamiaceae (mint)Cdn Native Range Native to OntarioNatural habitatWoodland edgeTypeherbaceous perennialFeaturesBright red showy flower; good cut flower; seed heads…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Butterfly MilkweedBINOMIAL: Asclepias tuberosa FamilyAsclepiadaceae (Milkweed)Cdn Native RangeCanadaNatural habitatFields, open woods or on roadsides; can also be found on stream marginsTypeherbaceous perennialFeaturesdistinctive showy orange…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: New Jersey TeaBINOMIAL: Ceanothus americanus FamilyRhamnaceaeCdn Native RangeOntario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Manitoba.Natural habitatopen woods, woodland edges, limestone, meadowsTypedeciduous shrub; slow growing; non-aggressive despite being…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Pagoda Dogwood BINOMIAL: Cornus alternifolia FamilyCornaceae (Dogwood)Cdn Native Rangehardy to Lake Superior and North Bay; common in southern and central ONNatural habitatforests, open woodlands…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: ServiceberryBINOMIAL: Amelanchier canadensis (also A. arborea, laevis, sanguinea) FamilyRosaceaeCdn Native RangeOntario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEINatural habitatopen areas, edges of treed areasTypewoody deciduous…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: HackberrySCIENTIFIC NAME: Celtis occidentalis FamilyHempCdn Native Rangeall of QU, ON, MNNatural habitatrocky hills and sand dunes to bottomlands on a variety of soils including…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Wild Geranium, cranesbillBINOMIAL: Geranium maculatum FamilyGeraniaceaeCdn Native Rangefrom MN eastward through ON, QU, NS, and NLNatural habitatopen woodlands, wetlands, limestone, rocky soil, etc.Typeherbaceous perennial…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: SilverweedBINOMIAL: Argentina anserina FamilyRosaceaeCdn Native Rangeall provinces and territoriesNatural habitatopen woodlands, roadsides, clear cut areas, waste areas, abandoned fields, disturbed sites, sandy dunes, beaches,…
