Wild Ones Mid-Mitten chapter - native list for central Michigan counties Shade Scientific Name Common Name Flowers Sun Height Soil Moisture Notes Color-Month Full Part Shade Dry Ave Wet Actea pachypoda White Baneberry white-May X X 1-2 ft X Actea rubra Red Baneberry white-May X X 1-2 ft X Ageratina altissima White Snakeroot white-JulSept X X 2-4 ft X Aralia nuicalis Wild Sarsaparilla white-MayJun X X 1-2 ft X Aralia racemosa Spikenard white-JunAug X X 3-6 ft X Arisaematriphyllum Jack-in-the-Pulpit green-MayJun X X 1-3 ft X D Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue Cohosh white-AprMay X X 1 ft X Eurybia macrophylla Big Leaf Aster violet-AugSept X X 1-3 ft X X N,PP Geranium maculatum Wild Geranium pink- MayJune X X X 1-2 ft X N,PP Heuchera americana Alum Root green-MayJun X X 1-2 ft X False Solomon Seal white-MayJune X X 1-2 ft X Starry Solomon Seal white-MayJuly X X X 1-2 ft X X X Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebells blue-AprMay X X 1-2 ft X Hum Mitella diphyla Bishop's Cap white-May X X 1 ft X X Phlox divaricata Woodland Phlox blue-May X X 1 ft X biflorum True Solomon Seal green-MayJun X X 1-3 ft X Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot white-AprMay X X 1 ft X Solidago caesia Bluestem Goldenrod yellow-AugOct X X X 2-3 ft X X N,PP Solidago flexicaulis Zigzag Goldenrod yellow-AugOct X X 1-2 ft X N,PP Styloforum diphyllum Wood Poppy yellow-MayJun X X 2-3 ft X Symphyotrichum cordifolium Heart-leaved Aster blue-AugSept X X 1-3 ft X X Thalictrum dioicum Early Meadow Rue white-AprMay X X 2-3 ft X

Notes Codes: D = dioecious N = nectar for butterflies, bees Hum= hummingbirds PP = attracts pollinators or predatory insects

Data for list obtained from WildType Native Plant Nursery cultural guide; Landscaping With Native Plants of Michigan by Lynn M. Steiner; MichiganFlora.net; Chippewa Nature Center plant guide; personal experience

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