NATIVE PLANTS RESISTANT TO DEER BROWSING For more information COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Eastern Columbine Aquilegia canadensis National Audubon Society Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa www.audubon.org Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Audubon Society/Mahoning Valley Red Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea www.members.cboss.com/audubonmv Coneflower Echinacea purpurea LANDSCAPING Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium fistulosum Mill Creek MetroParks American Beech Fagus grandifolia www.millcreekmetroparks.com American Holly Ilex opaca WITH Blazing Star Liatris spicata North American Native Plant Society Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera www.nanps.org Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Black Tupelo/Sour Gum Nyssa sylvatica www.plants.usda.gov NATIVE Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius Cutleaf Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata Invasive Plants of Ohio www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/2005/default.aspx PLANTS INVASIVE PLANTS TO AVOID These non-native plants invade natural areas and harm native plant, bird, and animal communities. Do not plant them and remove them if found Brochure made possible by on your property. AUDUBON OHIO MILL CREEK METROPARKS COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME and Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata AUDUBON SOCIETY/MAHONING VALLEY Autumn-Olive Elaeagnus umbellata Amur Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii Our motto: Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica To instill respect Morrow Honeysuckle Lonicera morrowii Tatarian Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica and knowledge Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria of nature Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea Common Reed Grass Phragmites australis Japanese Knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum Glossy Buckthorn Rhamnus frangula Courtesy of European/Common Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica Audubon Society/Mahoning Valley Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora Printed on 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper and Mill Creek MetroParks NATIVE TREES NATIVE SHRUBS

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Red Maple Acer rubrum Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa Sugar Maple Acer saccharum Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum WHY USE Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra Grey Dogwood Cornus racemosa Downy Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea Red Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea NATIVE Allegheny Serviceberry Amelanchier laevis Winterberry Ilex verticillata Pagoda Dogwood Cornus alternifolia Spicebush Lindera benzoin Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius PLANTS? American Beech Fagus grandifolia Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina American Holly Ilex opaca American Elder Sambucus canadensis Native plants provide superior food, Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum shelter and nesting sites for bird and Sweet Crabapple Malus coronaria Mapleleaf Viburnum Viburnum acerifolium wildlife populations. When planted in Black Tupelo/Sour Gum Nyssa sylvatica Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum dentatum appropriate locations, they are easier to Black Cherry Prunus serotina Nannyberry Viburnum lentago grow than non-native plants as they are White Oak Quercus alba Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum prunifolium Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor well-suited to local soil and climatic Pin Oak Quercus palustris conditions. Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra American Mountainash Sorbus americana Native plants play an integral part in our American Linden/Basswood Tilia americana natural environment while adding beauty and value to the home landscape. These trees and shrubs provide food, shelter or nesting sites for birds, butterflies, and other wildlife.

NATIVE PLANT SOURCES NATIVE PERENNIALS AND GRASSES Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium fistulosum Swamp Sunflower Helianthus angustifolius Native plants are available at many local COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus garden centers and greenhouses. They Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii Oxeye Sunflower Heliopsis helianthiodes are also available as seeds or plants from Eastern Columbine Aquilegia canadensis Blazing Star Liatris spicata Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata mail-order companies. Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa When shopping, take this brochure with Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia White Wood Aster Aster divaricatus Beard-tongue Penstemon digitalis you to help you identify native species. New England Aster Aster novae-angliae Woodland Phlox Phlox divaricata Side Oats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula Prairie Coneflower Ratibida pinnata Fringed Sedge Carex crinita Cutleaf Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis

These perennials and grasses provide food for birds, butterflies, and other wildlife.