Common Outdoor Classroom Plants & Their Purpose

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Common Name Latin Name (Natives Bolded) Sensory QR Code linked to Bog Plant Webpage Songbirds Butterflies Pollinators Caterpillars Native Bees Webpage AWF Website (Frog Habitat) (Frog Hummingbirds Autumn Joy Sedum Hylotelephium spectabile X X X Y Y Bee Balm Monarda fistulosa X X X X Y Y Beeblossom Gaura lindheimeri X X X Y Y Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta X X X X X Y Y Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis X X X X X Y Y Blue Vervain Verbena hastata X X X X X X Y Coming Soon Blue or Pink Sage Salvia nemorosa X X Y-Red Sage Y-Red Sage Bronze Fennel Foeniculum vulgare ‘Bronze’ X X X Y-Fennel Y-Fennel Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa X X X X X Y Y Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis X X Y Y Chocolate Mint Mentha × piperita 'Chocolate' X Y-Spearmint Y-Spearmint Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides X N Coming Soon Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca X X X X X Y-Butterfly Milkweed Y-Butterfly Milkweed Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium X X X X Y Y Coral Bells (many colors) Heuchera X X N N Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata X X X X X X X Y Y Dianthus Dianthus X X N N Dwarf Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium fistulosum X X X X X Y-JoePye Y-JoePye Eastern Red Columbine Aquilegia canadensis X X X X X X Y Y Fennel Foeniculum vulgare X X X Y Y Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica X X X X X Y Coming Soon Heartleaf Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia X X X X Y Y Horsetail Equisetum hyemale X Y Y Indian Blanket Gaillardia pulchella X X X X Y Y Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium fistulosum X X X X X Y Y Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina X Y Y Lamb’s Ear Stachys byzantina X X X Y Y Lanceleaf Tickseed Coreopsis lanceolata X X X X Y Y Lantana ‘Miss Huff’ Lantana camara 'Miss Huff' X X X X Y Y

Common Name Latin Name (Natives Bolded) Sensory QR Code linked to Bog Plant Webpage Songbirds Butterflies Pollinators Caterpillars Native Bees Webpage on Hummingbirds AWF Website Lavender Lavandula angustifolia X X X Y Y Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium X Y Coming Soon Lizard’s Tail Saururus cernuus X X Y Y Lobed Tickseed Coreopsis auriculata X X X X Y-Lanceleaf Y-Lanceleaf Mexican Petunia Ruellia simplex X X X X N N Mountainmint Pycnanthemum incanum X X X N Coming Soon Narrowleaf Sunflower Helianthus angustifolius X X X X Y Y New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae X X X X X X Y Y Passionflower Vine Passiflora incarnata X X X X Y Y Pincushion Scabiosa X X X N N Pink Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia capillaris X X Y Coming Soon Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea X X X X X X Y Y Red Sage Salvia coccinea X X X X Y Y Rose Vervain Glandularia canadensis X Y Y Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis X X X Y Y Russian Sage Salvia yangii X X X Y-Red Sage Y-Red Sage Spiderwort Tradescantia occidentalis X X X Y Coming Soon Southern Wood Fern Dryopteris ludoviciana X Y Y Stokes Aster Stokesia laevis X X X X X X Y Y Spearmint Mentha spicata X X Y Y Toad Lily Tricyrtis hirta X X X X X N N Whorled Tickseed Coreopsis verticillata X X X Y-Lanceleaf Y-Lanceleaf Wild Ginger Hexastylis arifolia X X Y Y Woodland Stonecrop Sedum ternatum X X Y-AutumnJoy Y-Autumn Joy Bushes & Trees Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis X X N N Butterfly Bush Buddleia X N N Mock Orange Philadelphus X X N N Spicebush Lindera benzoin X X N N Serviceberry Tree Amelanchier canadensis X N N Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria X N N Dogwood Cornus florida X N N