Native Herbaceous for Shade to Part Shade

Manada Native Database Bloom Time/Fruiting Scientific Name Common name Bloom Color Soil Moisture Height Time Actaea pachypoda Doll's Eyes, White Spring White Moist 20"‐ (H) Bugbane 30"/12"‐ 16" Actaea rubra (H) Red Baneberry Spring White Moist 24"‐ 32"/16"‐ 18" Ageratina altissima White Snake Root Late Summer into Fall White Moist 2'‐4'/2'‐ (Eupatorium 3' rugosum) (H) ** Amsonia Eastern Blue Star Late Spring Light Blue Moist to Dry 3'‐3.5'/3' tabermontana (H) ** Anemone canadensis Canada Anemone Late Spring‐ Early summer White Moist to Dry 1'‐2'/3'‐ (H) 6' Anemone Wood Anemone Spring White Moist 3"‐6" quinguefolia (H) Anemone virginiana Tall Anemone, Summer White Moist to Dry 12"‐ (H) Tall Thimbleweed, 30"/12"‐ Tall Anemone 16" Aquilegia canadensis Wild Columbine Spring April‐May Red and Yellow Moist to Dry 1'‐2'/1'‐ (H) 2' Arisaema triphyllum Jack‐in‐the‐pulpit Spring ‐May‐June Green and Brown Wet to Moist, 1'‐ (H) organic 2.5'/1'‐ 1.5' Aruncus dioicus (H) Goatsbeard Summer White Moist 3'‐6'/3' Asarum canadense Wild Ginger Spring Yellow‐brown Moist 6"‐ (H) 8"/12"‐ 16" Aster cordifolius Blue Wood Aster Early fall Light Blue Moist to Dry 2'‐3'/1.5' (Symphyotrichum) (H) Aster divaricatus White Wood Fall White Moist to Dry 1'‐2'/1'‐ (Eurybia) (H) Aster 1.5' Aster macrophyllus Big Leaved Aster Late Summer, Fall Light Violet Moist 3'‐4' (Eurybia) (H) Caltha palustris (H) Marsh Marigold Early spring Yellow Wet to Moist 1'‐2'/1' Campanula Harebell Summer ‐ Fall Blue Violet Moist to Dry 8" ‐ 14" rotundiflora (H) ** Caulophyllum Blue Cohosh Spring White tinged with Moist 2'‐3'/2' thalictroides (H) ** blue or purple Chrysogonum Green and Gold, Spring , Early Summer Yellow Moist to Dry 6"‐ virginianum (H) Golden Star 12"/12"‐ 18"

Native Herbaceous Plants for Shade to Part Shade

Manada Native Plant Database Bloom Time/Fruiting Scientific Name Common name Bloom Color Soil Moisture Height Time Cimicifuga Mountain Fall White Moist 3'‐4'/3' americanus (Actaea Bugbane, podocarpa) (H) American Bugbane

Cimicifuga racemosa Black Cohosh, Summer White Moist 3'‐5'/3'‐ (Actaea) (Actaea Black Snakeroot, 4' racemosa L. var. Bugbane dissecta) (H) Conoclinium Mist Fall Blue Violet Moist to 2' ‐ 3'/3' coelestinum Average (Eupatorium coelestinum) (H) ** Delphinium Tall Larkspur Late Summer Lavender tp blue Moist 3'‐6'/2' exaltatum (H) canadensis Squirrel Corn Early Spring White Moist in 3"‐5"/8"‐ (H) spring 12" Dutchmans Early Spring White Moist in 3'‐6'/6'‐ (H) Breeches spring 8' Dicentra exima (H) Wild Bleeding Spring through fall Pink, occasionally Moist 1'‐ Heart white 1.5'/1.5'‐ 2' Dodecatheon meadia Shooting Star Spring Deep Pink Moist 8"‐ (H) ** 14"/8"‐ 12" Erythronium Trout Lily Early Spring Yellow Moist in 2"‐6"/6"‐ americanum (H) ** spring 12" Eupatorium purpurea Sweet‐scenter Joe Late Summer Mauve Pink Moist 5'‐7'/2'‐ H) Pye Weed 4' Gaultheria Wintergreen Summer White with pink Moist to Dry, 3"‐ procumbens (H) tinge acidic 6"/12" Helenium flexuosum Purplehead Summer Bright Yellow Moist 1'‐3'/1'‐ (H) ** Sneezeweed 1.5' Helianthus Woodland Summer Yellow Moist to 2'‐4'/3'‐ divaricatus (H) ** sunflower Moderately 6' Dry Helianthus Small‐headed Late Summer Yellow Moist 3'‐6'/3'‐ microcephalus (H)** Sunflower 4' Hepatica noblis var. Round‐lobed Early Spring White, Blue or Pink Moist 3"‐6"/8"‐ obtusa (Hepatica Hepatica 12" americana) (H) Heuchera americana Alum Root Spring Cream Moist to Dry 1'‐2'/1'‐ (H) ** 1.5'

Native Herbaceous Plants for Shade to Part Shade

Manada Native Plant Database Bloom Time/Fruiting Scientific Name Common name Bloom Color Soil Moisture Height Time Housatonia caerulea Bluets, Quaker Spring Light Blue Wet to Moist 1"‐4"/3" (H) ** Ladies Hydrastis canadensis Spring White Moist, 6"‐ (H) slightly acid 8"/12"‐ 16" Hydrophyllum Eastern Waterleaf Spring Pale to Deep Violet Moist 12"‐ virginianum 16"/12"‐ 18" Iris cristata (H) Crested Iris Spring Violet or White Moist 4"‐ 8"/12" Iris versicolor (H) (E) Northern Blue Late Spring Blue‐violet to purple Wet to Moist 3'‐4'/2'‐ ** Flag 3' diphylla Twinleaf Early Spring White Moist 12"‐ (H) 16"/12"‐ 16" Lilium canadense (H) Canada Lily Summer Yellow, Orange Moist to Wet, 3'‐ ** acid 5'/14"‐ 18" Maianthemum Canada Spring White Wet to Dry 2"‐ canadense Mayflower 4"/12" Meehania cordata Creeping Mint Spring Violet to White Moist to 3"‐ (H) ** Average, 6"/16" fertile Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebells Spring Pink changing to Moist in 14"‐ (H) light blue spring 20"/12"‐ 16" Mitchella repens (H) Partridge berry Spring to Summer White Moist to dry 1"‐ 2"/12"‐ 16" Mitella diphylla Bishops Cap Spring White Moist to Dry 1'‐2'/1' Monarda clinopedia Basil Bee Balm Summer White Moist 2'‐4'/18" (H) ** Monarda didyma (H) Bee Balm, Mid Summer Red Wet to Moist 3'‐4'/2'‐ ** Oswego Tea 3' Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot Mid Summer Lavender, purple Moist to Dry 3'‐4'/2'‐ (H) ** 3' Oenothera fruticosa Sundrops Late Spring ‐ Early Yellow Moist to Dry 1.5'‐ (H) Summmer 1.5/1.5' Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng Spring Greenish‐white Moist, 8"‐ (H) neutral 16"/12" Penstemon digitalis Tall White Spring White Moist 2'‐4'/1'‐ (H) ** Beardtongue 1.5'

Native Herbaceous Plants for Shade to Part Shade

Manada Native Plant Database Bloom Time/Fruiting Scientific Name Common name Bloom Color Soil Moisture Height Time Phlox divaricata (H) Wild Blue Phlox Spring Violet or Lavender Moist 12"‐ blue 14"/12"‐ 16" Phlox pilosa (H) ** Downy Phlox Late Spring Pinkish‐purple Moist to Dry 1'‐ 2'/12"‐ 16" Phlox stolonifera (H) Creeping Phlox Mid‐Spring Violet‐blue Moist 6"‐10"/2' Podophyllum Mayapple Spring White Wet to Dry 8"‐ peltatum (H) 16"/4'‐6' Polemonium reptans Jacobs ladder Spring Light Blue Moist 10"‐ (H) ** 16"/12"‐ 14" Polygonatum Smooth Solomon Spring White Moist 1'‐ biflorum seal 3'/1.5'‐2' Polygonatum Downy Solomon's Spring White Moist 1'‐2'/1.5' pubescens Seal Sanguinaria Bloodroot Early Spring White Moist, well 5"‐ canadensis (H) drained 12"/16" Scutellaria serrata (H) Allegheney Early Summer Violet Blue Moist to Dry 14"‐ Skullcap 20"/16"‐ 18" Sedum ternatum (H) Wild Stonecrop Spring ‐ May‐June White Moist to 4" ‐ 8"8"‐ Average, well 12" drained Senecio aureas (H) Golden Ragwort Spring May Yellow Moist, Good 12"/12" Drainage Smilacina racemosa False Solomon's Spring White Moist to 1'‐3'/1' (H) Seal Average Solidago caesia (H) Blue‐Stemmed Fall Yellow Moist, Good 1.5'‐ Goldenrod, Drainage 4'/1.5' Wreath Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis Zigzag Goldenrod Late Summer into Fall Yellow Moist to Dry 1'‐2' (H) Solidago odora (H) ** Sweet Goldenrod, Late Summer Yellow Moist to Dry 2'‐5'/2' Anise‐Scented Goldenrod Spiranthes cernua Nodding Ladies Fall White Wet to Moist, 1'‐2'/1' (Spiranthes cernua Tresses acidic var. odorata) Stylophorum Wood Poppy, Spring Yellow Moist 12"‐ diphyllum (H) Celandine Poppy 20"/12"

Native Herbaceous Plants for Shade to Part Shade

Manada Native Plant Database Bloom Time/Fruiting Scientific Name Common name Bloom Color Soil Moisture Height Time Thalictrum Tall Meadow Rue Summer White Wet to Moist 3'‐10'/2' pubescens (H) ** Thalictrum Rue Anemone Spring to Summer White, Pink Moist but 4"‐8"/ thalictroides (H) well drained, 8"‐12" slightly acid to neutral Tiarella cordifolia (H) Foam Flower Spring White Moist 8"‐ 12"/18"‐ 24" Tradescantia Virginia Spring Blue‐violet, purple, Moist 1'‐2'/2' virginiana (H) Spiderwort, lavender, rose Common Spiderwort) Trillium erectum (H) Purple Trillium, Spring Maroon, White Moist, acid 6"‐ ** Wake‐robin, 20"/12"‐ Stinking Benjamin 18" Trillium flexipes (H) Declined Trillium, Spring White Moist 1'‐2'/1.5' White Wake‐ Robin Trillium grandifolia White Trillium Spring White to Pinkish Moist, 8"‐ (H) ** neutral 20"/12"‐ 18" Uvularia grandiflora Showy Merry‐ Spring Soft Yellow Moist, 12"‐ (H) bells, Large‐ neutral 16"/12"‐ Flowered 16" Bellwort Uvularia perfoliata Bellwort/Merry‐ Spring Pale Yellow Moist 6"‐ (H) bells 18"/12" Uvularia sessilifolia Wild Oats Spring Creamy White Moist to 4"‐ (H) Moderately 12"/12"‐ Dry 18" Viola canadensis (H) White Violet, Spring White Moist 10"‐ Canada Violet 16"/12" Viola labridorica (H) Labridor violet Late Spring Blue Violet Moist to 4" ‐ Average, 6"/8"‐ good 12" drainage Zizia aptera (H) ** Heart‐Leaved Late Spring Bright Yellow Moist to 1'‐2'/1.5' Alexander Average Zizia aurea (H) ** Golden Alexander Late Spring Bright Yellow Wet to Moist 1'‐3'/1.5'

Native Herbaceous Plants for Shade to Part Shade

Manada Native Plant Database Bloom Time/Fruiting Scientific Name Common name Bloom Color Soil Moisture Height Time ** denotes need for Light Shade

Native Ferns

Manada Native Plant Database Scientific Name Common name Soil Moisture Height Adiantum pedatum (F) Maidenhair Fern Moist, loose soil 1'‐2'/1'‐2' Athyrium filix feminine Lady Fern Moist 1.5'‐2.5'/1.5'‐2' Athyrium filix‐femina var.angustum forma rubellum "Lady in Red" Lady Moist 1.5'‐2.5'/1.5'‐2' (F) Fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula (F) Hayscented Fern Moist to Dry, 15"‐18"/3'‐6' acidic Dryopteris goldiana (F) Goldie's Wood Fern Moist 3'‐4'/2'‐3' Dryopteris marginalis (F) Marginal Wood Fern Moist to Dry 12"‐18"/12"‐ 18" Matteuccia struthiopteris (F) Ostrich fern Wet to Moist 3'‐6'/5'‐8' Onoclea sensibilis (F) Sensitive Fern Wet to Moist 12"‐24"/12"‐ 18" Osmunda cinnamomea (F) Cinnamon Fern Wet to Moist 2'‐5'/2'‐3' Osmunda claytoniana Interrupted Fern Moist 2'‐3'/2'‐3' Osmunda reglais var. spectabilis (F) Royal Fern Wet 2'‐6'/2'‐3' Polystichum acrostichoides (F) Christmas Fern Moist to Dry 12"‐14" Thelypteris noveboracensis (F) New York Fern Moist 12"‐24"/2'‐3'