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Scientific Name Common Name Soil Moisture "Exposure " "Drought Tolerance " "Salt Tolerance " "Pollution Tolerances " Compaction Tolerance Colour STEP star Achillea millefolium ssp. Lanulosa Common Yarrow 2 2-3 2 Y Y O ☆ Alisma plantago-aquatica American Water-plantain 3 1 2 O Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum Wild Chives 2 2 1 O Amsonia hubrichtii Arkansas Blustar flower 1-2 Y 2 1 O Amsonia tabernaemontana Eastern Bluestar 2 Y 2 1 O Anemone canadensis Canada Anemone 2 Y 1-2 2 O Antennaria spp. Pussytoes 1-2 3 2 O Aquilegia canadensis Wild Columbine 2 Y 2 2 Y O Armeria maritima 'Dusseldorf Pride' Dusseldorf Pride Sea Thrift 1-2 3 3 O Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' Silver Mound Artemesia 1-2 Y 2-3 3 O Aruncus dioicus Bride's Feathers 2-3 Y 1-2 2 O Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata Swamp milkweed 3 2 2 O Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Milkweed 1-2 2-3 2-3 O ☆ Baptisia alba Rattlebox, White Wild Indigo 1 Y 3 3 O Baptisia australis Blue Wild Indigo 1 3 3 O Bidens cernua Nodding Beggar-ticks 3 Y 1 2 Y O Bidens frondosa Devil's Beggar-ticks 2 Y 1-2 2 Y O Boltonia asteroides Boltonia, False Aster 2 2 2 O ☆ Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold 2-3 Y 1 1 O Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum Field Chickweed 1 Y 2 2 O Chelone glabra White Turtlehead 2-3 1 1 O Chelone lyonii Pink Turtlehead e.g. cultivar 'Hot Lips' 2 Y 1 1 O ☆ Coreopsis lanceolata Lance-leaved Coreopsis 1-2 Y 3 3 O Coreopsis rosea Pink-flowered Tickseed 2 2 2 O Desmodium canadense Showy Tick-trefoil 1-2 1-2 3 Y O Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata (Aster umbellatus) Flat-top White Aster 2-3 1 2-3 O ☆ Echinacea purpurea Eastern Purple Coneflower 1-2 2 2 O ☆ Epilobium coloratum Purple-leaf Willow-herb 3 2 2 Y Y O Erigeron pulchellus Robin's Plantain Fleabane 1-2 3 2 O Eupatorium maculatum ssp. maculatum Spotted Joe-pye Weed 3 2 2 Y O ☆ Eupatorium perfoliatum Common Boneset 2-3 Y 2 1 Y O Euthamia graminifolia Flat-top Goldentop 2 Y 2-3 2 Y Y O Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana Common Strawberry 1-2 Y 2 2 Y Y O Gaillardia aristata Great Blanket-flower 2 2-3 1-2 Y O ☆ Geranium maculatum Wild Crane's-bill / Wild Geranium 1-2 Y 2 1 O Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke 1-2 3 2 O Helianthus divaricatus Woodland Sunflower 1-2 Y 2 3 Y O Helianthus strumosus Pale-leaf Sunflower 1-2 Y 2-3 2-3 O Helianthus tuberosus Jerusalem Artichoke 1 Y 2 3 Y Y O Heliopsis helianthoides Oxeye Sunflower 2 2-3 ? O Hosta spp. Hosta (many varieties) 1-3 Y 1-2 2 O Hydrophyllum virginianum John's Cabbage / Virginia Waterleaf 2 Y 2 2 O Impatiens capensis Spotted Touch-me-not 2 Y 1-2 1 O Iris versicolor Blue Flag Iris 3 1 2 O ☆ Lespedeza capitata Round-head Bush-clover 1-2 Y 2-3 3 Y O Leucanthemum x superbum Shasta Daisy 1-2 3 2 O Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia 2-3 Y 1 1 O ☆ Lysimachia ciliata Fringed Loosestrife 2 Y 2 1-2 O Matteucia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica Ostrich Fern 2-3 Y 2 1-2 O Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot Bee-balm 1-3 2-3 2-3 Y Y O ☆ Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern 2-3 Y 1-2 1-2 O Opuntia fragilis Spreading Prickly-Pear 1 Y 3 3 O Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon Fern 2-3 Y+ 1-2 1 O Packera paupercula Balsam Ragweed 1-2 3 2 O Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue 1-2 2-3 2-3 Y O Penstemon hirsutus Hairy beardtongue 1-2 Y 3 ? O Podophyllum peltatum May Apple 2 Y 1 ? O Potentilla anserina Silverweed 3 3 2 Y Y O Rudbeckia fulgida Orange Coneflower 1-2 3 ? O Rudbeckia hirta Black-Eyed Susan 1-3 2-3 3 O ☆ Rudbeckia laciniata Green-Headed Coneflower, Cut-leaf Coneflower 2-3 Y 2 2 Y Y O Sedum album White Stonecrop 1-2 3 2 Y O ☆ Sedum hybridum Hybrid Stonecrop 1-2 3 2 Y O ☆ Sedum reflexum Jenny's Stonecrop 1-2 3 2 Y O ☆ Sedum sexangulare Tasteless Stonecrop 1-2 Y 3 2 Y O ☆ Sedum spurium Dragon's Blood Sedum 1-2 3 2 Y O ☆ Sisyrinchium montanum Strict Blue-eyed-grass 2-3 2 2 O Solidago altissima var. altissima Tall Goldenrod 2-3 Y 2 2 Y Y O Solidago canadensis var. canadensis Canada Goldenrod 2-3 Y 2 2 Y Y O Solidago flexicaulis Zig-zag Goldenrod 2 Y 2 2-3 Y O Solidago nemoralis ssp. nemoralis Grey Goldenrod 1 Y 2 3 Y Y O Solidago patula Roundleaf Goldenrod 2 1 1 O Solidago ptarmicoides(Oligoneuron album) Prairie Goldenrod 1-2 3 2 Y O Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod 2 1-2 2 Y O Stachys byzantina Lambs' Ears 1-2 2-3 2 O Symphyotrichum cordifolium Heart-leaved Aster 1 Y 2-3 2-3 Y O ☆ Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides White Heath Aster 1-2 2 2-3 Y Y O ☆ Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum Panicled Aster 2 Y 2 2-3 Y Y O ☆ Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster 2 Y 2 2-3 Y Y O ☆ Symphyotrichum oolentangiense Sky-blue Aster 1 Y 2-3 2 Y O ☆ Symphyotrichum puniceum Swamp Aster 2-3 1-2 2-3 O ☆ Thalictrum pubescens Tall Meadow-Rue 2-3 Y 2 2 O Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Marsh Fern 2-3 Y+ 1 1-2 O Thymus serpyllum Mother-of-Thyme 1-2 3 2-3 Y O Tradescantia virginiana Virginia Spiderwort 2 Y 1 1 O Trichostema brachiatum (Isanthus brachiatus) False Pennyroyal 1 3 2 O Verbena hastata Blue Vervain 2-3 1-2 2-3 Y Y O ☆ Verbena stricta Hoary Vervain 1-2 2-3 2 Y O Verbena urticifolia White Vervain 2 Y 3 2 Y O Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's root 2 3 2 O ☆ Waldsteinia fragarioides Barren Strawberry 1-2 Y 2 2-3 O Yucca filamentosa Narrow-Leaved Yucca 1-2 2-3 2 O Zizia aurea Common Alexanders 2 Y 2 2 Y O
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| Scientific Name | Common Name | Soil Moisture | "Exposure | ||||||
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| " | "Drought Tolerance | ||||||||
| " | "Salt Tolerance | ||||||||
| " | "Pollution Tolerances | ||||||||
| " | Compaction Tolerance | Colour | STEP star | ||||||
| Achillea millefolium ssp. Lanulosa | Common Yarrow | 2 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | Y | O | ☆ | |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica | American Water-plantain | 3 | 1 | 2 | O | ||||
| Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum | Wild Chives | 2 | 2 | 1 | O | ||||
| Amsonia hubrichtii | Arkansas Blustar flower | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | O | |||
| Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar | 2 | Y | 2 | 1 | O | |||
| Anemone canadensis | Canada Anemone | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | O | |||
| Antennaria spp. | Pussytoes | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | O | ||||
| Aquilegia canadensis | Wild Columbine | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | O | ||
| Armeria maritima 'Dusseldorf Pride' | Dusseldorf Pride Sea Thrift | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | O | ||||
| Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' | Silver Mound Artemesia | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | O | |||
| Aruncus dioicus | Bride's Feathers | 2-3 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | O | |||
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Swamp milkweed | 3 | 2 | 2 | O | ||||
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-3 | O | ☆ | |||
| Baptisia alba | Rattlebox, White Wild Indigo | 1 | Y | 3 | 3 | O | |||
| Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo | 1 | 3 | 3 | O | ||||
| Bidens cernua | Nodding Beggar-ticks | 3 | Y | 1 | 2 | Y | O | ||
| Bidens frondosa | Devil's Beggar-ticks | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | Y | O | ||
| Boltonia asteroides | Boltonia, False Aster | 2 | 2 | 2 | O | ☆ | |||
| Caltha palustris | Marsh Marigold | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1 | O | |||
| Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum | Field Chickweed | 1 | Y | 2 | 2 | O | |||
| Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | O | ||||
| Chelone lyonii | Pink Turtlehead e.g. cultivar 'Hot Lips' | 2 | Y | 1 | 1 | O | ☆ | ||
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lance-leaved Coreopsis | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 3 | O | |||
| Coreopsis rosea | Pink-flowered Tickseed | 2 | 2 | 2 | O | ||||
| Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick-trefoil | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | Y | O | |||
| Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata (Aster umbellatus) | Flat-top White Aster | 2-3 | 1 | 2-3 | O | ☆ | |||
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | O | ☆ | |||
| Epilobium coloratum | Purple-leaf Willow-herb | 3 | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | O | ||
| Erigeron pulchellus | Robin's Plantain Fleabane | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | O | ||||
| Eupatorium maculatum ssp. maculatum | Spotted Joe-pye Weed | 3 | 2 | 2 | Y | O | ☆ | ||
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 1 | Y | O | ||
| Euthamia graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop | 2 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | Y | O | |
| Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana | Common Strawberry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | O | |
| Gaillardia aristata | Great Blanket-flower | 2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | Y | O | ☆ | ||
| Geranium maculatum | Wild Crane's-bill / Wild Geranium | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | O | |||
| Geum triflorum | Prairie Smoke | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | O | ||||
| Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland Sunflower | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | O | ||
| Helianthus strumosus | Pale-leaf Sunflower | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 2-3 | O | |||
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke | 1 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | Y | O | |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Oxeye Sunflower | 2 | 2-3 | ? | O | ||||
| Hosta spp. | Hosta (many varieties) | 1-3 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | O | |||
| Hydrophyllum virginianum | John's Cabbage / Virginia Waterleaf | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | O | |||
| Impatiens capensis | Spotted Touch-me-not | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 1 | O | |||
| Iris versicolor | Blue Flag Iris | 3 | 1 | 2 | O | ☆ | |||
| Lespedeza capitata | Round-head Bush-clover | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | Y | O | ||
| Leucanthemum x superbum | Shasta Daisy | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | O | ||||
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1 | O | ☆ | ||
| Lysimachia ciliata | Fringed Loosestrife | 2 | Y | 2 | 1-2 | O | |||
| Matteucia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica | Ostrich Fern | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 1-2 | O | |||
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Bee-balm | 1-3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | Y | O | ☆ | |
| Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern | 2-3 | Y | 1-2 | 1-2 | O | |||
| Opuntia fragilis | Spreading Prickly-Pear | 1 | Y | 3 | 3 | O | |||
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | 2-3 | Y+ | 1-2 | 1 | O | |||
| Packera paupercula | Balsam Ragweed | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | O | ||||
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | O | |||
| Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy beardtongue | 1-2 | Y | 3 | ? | O | |||
| Podophyllum peltatum | May Apple | 2 | Y | 1 | ? | O | |||
| Potentilla anserina | Silverweed | 3 | 3 | 2 | Y | Y | O | ||
| Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower | 1-2 | 3 | ? | O | ||||
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-Eyed Susan | 1-3 | 2-3 | 3 | O | ☆ | |||
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-Headed Coneflower, Cut-leaf Coneflower | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | O | |
| Sedum album | White Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | O | ☆ | ||
| Sedum hybridum | Hybrid Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | O | ☆ | ||
| Sedum reflexum | Jenny's Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | O | ☆ | ||
| Sedum sexangulare | Tasteless Stonecrop | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 2 | Y | O | ☆ | |
| Sedum spurium | Dragon's Blood Sedum | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | O | ☆ | ||
| Sisyrinchium montanum | Strict Blue-eyed-grass | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | O | ||||
| Solidago altissima var. altissima | Tall Goldenrod | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | O | |
| Solidago canadensis var. canadensis | Canada Goldenrod | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | O | |
| Solidago flexicaulis | Zig-zag Goldenrod | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | O | ||
| Solidago nemoralis ssp. nemoralis | Grey Goldenrod | 1 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | Y | O | |
| Solidago patula | Roundleaf Goldenrod | 2 | 1 | 1 | O | ||||
| Solidago ptarmicoides(Oligoneuron album) | Prairie Goldenrod | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | O | |||
| Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa | Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod | 2 | 1-2 | 2 | Y | O | |||
| Stachys byzantina | Lambs' Ears | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | O | ||||
| Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Heart-leaved Aster | 1 | Y | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | O | ☆ | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster | 1-2 | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | O | ☆ | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum | Panicled Aster | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | O | ☆ |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | O | ☆ |
| Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Sky-blue Aster | 1 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | O | ☆ | |
| Symphyotrichum puniceum | Swamp Aster | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-3 | O | ☆ | |||
| Thalictrum pubescens | Tall Meadow-Rue | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | O | |||
| Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens | Marsh Fern | 2-3 | Y+ | 1 | 1-2 | O | |||
| Thymus serpyllum | Mother-of-Thyme | 1-2 | 3 | 2-3 | Y | O | |||
| Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort | 2 | Y | 1 | 1 | O | |||
| Trichostema brachiatum (Isanthus brachiatus) | False Pennyroyal | 1 | 3 | 2 | O | ||||
| Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | O | ☆ | |
| Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | O | |||
| Verbena urticifolia | White Vervain | 2 | Y | 3 | 2 | Y | O | ||
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's root | 2 | 3 | 2 | O | ☆ | |||
| Waldsteinia fragarioides | Barren Strawberry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | O | |||
| Yucca filamentosa | Narrow-Leaved Yucca | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | O | ||||
| Zizia aurea | Common Alexanders | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | O |