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New York Ironweed

Veronia noveboracensis

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

5-9

Perennial

4-6'

3-4'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Erosion Control, Pollinator Garden, Wildlife Garden, Meadow, Rain Garden, Flower Cutting

Obedient Plant

Phtsostegia virginiana

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-9

Perennial

3-4'

2-3'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam

Use for

Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Wildlife Garden

Oxeye Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-9

Perennial

3-6'

2-4'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Pollinator Garden, Meadow, Showy Bloom, Flower Cutting, Wildlife Garden, Erosion Control, Shade Garden

Pennsylvania sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

0.5-1'

0.5-1'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Groundcover, Lawn Alternative, Winter Interest, Slopes, Low-Growing

Northern maidenhair fern

Adiantum pedatum

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

1.5-2.5'

1-1.5'

Light                   Water               Soil

Loam

Use for

Shade Garden, Naturalize

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-9

Perennial

2-3'

2-2.5'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Rain Garden, Naturalize, Meadow, Wildlife Garden, Flower Cutting

Partridge berry

Mitchella repens

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Evergreen

0-0.25'

0.5-1'

Light                   Water               Soil

Loam, Sand

Use for

Groundcover

Pink coreopsis

Coreopsis rosea

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

0.75-2'

1.5-2.5'

Light                   Water               Soil

Loam, Sand

Use for

Naturalize, Groundcover

Northern seaoats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

2-5'

1-2.5'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam

Use for

Meadow, Naturalize, Shade Garden, Erosion Control, Fall Interest, Winter Interest, Wildlife Garden, Flower Cutting

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthioptheris

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-7

Perennial

3-6'

5-8'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Shade Garden, Rain Garden

Path rush

Juncus tenuis

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

2-9

Perennial

0.5-2'

0.5-2'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Rain Garden, Erosion Control, Lawn Alternative, Low-Growing, Naturalize, Wildlife Garden, Groundcover

Pink muhly grass

Muhlenbergia capillaris

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

5-9

Perennial

2-3'

2-3'

Light                   Water               Soil

Loam, Sand

Use for

Meadow, Naturalize, Fall Interest, Erosion Control

VIEWS:

Spring 2019

LAWN GONE NATIVE

An honors thesis by Zoe Roane-Hopkins

Thesis Advisor

Ken Tamminga

Honors Advisor

Larry Gorenflo

Schreyer Honors College

College of Arts & Architecture

Department of Landscape Architecture

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

LAST UPDATED  November 2022

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