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Schizachyrium scoparium
Common Name: Little bluestem - 2022 Perennial Plant of the Year
Native to North America
Schizachyrium scoparium is a mounding grass with narrow green or blue-green foliage. In late summer inconspicuous flowers are held on branched stems above the leaves. Fluffy light catching seed clusters follow. Fo…
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Scirpus atrovirens
Common Name: Green bulrush
Native to North America
Scirpus atrovirens is a rhizomatous cool season perennial sedge relative. Plants produce multiple culms with arching or drooping olive green leaves. In summer, fertile culms bear rounded yellow-green compound inflorescences followed by d…
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Scirpus cyperinus
Common Name: Wool grass
Native to North America
Scirpus cyperinus is a rhizomatous perennial that grows in dense tussocks of arching basal leaves. Plants produce upright unbranched culms with ascending or spreading medium green leaves. In summer, the culms are topped with rounded …
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Scirpus validus (tabernaemontani)
Common Name: Soft stemmed bulrush
Native to North America
Scirpus validus is a rhizomatous cool season perennial with tall dark green triangular culms. Leaf sheaths wrap the culm but blades are insignificant or absent. From summer until fall, the stems are topped by pendulous reddish brown …
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Sedum ternatum
Common Name: three-leaved stone crop
Native to North America
A mat forming evergreen wildflower. Leaves are small and blue-green. In early summer, sprays of starry white flowers tower to 6”. In the wild, this lovely sedum grows in close proximity to calcareous rocks.
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Silphium laciniatum
Common Name: Compass plant
Native to North America
Growing up to 9 feet tall with leaves similar to pin oaks. Sunflower like flowers from mid to late summer. Tolerant of poor soils. Native to central United States. Attractive to butterflies and other pollinators. …
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Silphium terebinthinaceum
Common Name: Prairie dock
Native to North America
A tall, rough plant, which occurs in limestone prairies and glades. From a basal clump of huge oval to heart-shaped, dark green leaves 1 to 2' long rise smooth, almost leafless stems branching at the top with sunflower-like flowers up to …
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Solidago bicolor
Common Name: silverrod
Native to North America
Flowers are atteactive to butterflies, native and non-native bees, and songbirds eat the seeds. Extremely dry soil tolerant, growing well in sandy or rocky soils, but does well in average and clay soils. Sap is poisonous to deer a…
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Solidago caesia
Common Name: Blue-stem goldenrod
Native to North America
From late summer into fall plants are graced with yellow axillary flower racemes. Plants are tough and adaptable prospering in part sun or part shade with mesic or average soil.
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Solidago flexicaulis
Common Name: Zig-zag goldenrod
Native to North America
A great choice for dry shade, brightens up the woodlands in the fall. From late summer into fall plants are topped with elongated yellow flower clusters. Smaller axillary flower racemes develop lower on the stem.
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Solidago graminifolia
Common Name: Grass-leaved goldenrod
Native to North America
Upright perennial wildflower. Leaves are alternate, linear and grass-like. From late summer into fall stems are terminated with flat topped yellow flower clusters. Plants are tough, vigorous and adaptable, prospering in sunny or p…
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Solidago nemoralis
Common Name: Prairie goldenrod
Native to North America
Rhizomatous. Favors poor soils, sand, clay, or gravel, but will flourish in the fertile soils as well. narrow nodding wands of numerous yellow compound flowers.
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Solidago rigida
Common Name: Stiff goldenrod
Native to North America
An upright unbranched perennial wildflower with sturdy pubescent stems. Leaves are lance shaped or elliptical with a bluntly rounded tip. In late summer and autumn, attractive golden-yellow flat topped flower clusters appear. Plants ar…
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Solidago speciosa
Common Name: Showy goldenrod
Native to North America
Solidago speciosa is an unbranched clumping perennial wildflower with narrowly oval foliage. From late summer until autumn, plants are topped by attractive pyramidal golden-yellow flower panicles. This lovely goldenrod prosp…
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Sorghastrum nutans
Common Name: Indian grass
Native to North America
Sorghastrum nutans is an elegant clump forming warm season grass. In spring and early summer, plants form low growing tufts of graceful bluish-green arching leaves. As summer progresses, the culms rise and are topped by attract…
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Sporobolus airoides
Common Name: Alkali Sacaton
Native to North America
A petite warm season bunch grass. Plants form attractive mounds of slender gray-green arching leaves. In late spring one or more culms rises above the foliage bearing airy panicles of pinkish spikelets. The florets mature into sma…
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Sporobolus heterolepis
Common Name: Prairie dropseed
Native to North America
Sporobolis heterolepis is a petite warm season perennial grass. Plants form attractive mounds of slender deep green arching leaves. In late spring one or more culms rises above the foliage bearing airy panicles of olive, s…
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