Bloomers Throughout the Year

Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa

Family: Mint
Location: Northern Meadows
Fact: Similar to Bee-Balm. The flowers are pinkish or lilac, however, we have had mutant white flowers at the Bog. Once used to treat respiratory ailments because of its scent. Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Black Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis

Family: Honeysuckle
Location: Chip Path
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-July

Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta

Family: Aster
Location: Central and Northern Areas
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-October

Black Huckleberry
Vaccinium arboreum

Family: Heath
Location: North Sedge Meadow
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June

Bog (Loessel's) Twayblade
Liparis loesselii

Family: Orchid
Location: Near Bridge
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-July

Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa

Family: Milkweed
Location: Parking Area
Fact: Butterfly Weed AKA Orange Milkweed or Chigger Flower. It is also known as Pleurisy Root because Native Americans chewed the roots to treat pleurisy and other pulmonary illnesses. Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Common Cattail
Typha latfolia

Family: Cattail
Location: Sedge Meadows
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-October

Chicory
Chichorium intybus

Family: Aster
Location: Chip Path and Parking Areas
Fact: Chicory AKA Blue Sailor or Ragged Sailor. The long tap root of this plant can be roasted and used with coffee or as a substitute. The blue flowers only last a day. Not Native.
Blooms:  June-October

Bottlebrush Grass
Hystrix patula

Family: Grass
Location: 
Throughout
Fact: Native.Blooms:  June-October

Clammy Ground Cherry
Physalis heterophylla

Family: Nightshade
Location: Chip Path
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Common Evening Primrose
Oenothera biennis

Family: Evening primrose
Location: Parking and Northern Areas
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Enchanter's Nightshade
Circaea quadrisulata

Family: Evening Primrose
Location: Woodlands
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata

Family: Spurge
Location: Parking Area
Fact: This plant has colored leaves or petal-like bracts (not actual petals) that make it look like it is blooming, just like a Christmas Poinsetta. This poisonous plant has laxitive properties, hence its name Spurge. Native.
Blooms:  June-October

Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata

Family: Primrose
Location: Central and Southern Areas
Fact: This is one of ten species of Loosestrife that is in Ohio. Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Prairie Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadriflora

Family: Primrose
Location: Northern Areas
Fact: This is one of ten species of Loosestrife that is in Ohio. Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Grass Pink Orchid
Calopogon pulchellus

Family: Orchid
Location:  Sedge Meadows
Fact: The flowers are a magenta pink and it has leaves that are grass-like. Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Gray-headed Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata

Family: Aster
Location: Parking Areas
Fact: Gray-headed Coneflower AKA Prairie Coneflower. Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Great Angelica
Angelica atropurpurea

Family: Parsley
Location: Throughout
Fact: This plant looks very similar to Hemlock and Queen Anne's Lace. Native.
Blooms:  June-October

Honewort
Cryptotaenia canadensis

Family: Carrot
Location: Throughout
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens

Family: Saxifrage
Location: East Branch of Creek at Bridge
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-July

Horned Bladderwort
Utricularia cornuta

Family: Bladderwort
Location: Sedgemat Areas
Fact: Unlike other Bladderworts Horned Bladderwort isn't a floating plant, the stalk is upright. The leaves grow below the soil. It sucks in very small organisms through the bladders on the leaves and digests them. Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Indian Hemp
Apocynum cannabinum

Family: Dogbane
Location: Meadows and Open Areas
Fact: Indian Hemp AKA Dogbane. This is a close relative of Milkweed. Was once used by American Indians as rope because the dried stems make a strong cord. Orioles use it to make nests. Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Lady's Thumb
Polygonum persicaria

Family: Buckwheat
Location: Chip Path
Fact:&nsp;Lady's Thumb AKA Smartweed. Buckwheat family. Named for the small dark spots on the leaves that looked like a bruise caused by a lady's thumb. This plant was also used medicinally to heal bruises. Not Native.
Blooms:  June-October

Lopseed
Phryma leptostanchya

Family: Lopseed
Location: Woodland Areas
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  July-September

Michigan Lily
Lilium michiganense

Family: Lily
Location: Central Areas
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-July

Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca

Family: Milkweed
Location: Parking and Upper Meadow Areas
Fact:  There are over 2,000 species of Milkweed; 13 are in Ohio. The Monarch butterfly lays its eggs exclusively on Milkweed. The catapillers eat the Milkweed leaves which contain a toxic sap that makes them toxic to birds and other preditors. Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata

Family: Milkweed
Location: Northern Areas
Fact: This is a great plant for a butterfly garden as it is the host for the Monarch butterfly catapiller. Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Monkey Flower
Minulus ringens

Family: Snapdragon
Location: Upper Meadow Near Chip Path
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Moonseed
Menispermum canadense

Family: Moonseed
Location: 
Fact: This is a vine that grows and bears a fruit that looks like whitish powdered grapes. Native.
Blooms:  June-July

Moth Mullein
Verbascum blattaria

Family: Snapdragon
Location: Chip Path and Parking Areas
Fact: Not Native.
Blooms:  June-October

Common Mullein
Verbascum thapsus

Family: Figwort
Location: Parking Area
Not Native.
Blooms:  June-October

Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana

Family: Mint
Location: Chip Path and Northern Areas
Fact: Obedient Plant AKA False Dragonhead. Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens

Family: Madder
Location: Near First Meadow Platform
Fact:  Native American women drank a tea brewed from the leaves of this plant to aid in childbirth. Native.
Blooms:  June-July

Marsh Pea
Lathyrus palustris

Family: Pea
Location: Chip Path and Northern Areas
Fact: Pea Marsh AKA Marsh Vetchling. Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Poison Hemlock
Conium maculatum

Family: Carrot
Location: Surrounding Meadows
Fact: Poison Hemlock AKA Spotted Hemlock. This plant looks very similar to Queen Anne's Lace and Great Angelica. The purple stem helps distinguish it from the other two. This plant is very poisonous. DO NOT TOUCH! Not Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Water Hemlock
Circuta maculatum

Family: Parsley
Location: Swamp Woods
Fact:  This plant is very poisonous. DO NOT TOUCH! Not Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Prairie Rose
Rosa arkansana

Family: Rose
Location: 
Fact: Prairie Rose AKA Climbing Rose. Native.
Blooms:  June

Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea

Family: Aster
Location: Parking Area
Fact:  This is one of the Goldfinches favorite seeds. Butterflies enjoy its nectar. It has been used for herbal remedies. Native.
Blooms:  June-October

Queen of the Prairie
Filapendula rubra

Family: Rose
Location: Central and Northern Areas
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Round-leaved Sundew
Drocera rotundifoli

Family: Sundew
Location: Sedge Meadows
Fact: This plant is insectiverous. Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Shrubby Cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa

Family: Rose
Location: Sedge Meadows
Fact:  This is one of the plants that is an indicator of a fen. Native.
Blooms:  June-October

Small Flowered Leaf Cup
Polymnia canadevsis

Family: Aster
Location: Central and Northern Areas
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-October

Soft-stemmed Bulrush
Scirpus

Family: Sedge
Location: 
Fact: 

Spikenard
Aralia racemosa

Family: Gingseng
Location: Near Bridge
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Stinging Nettle
Urtica dioica

Family: Nettle
Location: Throughout
Fact:  Do not touch this plant causes severe itching. Not Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Tall Bellflower
Campahula americana

Family: Bluebell
Location: Throughout
Fact:  This is a biennial. Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Common Hop
Humulus lupulus

Family: Hemp
Location: Chip Path
Fact: Not Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Tall Nettle
Urtica procera

Family: Nettle
Location: Entry boardwalk area
Fact:  Do not touch this plant causes severe itching. Not Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Thimbleweed
Anemone virginiana

Family: Buttercup
Location: Parking Area and Along West Branch of Creek
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Bull Thistle
Cirsium vulgare

Family: Aster
Location: 
Fact:  Favorite food of Goldfinches. Not Native.
Blooms:  July-September

Tuberous Indian Plantain
Cacalia tuberosa

Family: 
Location: Sedgemat Areas
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Common Dodder
Cuscula gronovii

Family: Morning Glory
Location: Chip Path, Central and Northern Areas
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-August

White Avens
Geum canadense

Family: Rose
Location: Woodlands
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Wild Black Cherry
Prunus serotina

Family: Rose
Location: 
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June

Ramps
Allium tricoccum

Family: Lily
Location: Throughout
Fact: Ramps AKA Wild Leek. Native.
Blooms:  June-July

Wand Lily
Zigendus nuttallii

Family: Lily
Location: Sedge Meadow
Fact:  Wand Lily AKA Death Camas. Native.
Blooms:  June-July

Wild Peppergrass
Lepidium virginicum

Family: Mustard
Location: 
Fact: Peppergrass AKA Poor-man's Pepper. Native.
Blooms:  June-November.

Winged Loosestrife
Lythrum alatum

Family: 
Location: Meadow Near Chip Path
Fact: Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Winterberry
Ilex vericillata

Family: Holly
Location: Woodlands
Fact: Winterberry AKA Black Alder. Native.
Blooms:  June-August

Yarrow
Achillea millefolium

Family: Aster
Location: 
Fact: Yarrow AKA Milfoil. Native.
Blooms:  June-September

Yellow Star Grass
Hypoxis hirsuta

Family: Amaryllis
Location: Northeastern Areas
Fact:  Rare in our area. Native.
Blooms:  June-September