Cardinalflower Family: Campanulaceae Native Region: Eastern US and Canada, Southern US Plant Community: Red Maple Swamp Size: 1-6′ tall Hardiness Zone: Habitat: Prefers full sun to very light shade in constantly wet soil. Soil should be kept cool and moist, and requires disturbance to sprout. Found in woodland edges, ditches, ravines, depressions, openings in forests, streamContinue reading “Lobelia cardinalis”
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Quercus macrocarpa
Burr Oak or Mossycup Oak Family: Fagaceae Native Region: Central and Eastern Canada and US Plant Community: Oak Hickory Size: 60-80′ tall and wide Hardiness Zone: 3-8 Habitat: Found in floodplains, forests, swamps, and prairie edges. Prefers mesic to dry-mesic solid of high pH. Can tolerate harsh condition like drought, limestone soil, and alkaline clay soil.Continue reading “Quercus macrocarpa”
Juniperus virginia
Eastern Red Cedar Family: Cupressaceae Native region: Eastern US and Canada, Central US, naturalized in Oregon and North Dakota Plant Community: NE Barrier Beach, Old Field Size: 30-65′ tall, 8-25′ wide Hardiness Zone: 2-9 Habitat: Found in forests, meadows and fields, woodlands, dry fields and hillsides, woodlands, and forest openings in sandy or rocky soils. Prefers moist to dry,Continue reading “Juniperus virginia”