Native plants for a small bed in McDowell County, North Carolina
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- Narrowleaf SundropsOenothera fruticosa
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Yellow, Summer1.5 ft tall, 2 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
(c) psweet, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
White, Spring6 in tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Wild GeraniumGeranium maculatum
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Stacy Hodes, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Spring, Summer1.5 ft tall, 1 ft wideUsually moist soil - Yellow Wild IndigoBaptisia tinctoria
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Yellow, Spring, Summer3 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Wild BergamotMonarda fistulosa
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Hope Duckworth, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Summer, Fall3 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Butterfly MilkweedAsclepias tuberosa
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Orange, May to Aug1.5 ft tall, 1 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Scarlet BeebalmMonarda didyma
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Red, Jul to Sep3 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideUsually moist soil - Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
no rights reserved, CC0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
May to Aug2 ft tall, 2 ft wideUsually moist soil - Pennsylvania SedgeCarex pensylvanica
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Erutuon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Spring5 in tall, 6 in wideDry to moist soil - Eastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia corollata
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Summer, Fall2.5 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideDry to average soil - Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Yellow, Summer, Fall2.5 ft tall, 1 ft wideUsually moist soil - Little BluestemSchizachyrium scoparium
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Joshua Mayer, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Summer3 ft tall, 2 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Early Meadow-rueThalictrum dioicum
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Jay Sturner, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Apr to May1.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideUsually moist soil - False Solomon's-sealMaianthemum racemosum
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
White2.5 ft tall, 2 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Apr to Jun2 ft tall, 1 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Starry CampionSilene stellata
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Fritz Flohr Reynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
White, Jul to Sep2.5 ft tall, 2 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Fire PinkSilene virginica
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Stacy Hodes, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Red, May to Jul1 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Clustered Mountain-mintPycnanthemum muticum
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Cathy Dewitt, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
3.5 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideUsually moist soil - Slender Mountain-mintPycnanthemum tenuifolium
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Hope Duckworth, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
3 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Hoary SkullcapScutellaria incana
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
(c) Healthy Yards, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Jun to Sep2.5 ft tall, 2 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Tall ThimbleweedAnemone virginiana
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
(c) Tom Norton, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Jun to Aug3 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Large-flowered BellwortUvularia grandiflora
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Yellow, Apr to May2 ft tall, 1 ft wideUsually moist soil - Piedmont FoamflowerTiarella cordifolia
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
8 in tall, 1 ft wideUsually moist soil - Northern Spider-lilyHymenocallis occidentalis
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program Louisiana State University, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
White2 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideMoist to wet soil - Sweet GoldenrodSolidago odora
Recorded in McDowell County
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James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Summer, Fall3 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Wrinkle-leaf GoldenrodSolidago rugosa
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Alan Weakley, CC0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Jul to Oct3 ft tall, 2 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Robin's-plantainErigeron pulchellus
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
no rights reserved, CC0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Spring, Summer1.5 ft tall, 2 ft wideUsually moist soil - Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Spring2.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Jun to Oct3 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Cream Wild IndigoBaptisia bracteata
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
(c) Brian Finzel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
May to Jun2 ft tall, 2 ft wideDry to average soil - Orange ConeflowerRudbeckia fulgida
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Susan Strine, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Summer, Fall2.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - White Wood-asterEurybia divaricata
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Summer, Fall2 ft tall, 2 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Lanceleaf TickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
PK2Morgan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
May to Aug2 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
jamie, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
2 ft tall, 2 ft wideUsually moist soil - Marginal Wood-fernDryopteris marginalis
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Chhe (talk), Public domain, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
2 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideUsually moist soil - Plantain-leaf PussytoesAntennaria plantaginifolia
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
(c) Taro Ietaka, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Apr to Jun5 in tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
1.5 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Northern Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
Recorded in McDowell County
Photo credit
Tim McCormack (Phyzome), CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Summer2 ft tall, 2 ft wideUsually moist soil





































