Native plants for front garden in Davidson County, Tennessee
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- Heartleaf AsterSymphyotrichum cordifolium
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
(c) Alan Rockefeller, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Blue, Summer, Fall2.5 ft tall, 2 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Bluestem GoldenrodSolidago caesia
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
R.A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Yellow, Aug to Oct2.5 ft tall, 2 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Fragrant SumacRhus aromatica
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Spring4 ft tall, 8 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Wild GeraniumGeranium maculatum
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Swamp RosemallowHibiscus moscheutos
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
no rights reserved, CC0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Jul to Sep5 ft tall, 3 ft wideMoist to wet soil - Tall Blue Wild IndigoBaptisia australis
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
May to Jul3.5 ft tall, 3 ft wideUsually moist soil - Wild BergamotMonarda fistulosa
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Golden St. John's-wortHypericum frondosum
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Debbie Roos, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Yellow3.5 ft tall, 3.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Cathy Dewitt, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Yellow, Jul to Sep3 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
George F Mayfield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Jul to Sep2 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Hairy Beard TonguePenstemon hirsutus
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
no rights reserved, CC0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
May to Jun1.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideDry to average soil - Swamp MilkweedAsclepias incarnata
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Jasper Shide, CC0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Jun to Aug4 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideUsually moist soil - Scarlet BeebalmMonarda didyma
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Butterfly MilkweedAsclepias tuberosa
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Spring, Summer1.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideDry to somewhat dry soil - Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Jul to Jul6.5 ft tall, 5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Eastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia corollata
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Gray's SedgeCarex grayi
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
May to Aug2.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideUsually moist soil - Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
Recorded in Davidson 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 Davidson 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 - Dwarf Crested IrisIris cristata
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Dr. Thomas Barnes, USFWS, Public domain, Original photo, Source scanned from 1980s 35 mm slide; Wikimedia thumbnail; no additional crop or retouching.
Spring7 in tall, 10 in wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Dwarf LarkspurDelphinium tricorne
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
no rights reserved, CC0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
2 ft tall, 1 ft wideUsually moist soil - Oakleaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
(c) Laura Clark, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Spring6 ft tall, 7 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - MaypopsPassiflora incarnata
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
E.nielsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Spring, Summer7 ft tall, 4.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Spring1.5 ft tall, 10 in wideSomewhat dry to wet soil - Wild Blue PhloxPhlox divaricata
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Wilson44691, CC0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Apr to Jun10 in tall, 1 ft wideUsually moist soil - Downy PhloxPhlox pilosa
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
NPS Staff, Public domain, Original photo, Digitized historical NPS educational slide; Wikimedia thumbnail, no additional crop or retouching.
May to Jul1.5 ft tall, 1 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
Recorded in Davidson 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 - False Solomon's-sealMaianthemum racemosum
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Susan Strine, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Yellow, Spring, Summer1.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Debbie Roos, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Blue, Jul to Oct3 ft tall, 1 ft wideUsually moist soil - SwitchgrassPanicum virgatum
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Andrey Zharkikh, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Jul to Sep5 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Cardinal-flowerLobelia cardinalis
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Barnes, Dr. Thomas G., Public domain, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Jul to Sep4.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideUsually moist soil - Early Meadow-rueThalictrum dioicum
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Starry CampionSilene stellata
Recorded in Davidson 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 Davidson 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 - Heartleaf Golden-AlexandersZizia aptera
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Chelsea Monks, Black Hills National Forest, Public domain, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Yellow, Apr to May2 ft tall, 1 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Hoary Mountain-mintPycnanthemum incanum
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
4.5 ft tall, 3 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Slender Mountain-mintPycnanthemum tenuifolium
Recorded in Davidson 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 - River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Summer3.5 ft tall, 2 ft wideUsually moist soil - Hoary SkullcapScutellaria incana
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Virginia Spring-beautyClaytonia virginica
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Kaldari, Public domain, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Apr to Jun7 in tall, 7 in wideUsually moist soil - Black CohoshActaea racemosa
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Hope Duckworth, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
White, May to Sep5.5 ft tall, 3 ft wideUsually moist soil - Eastern BluestarAmsonia tabernaemontana
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Susan Strine, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Blue, Apr to Jun2.5 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Tall ThimbleweedAnemone virginiana
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Canada HorsebalmCollinsonia canadensis
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
(c) Katie Kucera, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
3 ft tall, 2 ft wideUsually moist soil - Highland DoghobbleLeucothoe fontanesiana
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
White4 ft tall, 6 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Large-flowered BellwortUvularia grandiflora
Recorded in Davidson 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 Davidson 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 - Sweet WoodreedCinna arundinacea
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute., Public domain, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Aug to Sep3 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideAverage to wet soil - Sweet GoldenrodSolidago odora
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
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 - Robin's-plantainErigeron pulchellus
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Susan Strine, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Jul to Sep6 ft tall, 3 ft wideUsually moist soil - Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Brown-eyed SusanRudbeckia triloba
Recorded in Davidson 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.
Aug to Oct4 ft tall, 1 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Common Wild QuinineParthenium integrifolium
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Peterwchen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Summer, Fall3 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Lanceleaf TickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
Recorded in Davidson 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 - Purplehead SneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Summer2 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideMoist to wet soil - Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Kathleen Moore, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Jul to Sep4.5 ft tall, 11 in wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Smooth OxeyeHeliopsis helianthoides
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Scott Loarie, CC0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Summer, Fall4.5 ft tall, 3 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
no rights reserved, CC0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
1.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
Recorded in Davidson 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 Davidson 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 Davidson 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 Davidson 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 Davidson 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



































































