Native plants for a border in Rutherford County, Tennessee
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- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 - Bird's-foot VioletViola pedata
Recorded in Rutherford County
Photo credit
no rights reserved, CC0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Spring, Summer6 in tall, 6 in wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Swamp RosemallowHibiscus moscheutos
Recorded in Rutherford 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 - Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
Recorded in Rutherford County
Photo credit
Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
White, Spring, Summer5 ft tall, 4 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Tall Blue Wild IndigoBaptisia australis
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 - Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
Recorded in Rutherford County
Photo credit
Susan Strine, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Spring, Summer2.5 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Golden St. John's-wortHypericum frondosum
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 - Butterfly MilkweedAsclepias tuberosa
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 - Eastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia corollata
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 - Texas SedgeCarex texensis
Recorded in Rutherford County
Photo credit
Daderot, CC0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
1 ft tall, 3 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Dwarf Crested IrisIris cristata
Recorded in Rutherford 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 - Virginia IrisIris virginica
Recorded in Rutherford County
Photo credit
Joshua Mayer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Spring2 ft tall, 2 ft wideMoist to wet soil - Dwarf LarkspurDelphinium tricorne
Recorded in Rutherford 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 - Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 - Rattlesnake-masterEryngium yuccifolium
Recorded in Rutherford County
Photo credit
Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Summer5 ft tall, 4.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Fall PhloxPhlox paniculata
Recorded in Rutherford County
Photo credit
Cathy Dewitt, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Summer3 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideUsually moist soil - Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 - Cardinal-flowerLobelia cardinalis
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 - Fire PinkSilene virginica
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 - Slender Mountain-mintPycnanthemum tenuifolium
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford County
Photo credit
Kaldari, Public domain, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Apr to Jun7 in tall, 7 in wideUsually moist soil - Virginia WaterleafHydrophyllum virginianum
Recorded in Rutherford County
Photo credit
(c) Ashwin Srinivasan, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
1.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Eastern BluestarAmsonia tabernaemontana
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 - Piedmont FoamflowerTiarella cordifolia
Recorded in Rutherford 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 - New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae
Recorded in Rutherford County
Photo credit
Andrew Sebastian, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Aug to Oct4.5 ft tall, 2 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil - Robin's-plantainErigeron pulchellus
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 - Common SneezeweedHelenium autumnale
Recorded in Rutherford County
Photo credit
Virginia State Parks, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Aug to Oct4 ft tall, 2.5 ft wideMoist to wet soil - Lanceleaf TickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford County
Photo credit
jamie, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
2 ft tall, 2 ft wideUsually moist soil - Plantain-leaf PussytoesAntennaria plantaginifolia
Recorded in Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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



















































