Species lists evolve and from time to time and we may add or subtract the species that you will find on this page. this is not a comprehensive list, but does provide some examples of native plants for your consideration. The exact species and genotype for your area may differ. The Pollinator Conservation Association acknowledges the participation of many individuals and organizations that have helped to contribute to the development and growth of these species lists. They include: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, Erie County Department of Planning, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, USDA, Grazing Buffalo (Steve Olson, Megan Olson), Native Plants Group (Ken Parker, Lynda Schneekloth et al), Paul Fuhrmann, Priscilla Titus, John Titus, Conservation Research Institute, (Dr. Gerould Wilhelm, Laura Rericha), Trowbridge, Wolfe Associates (Kathyrn Wolfe), Buffalo Waterkeeper, Larry Brooks, Michelle Frederick Van Strom, Jajean Burney, and Jay Burney.
Pollinator Conservation Association Preferred Native Plants
Locally Sourced, Not Cultivars
Listed Plants should be used in seed mixes and as forbs, shrubs, and other plants. They can be used to enhance or replace commercial seed mixes.
Native Grasses (Short)
Side-oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Prairie Brome (Bromus Kalmii)
Plains Oval Sedge (Carex brevior)
Purple Love Grass (Eragrostis spectabilis)
Little Bluestem (Schyzachyrium scoparium)
Common Wood Sedge (Carex blanda)
Field Oval Sedge (Carex molesta)
Beak Grass (Diarrhena obovata)
Hairy Wood Chess (Bromus pubescens)
Native Grasses (Tall)
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Prairie Brome (Bromus kalmii)
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis)
Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix)
Silky Wild Rye (Elymus villosus)
Virginia Wild Rye (Elymus virginicus)
Native Forbs
Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)
Smooth Blue Aster (Aster laevis)
Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
Pale-spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
Wild Bergamot (Monarada fistulosa)
Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
Prairie Cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta)
Upland White Aster (Solidago ptarmicoides)
Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
Grass Leaved Goldenrod (Solidago graminifolia)
Goats Rue (Tephrosia virginian)
Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides)
Calico Aster (Aster lateriflorus)
Smooth-leaved Aster (Aster laevis)
Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpea)
Sweet Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
Gaura biennis (Biennial gaura)
Early Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fitulosa)
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pilosum)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Sweet Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa)
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
Early Figwort (Scrophularia lanceloata)
Late Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica)
Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders (Zizia aptera)
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)
Shrubs (partial list)
Note: that New York State and the Carolinian Zone of which much of the Niagara Region is a part, has hundreds of species of native shrubs. This is not a comprehensive list. We may add specific trees to our list from time to time. For More native shrub species of this region: http://www.plantnative.org/rpl-nypanj.htm
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus serocea)
Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum)
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra sp. canadensis)
Ninebark (Physpcarpus opulifolius)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
American Hazelnut (Corylus americana)
Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus)
Wild Plum (prunus americana)
Beach Plum (Prunus maritime)
Bearbeary (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)
Tree Species
Note that New York State and the Carolinian Zone of which much of the Niagara Region is a part, has hundreds of Native Trees. this is not a comprhensive list. We may add specific trees to our list from time to time. For More native tree species of this region: http://www.plantnative.org/rpl-nypanj.htm
Trees (coniferous)
(partial list)
Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)
White Spruce (Picea glauca)
Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides)
Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)
Trees ( deciduous)
(partial list)
Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Wet – Mesic
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Box Elder (Acer negundo)
Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana) Wet – Dry mesic
Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos) Wet – Dry mesic
Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioicus) Mesic – Dry mesic
Eastern Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Mesic – dry mesic
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor) Wet – Wet Mesic
Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) Full sun, moist
Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana) Full sun, dry
Boxelder (Acer negundo) Full sun, Wet
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Shade tolerant, damp soils
Sweet Birch (Betula lenta) Full sun, moist
Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) Adaptable
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Black Willow (Salix nigra) Wet
Sumac sp.
Riparian Herbaceous Plants
Blue Flag (Iris versicolor)
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)
Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)
Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens)
Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
River Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Big Bluestem (Andropogon geradii)
Virginia Wild Rye (Elymus virginicus)
Solidago species
Aster species
Locally Sourced, Not Cultivars
Listed Plants should be used in seed mixes and as forbs, shrubs, and other plants. They can be used to enhance or replace commercial seed mixes.
Native Grasses (Short)
Side-oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Prairie Brome (Bromus Kalmii)
Plains Oval Sedge (Carex brevior)
Purple Love Grass (Eragrostis spectabilis)
Little Bluestem (Schyzachyrium scoparium)
Common Wood Sedge (Carex blanda)
Field Oval Sedge (Carex molesta)
Beak Grass (Diarrhena obovata)
Hairy Wood Chess (Bromus pubescens)
Native Grasses (Tall)
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Prairie Brome (Bromus kalmii)
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis)
Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix)
Silky Wild Rye (Elymus villosus)
Virginia Wild Rye (Elymus virginicus)
Native Forbs
Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)
Smooth Blue Aster (Aster laevis)
Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
Pale-spiked Lobelia (Lobelia spicata)
Wild Bergamot (Monarada fistulosa)
Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
Prairie Cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta)
Upland White Aster (Solidago ptarmicoides)
Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
Grass Leaved Goldenrod (Solidago graminifolia)
Goats Rue (Tephrosia virginian)
Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides)
Calico Aster (Aster lateriflorus)
Smooth-leaved Aster (Aster laevis)
Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpea)
Sweet Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
Gaura biennis (Biennial gaura)
Early Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fitulosa)
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pilosum)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Sweet Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa)
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
Early Figwort (Scrophularia lanceloata)
Late Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica)
Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)
Heart-leaf Golden Alexanders (Zizia aptera)
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)
Shrubs (partial list)
Note: that New York State and the Carolinian Zone of which much of the Niagara Region is a part, has hundreds of species of native shrubs. This is not a comprehensive list. We may add specific trees to our list from time to time. For More native shrub species of this region: http://www.plantnative.org/rpl-nypanj.htm
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus serocea)
Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum)
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra sp. canadensis)
Ninebark (Physpcarpus opulifolius)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
American Hazelnut (Corylus americana)
Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus)
Wild Plum (prunus americana)
Beach Plum (Prunus maritime)
Bearbeary (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)
Tree Species
Note that New York State and the Carolinian Zone of which much of the Niagara Region is a part, has hundreds of Native Trees. this is not a comprhensive list. We may add specific trees to our list from time to time. For More native tree species of this region: http://www.plantnative.org/rpl-nypanj.htm
Trees (coniferous)
(partial list)
Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)
White Spruce (Picea glauca)
Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides)
Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)
Trees ( deciduous)
(partial list)
Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Wet – Mesic
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Box Elder (Acer negundo)
Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana) Wet – Dry mesic
Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos) Wet – Dry mesic
Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioicus) Mesic – Dry mesic
Eastern Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Mesic – dry mesic
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor) Wet – Wet Mesic
Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) Full sun, moist
Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana) Full sun, dry
Boxelder (Acer negundo) Full sun, Wet
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Shade tolerant, damp soils
Sweet Birch (Betula lenta) Full sun, moist
Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) Adaptable
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Black Willow (Salix nigra) Wet
Sumac sp.
Riparian Herbaceous Plants
Blue Flag (Iris versicolor)
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)
Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum)
Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens)
Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
River Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Big Bluestem (Andropogon geradii)
Virginia Wild Rye (Elymus virginicus)
Solidago species
Aster species
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