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Murfreesboro Indigenous Plant Project (MIPP) Guide

This guide is to support the Murfreesboro Indigenous Plant Project by highlighting locally native plants that lend themselves to landscape uses as well as provide important ecosystem functions.

About MIPP:

An initiative of the Outdoor Murfreesboro Natural Resource Division, ...more ↓

American Beautyberry 1
Callicarpa americana
American Black Elderberry 2
Sambucus canadensis
American Groundnut 3
Apios americana
American Persimmon 4
Diospyros virginiana
American Plum 5
Prunus americana
American Sycamore 6
Platanus occidentalis
American Witch-hazel 4
Hamamelis virginiana
Aromatic Aster 7
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Bald Cypress 8
Taxodium distichum
Black Chokeberry 9
Aronia melanocarpa
Black-eyed Susan 10
Rudbeckia hirta
Blue-eyed grasses 11
Sisyrinchium
Blue False Indigo 12
Baptisia australis
Blue Mistflower 4
Conoclinium coelestinum
Eastern Redbud 13
Cercis canadensis
Butterfly Milkweed 14
Asclepias tuberosa
Buttonbush 15
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cardinalflower 16
Lobelia cardinalis
Carolina Buckthorn 17
Frangula caroliniana
Carolina Climbing Milkweed 18
Matelea carolinensis
Carolina Rose 19
Rosa carolina
Carolina Sweetshrub 20
Calycanthus floridus
Common Milkweed 21
Asclepias syriaca
Coral Honeysuckle 22
Lonicera sempervirens
Dense Blazing Star 23
Liatris spicata
Downy Pagoda Plant 24
Blephilia ciliata
Eastern Bluestar 5
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Eastern Prickly Pear 25
Opuntia humifusa
False Indigo 26
Amorpha fruticosa
Foxglove Beardtongue 27
Penstemon digitalis
Glade Phlox 28
Phlox bifida stellaria
Golden Alexander 2
Zizia aurea
Great Blue Lobelia 29
Lobelia siphilitica
Indiangrass 30
Sorghastrum nutans
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 1
Coreopsis lanceolata
Little Bluestem 31
Schizachyrium scoparium
New Jersey Tea 32
Ceanothus americanus
Maximilian Sunflower 31
Helianthus maximiliani
New England aster 33
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Nodding Onion 34
Allium cernuum
Northern Catalpa 35
Catalpa speciosa
Oaks 36
Quercus
Obedient Plant 37
Physostegia virginiana
Ohio buckeye 38
Aesculus glabra
Orange Coneflower 39
Rudbeckia fulgida
Pecan 40
Carya illinoinensis
Plains Coreopsis 41
Coreopsis tinctoria
Purple Passionflower 42
Passiflora incarnata
Purple Coneflower 43
Echinacea purpurea
Purple Lovegrass 44
Eragrostis spectabilis
Purple Milkweed 45
Asclepias purpurascens
Purple Phacelia 46
Phacelia bipinnatifida
red columbine 47
Aquilegia canadensis
Red Mulberry 6
Morus rubra
Red Oaks 6
Lobatae
Rose Vervain 48
Glandularia canadensis
Sassafras 49
Sassafras albidum
Scarlet Beebalm 50
Monarda didyma
Shrubby St. John's-wort 50
Hypericum prolificum
Smooth Blue Aster 51
Symphyotrichum laeve
Smooth Solomon's Seal 52
Polygonatum biflorum
Southern Sneezeweed 53
Helenium flexuosum
Spicebush 54
Lindera benzoin
Staghorn Sumac 5
Rhus typhina
Swamp Milkweed 55
Asclepias incarnata
Swamp Rose Mallow 56
Hibiscus moscheutos
Sweet Joe-Pye-weed 14
Eutrochium purpureum
Switchgrass 57
Panicum virgatum
TulipTree (Tulip Poplar) 58
Liriodendron tulipifera
Virginia Bluebell 4
Mertensia virginica
Yarrow 26
Achillea millefolium
Virginia Strawberry 59
Fragaria virginiana
Yellow Passionflower 60
Passiflora lutea
Virginia Wildrye 61
Elymus virginicus
wild bergamot 62
Monarda fistulosa

Edited by Murfreesboro,TN, Natural Resource Division, Lauren LeCroy May, Kristin Hopkins, and Ashleigh Newnes, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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