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Native Plant Species Information

Read and learn about these Michigan native species. The articles are written by Wild Ones River City members. More to come—enjoy!

  • American Bladdernut
  • American Senna
  • American Spicebush
  • American Spikenard
  • American Winterberry
  • Blue Wild Indigo
  • Bowman’s Root
  • Bunchberry Dogwood
  • Buttonbush
  • Canada Mayflower
  • Coreopsis
  • Culver’s Root
  • Cup Plant
  • Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid
  • Eastern Red Cedar
  • Eastern White Pine
  • Enchanter’s Nightshade
  • Ferns
  • Fringed Gentian
  • Great Blue Lobelia
  • Harebell
  • Hart’s Tongue Fern
  • Indian Grass
  • Inland sea-oats
  • Indian Pipe
  • Juneberry
  • Mayapple
  • Milkweed
  • Mountain Mint
  • Native Ferns
  • Nodding Onion
  • PawPaw
  • Phlox
  • Pignut Hickory
  • Purple Meadow Rue
  • Pussy Willow
  • Ramps
  • Rattlesnake Master
  • Spring Beauty
  • Sweetfern
  • Tamarack
  • Twinleaf_Jeffersonia diphylla
  • White Avens
  • White Vervain
  • Wintergreen
  • Witch Hazel
  • Wild Columbine
  • Wood Poppy: A Tale of Two Poppies

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Medicinal Botany: exploring traditional ecological knowledge and western laboratory science

Presented by Maisie Wiler

October 16 • 6:30 pm

Calvin University
Bunker Interpretive Center
1750 E Beltline Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI, 49525

Volunteer!
Native Plant Education Garden
Work Session
October 12 • 10 am–Noon
920 Cherry St. SE, Grand Rapids

LATEST POSTS

  • Natives to Know: Michigan Oaks (Quercus, sp.)September 28, 2023
  • Program Recap: Supporting Native Bees in Your Backyard!August 28, 2023
  • NATIVES TO KNOW: CoreopsisJuly 23, 2023
  • LOOKING AND LEARNING AT MICHIGAN WILDFLOWER FARMJune 30, 2023
  • NATIVES TO KNOW: American Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)June 30, 2023

YOUTUBE VIDEOS

  • Aldo Leopold and Finding a Land Ethic for Our Time
  • Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan
  • Nature's Best Hope
  • Managing Habitat for Monarch Butterflies
  • Native Garden Design
  • Birds, Insects, Native Plants and Much More!
  • More videos

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