Consider using native plants in yards, they require less pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. They provide food and habitat for native wildlife, decrease the amount of water needed, are low maintenance, and help control erosion.
Native Ohio Plants
Native plants are trees, grasses, shrubs and flowers that have evolved over thousands of years in a particular region. They have become well-adapted to the physical features and climate of the area.
American Witchhazel
Bane Berry
Black Chokeberry
Black-eyed Susan
Blue Lobelia
Butterfly Weed
Button Bush
Cardinal Flower
Common Ninebark
Day Lily
Fairy Candles
False Indigo Bush
Foamflower
Garden Phlox
Gray, Silky and Red Osier
Hydrangea
Lady Fern
Lowbush Berry
Nannyberry
Obedient Plant
Purple Coneflower
Pussy Willow
Red Chokeberry
Rosemallow
Siberian Iris
Spice Bush
St. John's Wort
Turtle Head
Wild Geranium
Invasive Plant Species
Invasive plants cause extensive damage and harm natural resources. They have aggressive behavior that displaces the homes of native plants, insects and animals, reduced waterway capacity and reduced areas of biodiversity to monoculture areas.