Perennials: List
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| Scientific Name | Common Name | Soil Moisture 1=Dry 2=Med 3=Wet |
Partial shade tolerance | Drought Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High |
Salt Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High |
Pollution tolerance | Compaction tolerance | Flower colour | STEP star! |
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| Achillea millefolium ssp. Lanulosa | Common Yarrow | 2 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | Y | O | 
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| Agastache foeniculum | Giant Hyssop | 2-3 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | Y | 3 | ☆ | |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica | American Water-plantain | 3 | 1 | 2 | O | ||||
| Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum | Wild Chives | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Amsonia hubrichtii | Arkansas Blustar flower | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar | 2 | Y | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Anaphalis margaritacea | Pearly Everlasting | 2-3 | 3 | 3 | Y | O | ☆ | ||
| Anemone canadensis | Canada Anemone | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | O | |||
| Antennaria spp. | Pussytoes | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Aquilegia canadensis | Wild Columbine | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | 1 | ||
| Armeria maritima 'Dusseldorf Pride' | Dusseldorf Pride Sea Thrift | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Artemisia schmidtiana | Silver Mound Artemesia | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | O | |||
| Aruncus dioicus | Bride's Feathers | 2-3 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | O | |||
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Swamp milkweed | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2 | ☆ | |||
| Baptisia alba | Rattlebox, White Wild Indigo | 1 | Y | 3 | 3 | O | |||
| Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Bidens cernua | Nodding Beggar-ticks | 3 | Y | 1 | 2 | Y | 2 | ||
| Bidens frondosa | Devil's Beggar-ticks | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | Y | 2 | ||
| Boltonia asteroides | Boltonia, False Aster | 2 | 2 | 2 | O | ☆ | |||
| Caltha palustris | Marsh Marigold | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum | Field Chickweed | 1 | Y | 2 | 2 | O | |||
| Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | O | ☆ | |||
| Chelone lyonii | Pink Turtlehead e.g. cultivar 'Hot Lips' | 2 | Y | 1 | 1 | 1 | ☆ | ||
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lance-leaved Coreopsis | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Coreopsis rosea | Pink-flowered Tickseed | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick-trefoil | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | Y | 1 | |||
| Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata (Aster umbellatus) | Flat-top White Aster | 2-3 | 1 | 2-3 | O | ☆ | |||
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ☆ | |||
| Epilobium coloratum | Purple-leaf Willow-herb | 3 | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 1 | ||
| Erigeron pulchellus | Robin's Plantain Fleabane | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Eupatorium maculatum ssp. maculatum | Spotted Joe-pye Weed | 3 | 2 | 2 | Y | 1 | ☆ | ||
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 1 | Y | O | ||
| Euthamia graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop | 2 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | |
| Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana | Common Strawberry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | O | |
| Gaillardia aristata | Great Blanket-flower | 2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | ||
| Geranium maculatum | Wild Crane's-bill / Wild Geranium | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Geum triflorum | Prairie Smoke | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland Sunflower | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | 2 | ||
| Helianthus strumosus | Pale-leaf Sunflower | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2 | |||
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke | 1 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | Y | 2 | |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Oxeye Sunflower | 2 | 2-3 | ? | 2 | ||||
| Hosta ssp. | Hosta (various) | 1-3 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Hydrophyllum virginianum | John's Cabbage / Virginia Waterleaf | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Impatiens capensis | Spotted Touch-me-not | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Iris versicolor | Blue Flag Iris | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ☆ | |||
| Lespedeza capitata | Round-head Bush-clover | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | Y | O | ||
| Leucanthemum superbum | Shasta Daisy | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1 | 3 | ☆ | ||
| Lysimachia ciliata | Fringed Loosestrife | 2 | Y | 2 | 1-2 | 2 | |||
| Matteucia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica | Ostrich Fern | 2-3 | Y, preferred | 2 | 1-2 | O | |||
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Bee-balm | 1-3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | Y | 1 | ☆ | |
| Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern | 2-3 | Y, perferred | 1-2 | 1-2 | O | |||
| Opuntia fragilis | Spreading Prickly-Pear | 1 | Y | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | 2-3 | Y, preferred | 1-2 | 1 | O | |||
| Packera paupercula | Balsam Ragweed | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | O | |||
| Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy beardtongue | 1-2 | Y | 3 | ? | 3 | |||
| Podophyllum peltatum | May Apple | 2 | Y | 1 | ? | O | |||
| Potentilla anserina | Silverweed | 3 | 3 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
| Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower | 1-2 | 3 | ? | 2 | ||||
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-Eyed Susan | 1-3 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | ☆ | |||
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-Headed Coneflower, Cut-leaf Coneflower | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | |
| Salvia spp. | Sage (various) | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 3 | ☆ | ||
| Sedum album | White Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | O | ☆ | ||
| Sedum hybridum | Hybrid Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | ||
| Sedum reflexum | Jenny's Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | ||
| Sedum sexangulare | Tasteless Stonecrop | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | |
| Sedum spurium | Dragon's Blood Sedum | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 1 | ☆ | ||
| Sisyrinchium montanum | Strict Blue-eyed-grass | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Solidago altissima var. altissima | Tall Goldenrod | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | |
| Solidago canadensis var. canadensis | Canada Goldenrod | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | |
| Solidago flexicaulis | Zig-zag Goldenrod | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | 2 | ||
| Solidago nemoralis ssp. nemoralis | Grey Goldenrod | 1 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | Y | 2 | |
| Solidago patula | Roundleaf Goldenrod | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Solidago ptarmicoides(Oligoneuron album) | Prairie Goldenrod | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | |||
| Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa | Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod | 2 | 1-2 | 2 | Y | 2 | |||
| Stachys byzantina | Lambs' Ears | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Heart-leaved Aster | 1 | Y | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | 1 | ☆ | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster | 1-2 | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | O | ☆ | |
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum | Panicled Aster | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | O | ☆ |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | 3 | ☆ |
| Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Sky-blue Aster | 1 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | 3 | ☆ | |
| Symphyotrichum puniceum | Swamp Aster | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3 | ☆ | |||
| Thalictrum pubescens | Tall Meadow-Rue | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | O | |||
| Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens | Marsh Fern | 2-3 | Y, preferred | 1 | 1-2 | O | |||
| Thymus serpyllum | Mother-of-Thyme | 1-2 | 3 | 2-3 | Y | 1 | |||
| Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort | 2 | Y | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Trichostema brachiatum (Isanthus brachiatus) | False Pennyroyal | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | 3 | ☆ | |
| Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | 3 | |||
| Verbena urticifolia | White Vervain | 2 | Y | 3 | 2 | Y | O | ||
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's root | 2 | 3 | 2 | O | ☆ | |||
| Waldsteinia fragarioides | Barren Strawberry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | O | |||
| Yucca filamentosa | Narrow-Leaved Yucca | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | O | ||||
| Zizia aurea | Common Alexanders | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | 2 |