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40 Low Water Plants Native to Des Moines, Iowa

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Juniperus virginiana image

1. Eastern Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Asclepias tuberosa image

2. Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

Schizachyrium scoparium image

3. Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

Eragrostis spectabilis image

4. Purple Love Grass

Eragrostis spectabilis

Andropogon gerardii image

5. Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii

Baptisia alba image

6. White Wild Indigo

Baptisia alba

Ratibida pinnata image

7. Pinnate Prairie Coneflower

Ratibida pinnata

Liatris aspera image

8. Rough Blazing Star

Liatris aspera

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium image

9. Narrowleaf Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Asclepias syriaca image

10. Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Ruellia humilis image

11. Fringeleaf Wild Petunia

Ruellia humilis

Symphyotrichum cordifolium image

12. Blue Wood Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Panicum virgatum image

13. Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Rhus glabra image

14. Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra

Ceanothus americanus image

15. New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

Asclepias verticillata image

16. Whorled Milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

Rhus aromatica image

17. Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Coreopsis palmata image

18. Stiff Tickseed

Coreopsis palmata

Lespedeza capitata image

19. Roundhead Bushclover

Lespedeza capitata

Verbena stricta image

20. Hoary Vervain

Verbena stricta

Penstemon grandiflorus image

21. Large Beardtongue

Penstemon grandiflorus

Baptisia alba var. macrophylla image

22. Largeleaf Wild Indigo

Baptisia alba var. macrophylla

Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior image

23. Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior

Solidago canadensis image

24. Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Artemisia ludoviciana image

25. Silver Wormwood

Artemisia ludoviciana

Gleditsia triacanthos image

26. Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Anemone virginiana image

27. Tall Thimbleweed

Anemone virginiana

Amorpha canescens image

28. Leadplant

Amorpha canescens

Elymus hystrix image

29. Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

Apocynum cannabinum image

30. Indianhemp

Apocynum cannabinum

Vernonia baldwinii image

31. Baldwin’s Ironweed

Vernonia baldwinii

Gentiana alba image

32. Plain Gentian

Gentiana alba

Solidago altissima image

33. Tall Goldenrod

Solidago altissima

Lithospermum canescens image

34. Hoary Puccoon

Lithospermum canescens

Agrimonia gryposepala image

35. Tall Hairy Agrimony

Agrimonia gryposepala

Carex brevior image

36. Shortbeak Sedge

Carex brevior

Sporobolus compositus image

37. Rough Dropseed

Sporobolus compositus

Physalis heterophylla image

38. Clammy Groundcherry

Physalis heterophylla

Hackelia virginiana image

39. Beggarslice

Hackelia virginiana

Cyperus schweinitzii image

40. Schweinitz’s Flatsedge

Cyperus schweinitzii

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