For many decades, The Arboretum will be characterized more by meadows than by tree canopy.
Sunflowers and Pollinator Meadows will provide bird and butterfly food.
As canopy develops, Savanna and Dry Mesic Woodland mixes will be transitioned in.
The open ground plantings will be tailored to the site conditions, and feature Dry Mesic, Mesic Prairie, Wet Prairie, and Wet Mesic Floodplain seed mixes.
DP = Dry Mesic Prairie
MP = Mesic Prairie
WP = Wet Prairie
Dry-Mesic Prairie Seed Mixture
Grasses & Sedges:
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side oats gramma)
Carex bicknellii (Copper-shouldered oval sedge)
Schizachyrium scoparius (Little bluestem)
Forbs:
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly milkweed)
Aster azureus (Sky blue aster)
Coreopsis palmata (Stiff coreopsis)
Echinacea pallida (Pale purple coneflower)
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake master)
Petalostemum purpureum (Purple prairie clover)
Monarda fistulosa (Wild bergamot)
Ratibida pinnata (Yellow coneflower)
Rudbeckia hirta (Black eyed Susan)
Solidago rigida (Stiff goldenrod)
Tradescantia ohiensis (Spiderwort)
Verbena stricta (Hoary vervain)
Temporary Cover Crop:
Elymus canadensis (Canada wild rye)
Avena sativa (Common oats)
Mesic Prairie Seed Mixture
Grasses & Sedges:
Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem)
Carex bicknellii (Copper-shouldered oval sedge)
Panicum virgatum (Switch grass)
Schizachyrium scoparius (Little bluestem)
Forbs:
Aster novae-angliae (New England aster)
Baptisia leucantha (White wild indigo)
Echinacea purpurea (Purple coneflower)
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake master)
Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie blazing star)
Monarda fistulosa (Wild bergamot)
Penstomen digitalis (Foxglove beard tongue)
Petalostemum purpureum (Purple prairie clover)
Ratibida pinnata (Yellow coneflower)
Rudbeckia hirta (Black eyed Susan)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet black-eyed Susan)
Solidago rigida (Stiff goldenrod)
Tradescantia ohiensis (Spiderwort)
Temporary Cover Crop:
Elymus canadensis (Canada wild rye)
Avena sativa (Common oats)
Wet Prairie Seed Mixture
Grasses & Sedges:
Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem)
Carex comosa (Bristly sedge)
Carex scoparia (Pointed broom sedge)
Carex vulpinoidea (Brown fox sedge)
Panicum virgatum (Switch grass)
Forbs:
Aster novae-angliae (New England aster)
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp milkweed)
Helenium autumnale (Sneezeweed)
Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake master)
Liatris spicata (Marsh blazing star)
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal flower)
Lobelia siphilitica (Great blue lobelia)
Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove beard tongue)
Physostegia virginiana (Obedient plant)
Monarda fistulosa (Wild bergamot)
Oligoneuron riddellii (Riddell’s goldenrod)
Rudbeckia hirta (Black eyed Susan)
Ratibida pinnata (Yellow coneflower)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet black-eyed Susan)
Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders)
Temporary Cover Crop:
Elymus canadensis (Canada wild rye)
Elymus virginicus (Canada wild rye)
Avena sativa (Common oats)
