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Ontario Native Plants & Ecology

> query: ontario native plants, zone 1-6

> status: 72 plants · 8 ecotypes

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Carex granularis · Limestone Meadow Sedge

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae · New England Aster

Andropogon gerardii · Andropogon gerardi

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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

New England Aster

Full Sun 60–180 cm Aug–Oct

ForbMesicS5Drought

Andropogon gerardii

Andropogon gerardi

Full Sun 120–240 cm Aug–Nov

GraminoidMoistS5DeerDrought

Gaultheria procumbens

Eastern Teaberry

Part Shade 10–15 cm Jun–Aug

ShrubMoistS5

Achillea borealis

Boreal Yarrow

Full Sun 20–100 cm Jul–Sep

ForbDryS5DeerDrought

Carex aurea

Golden Sedge

Part Shade 10–40 cm Jun–Aug

GraminoidWetS5Deer

Liatris spicata

Dense Blazing Star

Full Sun 60–150 cm Jul–Sep

ForbMoistS5DeerDrought

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