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Ontario Native Plants & Ecology

> query: ontario native plants, zone 1-6

> status: 72 plants · 8 ecotypes

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Allium cernuum · Nodding Onion

Andropogon gerardii · Andropogon gerardi

Antennaria neglecta · Field Pussytoes

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Andropogon gerardii

Andropogon gerardi

Full Sun 120–240 cm Aug–Nov

GraminoidMoistS5DeerDrought

Gentiana andrewsii

Closed Bottle Gentian

Part Shade 30–120 cm Aug–Oct

ForbMoistS5

Hamamelis virginiana

Witch-hazel

Part Shade 200–600 cm Sep–Nov

ShrubMesicS5

Schizachyrium scoparium

Little Bluestem

Full Sun 60–150 cm Aug–Oct

GraminoidDryS5DeerDrought

Solidago flexicaulis

Zigzag Goldenrod

Part Shade 20–120 cm Jul–Oct

ForbMoistS5Drought

Solidago nemoralis

Gray Goldenrod

Full Sun 30–90 cm Aug–Oct

ForbDryS5DeerDrought

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