Attractive soft yellow flowers with a long bloom season make this a desirable garden addition.  The grass-like leaves give the plant a fine texture. May spread aggressively. Considered to be a pollinator magnet. Tolerant of most soils except dry ones, its native habitat is moist to wet areas.

A fine textured vase shaped plant. Flowers are small but clustered into larger heads, resulting in clouds of tiny white flowers which bloom from late summer into autumn. The flowers mature into seed clusters, giving autumn interest. Does best in dry, sandy fields or open woods.

A warm season, low-growing bunchgrass which produces striking plumage in the summer. The inflorescence appears as hazy,  reddish-purple clouds.  Often used for erosion control owing to its fibrous, deep roots. Drought tolerant and low maintenance.

Clump-forming perennial grass with fibrous roots. A decorative green fading to cream panicle (flower array) emerges from a sheath. Grows in forest edges, meadows and fields, shores of rivers or lakes. 

This showy wildflower is easy to grow and low maintenance.  Found in open fields, disturbed areas, usually in sandy soils alongside our native grasses.  Its bright yellow daisy-like flowers attract lots of pollinators and transform into fuzzy spherical seedheads in Fall.  Drought tolerant once established.

A medium to large deciduous tree with upright-arching branching and a rounded spreading crown.  Insignificant greenish flowers in spring. Female flowers produce round berry-like drupes which mature to deep reddish purple. Many birds, including quail, pheasants, woodpeckers, and cedar waxwings, eat the fruits. Ovate to oblong-ovate green leaves are coarsely toothed from midleaf to the sharply pointed tip. Undistinguished yellow fall color. Commonly used as a street tree because of its ability to withstand drought and tolerate urban environments.

Upright, multi stemmed, warm season, shrubby perennial with showy bright yellow flowers. Prefers dry, sunny locations in gravel, sandy or well-drained loamy soils. It has a high tolerance to acidic soils. Once established it is a long lived,  hardy plant with few problems and requires little maintenance. 

A trailing, evergreen shrub, the thick, leathery leaves  are yellow-green in spring, dark-green in summer, and reddish-purple in the fall. Nodding clusters of pink or white flowers occur on bright-red stems, followed by bright-red berries that persist into winter. Long lived, but a slow grower. Has no serious disease or insect problems. Frequently seen as a ground cover in sandy areas.

Strong erect purplish stems, similar in structure to Common Milkweed. Its aggressive spreading growth habit should be taken into account as to not crowd out other garden perennials. Some tribes rolled dogbane stem fibers to make fine, strong thread, used for sewing and for making twine, nets, fabric and bowstrings.