Discover some of our highlighted native plants at the Highlands Biological Station
Botanical Name
Asclepias tuberosa “Butterfly Milkweed”
Asclepias incarnata “Swamp Milkweed”
Chelone lyonii “Appalachian Turtlehead”
Chrysogonum virginianum “Green and Gold”
Deschampsia cespitosa “Tufted Hairgrass”
Erigeron pulchellus “Robin’s Plantain”
Eryngium yuccifolium “Rattlesnake Master”
Eutrochium fistulosum “Hollow Joe Pye weed”
Eutrochium maculatum “Joe Pye weed”
Iris cristata “Dwarf crested Iris”
Liatris spicata “Blazing Star”
Lobelia siphilitica “Blue cardinal Flower”
Mondara didyma “Bee Balm”
Packera aurea “Golden Ragwort”
Penstemon digitalis “Beardtongue”
Pontedera cordata “Pickerelweed”
Pycnanthemum muticum “Mountain Mint”
Rudbeckia lacinata “Cutleaf Coneflower”
Rudbeckia triloba “Thin-leaved Coneflower”
Salvia lyrata ‘Purple Knockout’ “Lyre-leaf Sage”
Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’ “Rough Goldenrod”