Plants of Distinction


Ohio Native Plants of Distinction

In 2022, we started Native Plants of Distinction, to highlight some of the great Native Plants of Ohio. This year’s plants are listed here, as well as an archive of past years.

2026

American Hornbeam
(Carpinus caroliniana)
Yellow Buckeye
(Aesculus flava)
Swamp Rose-mallow
(Hibiscus moscheutos)
Garden Phlox
(Phlox paniculata ‘Rose Bouquet’)

2025

Black Gum
(Nyssa sylvatica)
White Fringetree
(Chionanthus virginicus)
Blue Wild Indigo
(Baptisia australis)
Palm Sedge
(Carex muskingumensis)

2024

Tulip Tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera)
Winterberry
(Ilex verticillata)
Wood Poppy
(Stylophorum diphyllum)
Coral Honeysuckle
(Lonicera sempervirens)

2023

Sugar Maple
(Acer saccharum)
Common Pawpaw
(Asimina triloba)
Virginia Bluebells
(Mertensia virginica)
Swamp Milkweed
(Asclepias incarnata)

2022

Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa)
Eastern Redbud
(Cercis canadensis)
Northern Spicebush
(lindera benzoin)
Purple Coneflower
(Echinacea purpurea)