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

Carpinus-caroliniana-SciotoNursery — American Hornbeam
(Carpinus caroliniana)

Yellow_Buckeye — Yellow Buckeye
(Aesculus flava)

hibiscus mocheutos — Swamp Rose-mallow
(Hibiscus moscheutos)

phlox — Garden Phlox
(Phlox paniculata ‘Rose Bouquet’)

2025

nyssa — Black Gum
(Nyssa sylvatica)

fringetree2 — White Fringetree
(Chionanthus virginicus)

baptisia — Blue Wild Indigo
(Baptisia australis)

palmsedge — Palm Sedge
(Carex muskingumensis)

2024

Tulip_tree — Tulip Tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera)

Winterberry — Winterberry
(Ilex verticillata)

binary comment — Wood Poppy
(Stylophorum diphyllum)

Lonicera_sempervirens — Coral Honeysuckle
(Lonicera sempervirens)

2023

sugar maple — Sugar Maple
(Acer saccharum)

pawpaw fruit — Common Pawpaw
(Asimina triloba)

VirginiaBluebells-KathyMcDonald — Virginia Bluebells
(Mertensia virginica)

Swamp+Milkweed+by+Mary+E.+Lewis,+HG copy — Swamp Milkweed
(Asclepias incarnata)

2022

buroakt — Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa)

redbudclose — Eastern Redbud
(Cercis canadensis)

spicebushberries — Northern Spicebush
(lindera benzoin)

purple coneflower — Purple Coneflower
(Echinacea purpurea)