Buckthorn Replacements
Native alternatives to invasive buckthorn that provide similar structure, wildlife value, and year-round interest without destroying your ecosystem.
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Allegheny Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis) -
Smooth Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum Biflorum) -
Many-flowered Woodrush (Luzula Multiflora) -
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) -
Virginia Wild Rye (Elymus Virginicus) -
Hairy Wood Mint (Blephilia hirsuta) -
Red Baneberry (Actaea Rubra) -
Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia Fulgida) -
Old Field Goldenrod (Solidago Nemoralis) -
Big-leaf Aster (Eurybia Macrophylla) -
Arrowleaf Aster (Symphyotruchum Urophyllum) -
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) -
Tall Larkspur (Delphinium Exaltatum) -
Heart-leaved Alexanders (Zizia aptera) -
Prairie Sage (Artemisia Ludoviciana) -
Mead's Sedge (Carex Meadii) -
Rosy Sedge (Carex Rosea) -
Early Figwort (Scrophularia Lanceolata) -
Ox Eye (Heliopsis Helianthoides) -
Ninebark (Physocarpus Opulifolius) -
Michigan Lily (Lilium Michiganense) -
Lady Fern (Athyrium Filix-Femina) -
Ivory Sedge (Carex Eburnea) -
Deflexed Bottle-brush Sedge (Carex Retrorsa)