Flowers and grasses planted in the meadow of the Hermitage Natural Area
The meadow was created using seed from the Enst Seed Co.
The goal was to have a pollinator meadow using native seeds and grasses.
Fifty or so were chosen of the many available based on compatibility with the area soil, height, and cost.
Of the 50 planted, 35 or so species appeared and flowered. Others may have sprouted but been eaten by the deer
The "Indicator" column is the
"Wetland Indicator Status" category from the the National Wetland Inventory list.
-- Click on column headings to sort up or down.
-- Click on the common name to see the iNaturalist listing including a map of the location
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Indicator | pH | % Dorm. | Height | $/lb | Seeds/lb | Bloom | Sun | Color |
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| Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | FAC | 6.0-7.5 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 144,000 | Aug-Oct | sun | |
| Black-Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | FACU | 5.0-7.5 (6.0-7) | 4 | 3 | 24 | 1,576,000 | Jun-Jul | | Yellow |
| blue eyed grass | Sisyrinchium angustifolium | FACW | 5.0-7.0 | | 1.5 | 160 | 750,000 | | mod shade | |
| Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata | FAC | 6.0-7.0 | 84 | 5 | 32 | <1,500,000 | Jun-Aug | | Purple |
| Brown-Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia triloba | FACU | | | | | | | | |
| Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | NI | 4.8-6.8 | 2 | 3 | 136 | 70,000 | | sun | |
| Common Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | FACW | 6.5-7.0 | 72 | 5 | 300 | 2,880,000 | Aug-Sep | | White |
| Common Evening Primrose | Oenothera biennis | FACU | 5.0-7.0 | 16 | 3-6 | | 1,376,000 | | sun | |
| Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | UPL | 5.1-7.5 | 79 | 5 | 136 | 70,000 | Jun-Jul | sun | Pale Purple |
| Early Goldenrod | Solidago juncea | NI | 5.0-7.5 | | 3 | 280 | 2,538,000 | Jul-Sep | | Yellow |
| Eastern Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | FACU | 5.0-8.0 | 39 | 2.6 | | | | | |
| Eastern redbud | Cercis canadensis | UPL | 5.0-7.9 | | 40 | | | | | |
| fox sedge | Carex vulpinoidea | FACW | 6.8-8.9 | 0 | 3 | | 1300000 | | | |
| Golden Alexanders | Zizia aurea | FAC | 4.0-6.5 | | 3 | 240 | 172,000 | Apr-Jun | | Yellow |
| Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | OBL | 6.5-7.0 | 66 | 43835 | 400 | 7,760,000 | Aug-Sep | | Blue |
| Indian Grass | Sorghastrum nutans | FACU | 5.0-7.8 | 58 | 6 | 14 | 175,000 | Aug-Oct | sun | |
| Indian hemp | Apocynum cannabinum | FACU | | | 2-4 | | | Jun-Aug | | |
| Joe Pye Weeds | Genus Eutrochium | FACW | 4.5-7.0 | 62 | 7 | | 2,000,000 | | shade | |
| New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | FACW | | 7 | 6.5 | 320 | 1,100,000 | Aug-Sep | sun | Purple |
| New York Aster | Symphyotrichum novi-belgii | NI | 5.5-7.0 | | 4.6 | | 700,000 | Sep-Oct | sun | Blue |
| New York Ironweed | Vernonia noveboracensis | FACW | 4.5-8.0 | 53 | 3-7 | 220 | 360,000 | Aug-Sep | | Purple |
| Ox-eye Sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | UPL | 6.0-7.5 | | 4 | 36 | 102,000 | Jul-Sep | | Yellow |
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | FACU | 5.5-7.5 | 40 | 3 | 16 | 65,000 | Jul-Sep | shade | Yellow |
| Plains coreopsis | Coreopsis tinctoria | FAC | | 11 | | 16 | | | | |
| Purpletop | Tridens flavus | FACU | 4.5-6.5 | 95 | 2-5 | 20 | 465,000 | aug-sept | sun | |
| Red osier dogwood | Cornus sericea | FACW | 4.8-7.0 | | 10 | volunteer | | | | |
| Roughleaf Goldenrod | Solidago patula | OBL | 4.5-7.0 | 59 | 6 | 360 | 700,000 | | shade | |
| Sideoats Grama | Bouteloua Curtipedula | NI | 5.0-7.8 | | 2 | 12 | 160,000 | | sun | |
| Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | OBL | | | 2-4 | | | Jun-Aug | | |
| switchgrass | Panicum Virgatum | FAC | 4.5-7.5 | 55 | 4-6 | 12 | 259,000 | Jul-Sep | sun | |
| Virginia Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | FAC | 5.5-6.5 | | 1-3 | 400 | 3,872,000 | Jul-Sep | shade | White |
| Virginia spiderwort | Tradescantia virginiana | FAC | 4.0-8.0 | | 3 | 400 | 1,750,000 | May-Jun | mod shade | Purple |
| Virginia Wild-rye | Elymus virginicus | FAC | 5.0-7.4 | 6 | 3-6 | 10 | 73,000 | Jun-Oct | shade | N/A |
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | FACU | 6.0-8.0 | 1 | 5 | 124 | 1,272,500 | Aug-Sep | | Pale Pink |
| Wild senna | Senna hebecarpa | FAC | | | | | | | | |
| Giant Sunflower | Helianthus giganteus | FACW | 5.5-7.5 | 98 | 3-10 | 300 | | Aug-Sep | | Yellow |
| Lanceleaf coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata | UPL | 6.0-7.0 | | 1-3 | | 221,000 | april-june | | yellow |
| Broomsedge | Andropogon virginicus | FAC | | 88 | 5 | | | | | |
| Deertongue | Panicum clandestinum | FACW | 4-7.5 | | 3 | 18 | 280,000 | | mod shade | |
| Dense Blazing-star | Liatris spicata | FAC | 5.6-7.5 | 0 | 5 | 210 | 173,000 | Aug-Sep | shade | Purple |
| Pine barren goldenrod | Solidago fistulosa | FAC | 4.5-7.0 | | 3-6 | | 700,000 | | | |
| Redtop panicgrass | Panicum rigidulum | FACW | 5.0-7.5 | | 4 | | 800,000 | | | |
| Riverbank wildrye | Elymus riparius | FACW | 4.5-7 | 8 | 3-5 | 8 | 125,000 | | shade | |
| Turtlehead | Chelone glabra | OBL | | 90 | 2-7 | | 1,472,000 | july-sep | | white |
| Heath Aster | Agastache foeniculum | | | | | | | | | |
| Showy Tick Trefoil | Desmodium canadense | FAC | 5.5-6.5 | 18 | 2-4 | 40 | 80,000 | Jul-Aug | shade | Pink |
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | FACU | 5.8-6.8 | 85 | 2-3 | 16 | 200,000 | Jul-Oct | sun | N/A |
| Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | FAC | 5.5-7.0 | | a | 140 | 400,000 | Jun | shade | White |