o TREE LAWNS can be considered high maintenance due to the amount of fertilizer,
water and mowing required to keep them aethestically pleasing. Incorporating perennial
layers in a naturalized design will help cut costs and improve the habitat value of the
landscape.Examples Include: Numerous streets and parkways throughout the city.
Recommended Plants:
Ferns
Dennstaedtia punctilobula Hay-scented fern
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken fern
Graminoids
Andropogon virginicus Broom-sedge
Carex blanda Eastern woodland sedge
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania sedge
Deschampsia flexuosa Common hairgrass
Elymus canadensis Canada wild rye
Elymus hystrix Bottlebrush grass
Eragrostis spectabilis Purple lovegrass
Juncus tenuis Path rush
Panicum virgatum Switchgrass
Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestem
Sorghastrum nutans Indian grass
Spartina pectinata Prairie cordgrass
Tridens flavus Purpletop
Forbs
Ageratina altissima White snakeroot
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed
Baptisia tinctoria Yellow wild indigo
Chrysopsis mariana Maryland goldenaster
Euthamia caroliniana Slender goldentop
Euthamia graminifolia Lance-leaved goldenrod
Eutrochium purpureum Sweet Joe-pye weed
Helianthus divaricatus Woodland sunflower
Ionactis linariifolius Flaxleaf whitetop aster
Lobelia siphilitica Great lobelia
Monarda fistulosa Wild bergamot
Oenothera biennis Common evening primrose
Pityopsis falcata Atlantic golden aster
Potentilla canadensis Dwarf cinquefoil
Potentilla simplex Common cinquefoil