red cedarJuniperus virginiana,
red cedar

little bluestemSchizachyrium scoparium,
little bluestem

wild petuniaRuellia humilis,
fringeleaf wild petunia

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Islands Within Woodlands plant list

The following cedar glade plants were used to create Bernheim’s Islands Within Woodlands display garden created as part of the United States Botanic Gardens A Sense of Place: Public Gardens Across America exhibit, summer 2007.

Trees and shrubs
Juniperus virginiana
Diosperus virginiana
Rhamnus caroliniana
Cornus florida
Cercis canadensis
Rhus copallina
Liriodendron tulipifera
Pinus virginiana

Grasses
Andropogon tenerius
Danthonia spicata
Schizachyrium scoparium
Sorghastrum nutans
Sporobolus heterolepsis

Succulents and Forbes
Coreopsis tripteris
Echinacea pallida var. simulata
Eryngium yuccifolium
Euphorbia corollata
Helianthus occidentalis
Hypericum dolabriforme
Liatris aspera
Linum sulcatum grooved
Manfreda virginica
Opuntia humifusa
Petalostemum purpureum
Physostegia virginiana
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Ratibida pinnata
Ruellia humilis
Silphium terebinthinaceum
Silphium trifoliatum
Sisyrinchium albidum
Solidago nemoralis
Solidago rigida
Viola pedata

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red cedar
persimmon
Carolina buckthorn
flowering dogwood
redbud
winged-sumac
tuliptree
Virginiana pine


splitbeard bluestem
poverty oat grass
little bluestem
Indian grass
prairie dropseed


tall coreopsis
prairie coneflower
rattlesnake master
flowering spurge
naked-stemmed sunflower
straggling St. John’s-wort
rough blazing star
yellow flax
false aloe
prickly pear
prairie clover
false dragonhead
slender mountain mint
gray coneflower
fringeleaf wild petunia
prairie dock
whorled rosinweed
white blue-eyed-grass
gray-stemmed goldenrod
stiff goldenrod
bird’s-foot violet

 

 

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