Plant Growing Guides

Russet Cottonsedge

Eriophorum russeolum

Cottonsedge

Eriophorum vaginatum

Cover Crops (Clover, Vetch, Annual Rye)

Trifolium spp., Vicia spp., Secale cereale

Cover Crops

Fagopyrum esculentum (Buckwheat) / Trifolium spp. (Clover)

Cover Crops (Rye & Clover)

Secale cereale (Rye) / Trifolium spp. (Clover)

Crustose Lichen

Various species (e.g., Lecanora, Caloplaca, Xanthoria)

Crystal Palace Blue

Lobelia erinus 'Crystal Palace Blue'

Curled Cress

Lepidium sativum

Jimsonweed

Datura stramonium

Decorative Moss

Various species (Bryophyta division)

Diamond-leaf Cinquefoil

Potentilla anserina subsp. groenlandica

Double Gleam Nasturtium

Tropaeolum majus 'Double Gleam'

Drought-tolerant native species

Various (region-dependent)

Dwarf Basil

Ocimum basilicum var. minimum

Dwarf Birch

Betula nana

Eastern Larch

Larix laricina

Eastern Larch (Tamarack)

Larix laricina

Engelmann Spruce

Picea engelmannii

Narrow-leaved Cottonsedge

Eriophorum angustifolium

Chamisso's Cotton Grass

Eriophorum chamissonis

Slender Cotton Grass

Eriophorum gracile

Broad-leaved Cottongrass

Eriophorum latifolium

Scheuchzer's Cotton Grass

Eriophorum scheuchzeri

Cottongrass

Eriophorum species

Sheathed Cottongrass

Eriophorum vaginatum

Fireweed

Chamerion angustifolium

Flowering Herbaceous Plants

Various species (herbaceous perennials and annuals)

Pollinator-Attracting Flowering Plants (General Guide)

Various species

Forbs

Herbaceous flowering plants (various species)

Fruticose Lichen

Various species (e.g., Cladonia, Usnea, Ramalina)

Cord Moss

Funaria hygrometrica

Grass Cover Crops

Poaceae family (various species)

Grasses

Poaceae (family)

Grasses in Cover Crop Blends

Poaceae family (multiple species)

Cover Crop Grasses (Rye & Oats)

Secale cereal (Rye), Avena sativa (Oats)

Grass Mixes

Poaceae family (multiple species)

Cover Crops (Grass and Legume Mix)

Multiple species (e.g., Lolium, Trifolium, Medicago, Vicia)

Wildflower and Native Grass Understory

Mixed native species (Poaceae family for grasses, various families for wildflowers)

Green Moss

Various species (e.g., Hypnum cupressiforme, Bryum capillare, Dicranum scoparium)

Ground-covering native plants

Various species (region-dependent)

Native Ground Covers (Regional)

Various native species

Haircap moss

Polytrichum commune

Impatiens, Super Elfin

Impatiens walleriana 'Super Elfin'

Indigenous Flowering Perennials

Various native species (region-dependent)

Lapland Rose

Rosa acicularis subsp. acicularis

Ledum

Ledum groenlandicum

Marsh Labrador Tea

Ledum palustre

Legume Cover Crops

Fabaceae family (various species)