Our Ohio neighbor Gordon Mitchell has thoroughly researched many Indiana native plants. His articles include detailed plant descriptions with information about toxicity/edibility, medicinal uses, and legends/folklore.
Trees & Shrubs
American basswood Tilia americana
American chestnut Castanea dentata
American crabapple Malus coronaria
Big-Tooth Aspen Populus grandidentata
Bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis
Black haw Viburnum prunifolium
Blue ash Fraxinus quadrangulata
Choke cherry Prunus virginiana
Eastern black oak Quercus velutina
Eastern cottonwood Populus deltoids
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis
Flowering dogwood Cornus florida
Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvatica
Honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos
Mapleleaved viburnum Viburnum acerifolium
Mockernut hickory Carya tomentosa
Northern red oak Quercus rubra
Partridgeberry Mitchella repens
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
Prickly ash Zanthoxylum americanum
Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides
Red osier dogwood Cornus sericea
Sandbar willow Salix exigua or Salix interior
Shellbark hickory Carya laciniosa
Shingle oak Quercus imbricaria
Swamp white oak Quercus bicolor
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera
Virginia pine Pinus virginiana
Eastern wahoo Euonymus atropurpureus
Ferns
Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
Maidenhair fern Adiantum pedatum
Sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
Herbaceous Plants
American ginseng Panax quinquefolius
Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia
Butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa
Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis
Common boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Common blue violet Viola sororia
Composites of the prairie Asteraceae or Compositae
Cup plant Silphium perfoliatum
Cutleaf toothwort Cardamine concatenata
Dwarf larkspur Delphinium tricorne Photo
Greek valerian Polemonium reptans
Green-headed coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata
Harbinger-of-spring Erigenia bulbosa
Horse netttle Solanum carolinense
Indian hemp Apocynum cannabinum
Indian pipe Monotropa uniflora
Indiana tobacco Lobelia inflata
Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Kidney leaved buttercup Ranunculus abortivus
Lizard’s tail Saururus cernuus
Mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum
Poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
Red trillium Trillium grandiflorum
Rue anemone Thalictrum thalictroides
Showy orchis Galearis spectabilis
Small-flowered leafcup Polymnia canadensis
Solomon’s plume Maianthemum racemosum
Solomon’s seal Polygonatum biflorum
Spotted St. John’s wort Hypericum punctatum
Spring beauty Claytonia virginica
Spring cress Cardamine bulbosa
Sullivant’s milkweed Asclepias sullivantii
Swamp buttercup Ranunculus hispidus
Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Squawroot Conopholis americana
Tall bellflower Campanulastrum americanum
Virginia bluebells Mertensia virginica
Virginia waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum
White baneberry Actaea pachypoda
White water lily Nymphaea odorata
Wild blue phlox Phlox divaricata
Wingstem Verbesina alternifolia
Wood nettle Laportea canadensis