Turtlecreek Township near Lebanon in Warren County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Ohio Native Plants

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 26, 2022

1. Ohio Native Plants Marker

Inscription.

Ohio Native Plants. . Northern Bayberry. Common Name: Northern bayberry Botanical Name: Myrica pensylvanica Height / Width: 5 to 10 feet / 5 to 10 feet Habitats: Full sun to part shade in marshes and wet meadows Flowering Period: May Bloom Color: Yellowish green (male) Wildlife Value: Northern bayberry retains part of its leaf cover throughout the winter providing shelter for animals all year. Its fruit, an improvement food for yellow-rumped warblers, is a wrinkled berry with a pale blue-purple waxy coating., History / Lore: American colonist boiled the berries to extract sweet-smelling wax, which they used to make clean burning candles., Arrowwood Viburnum. Common Name: Arrowwood viburnum Botanical Name: Viburnum dentatum Height / Width: 6 to 10 feet / 6 to 10 feet Habitats: Full sun to part shade in thickets, dry woods, fields, fence rows, and other dry to moist places. Flowering Period: May through June Bloom Color: White Wildlife Value: Arrowwood viburnum forms dense thickets and provides excellent cover and nesting sites. Birds consume its abundant fruit. It attracts red admiral, eastern comma, and question mark butterflies, and is larval plant food for the spring azure butterfly and hummingbird moth., History / Lore: The name "arrowwood" comes from Native Americans using the strong shoots, which developed from the roots, for the shafts of their arrows., Butterfly Milkweed. Common Name: Butterfly milkweed Botanical Name: Ascepias tuberosa Height / Width: 1 to 2.5 feet / 1 to 1.5 feet Habitats: Full sun in dry, rocky open woods, glades, prairies, fields, on the roadsides. Flowering Period: June through August Bloom Color: Yellow-orange Wildlife Value: Butterflies are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar. It is a larval food plant of the queen and monarch tussock moth, and the unexpected cycnia. This plant also attracts hummingbirds, bees, and other insects., History / Lore: Native Americans and European pioneers used the boiled roots of this plant to treat diarrhea and respiratory illnesses. Down from the seed pod was spun and used to make candle wicks.

Northern Bayberry Common Name: Northern bayberry
Botanical Name: Myrica pensylvanica
Height / Width: 5 to 10 feet / 5 to 10 feet
Habitats: Full sun to part shade in marshes and wet meadows
Flowering Period: May
Bloom Color: Yellowish green (male)
Wildlife Value: Northern bayberry retains part of its leaf cover throughout the winter providing shelter for animals all year. Its fruit, an improvement food for yellow-rumped warblers, is a wrinkled berry with a pale blue-purple waxy coating.

History / Lore: American colonist boiled the berries to extract sweet-smelling wax, which they used to make clean burning candles.

Arrowwood Viburnum Common Name: Arrowwood viburnum
Botanical Name: Viburnum dentatum
Height / Width: 6 to 10 feet / 6 to 10 feet
Habitats: Full sun to part shade in thickets, dry woods, fields, fence rows, and other dry to moist places.
Flowering Period: May through June
Bloom Color: White
Wildlife Value: Arrowwood viburnum forms dense thickets and provides excellent cover and nesting sites. Birds consume its abundant fruit. It attracts red admiral,

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eastern comma, and question mark butterflies, and is larval plant food for the spring azure butterfly and hummingbird moth.

History / Lore: The name "arrowwood" comes from Native Americans using the strong shoots, which developed from the roots, for the shafts of their arrows.

Butterfly Milkweed Common Name: Butterfly milkweed
Botanical Name: Ascepias tuberosa
Height / Width: 1 to 2.5 feet / 1 to 1.5 feet
Habitats: Full sun in dry, rocky open woods, glades, prairies, fields, on the roadsides.
Flowering Period: June through August
Bloom Color: Yellow-orange
Wildlife Value: Butterflies are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar. It is a larval food plant of the queen and monarch tussock moth, and the unexpected cycnia. This plant also attracts hummingbirds, bees, and other insects.

History / Lore: Native Americans and European pioneers used the boiled roots of this plant to treat diarrhea and respiratory illnesses. Down from the seed pod was spun and used to make candle wicks.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Colonial Era • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers.

Location.

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 26, 2022

2. Ohio Native Plants Marker

39° 24.942′ N, 84° 7.379′ W. Marker is near Lebanon, Ohio, in Warren County. It is in Turtlecreek Township. Marker is on Interstate 71, 10.6 miles east of Ohio Route 123, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oregonia OH 45054, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. A different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (a few steps from this marker); Ohio Buckeye Tree (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lebanon.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 168 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 1, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.