Union Township near Lloydsville in Belmont County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Ohio Native Plants

Northern Bayberry - Arrowwood Viburnum - Butterfly Milkweed Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

1. Northern Bayberry - Arrowwood Viburnum - Butterfly Milkweed 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 important food for yellow-rumped warblers, is a wrinkled berry with a pale blue-purple waxy coating. , History/Lore: American colonists boiled the berries to extract the 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: Asclepias tuberosa , Height/Width: 1 to 2.5 feet / 1 to 1.5 feet , Habitats: Full sun in dry, rocky open woods, glades, prairies, fields, and on 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 butterflies, as well as the dogbane tiger moth, milkweed 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 important food for yellow-rumped warblers, is a wrinkled berry with a pale blue-purple waxy coating.
History/Lore: American colonists boiled the berries to extract the 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,
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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: Asclepias tuberosa
Height/Width: 1 to 2.5 feet / 1 to 1.5 feet
Habitats: Full sun in dry, rocky open woods, glades, prairies, fields, and on 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 butterflies, as well as the dogbane tiger moth, milkweed 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.

Erected by Ohio Department of Transportation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

2. Northern Bayberry - Arrowwood Viburnum - Butterfly Milkweed Marker

lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 40° 3.796′ N, 81° 0.817′ W. Marker is near Lloydsville, Ohio, in Belmont County. It is in Union Township. It can be reached from Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway (Interstate 70) 5 miles east of Belmont-Morristown Road (Ohio Route 149), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 43700 Township Hwy 207, Belmont OH 43718, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

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

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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); Mile Marker (a few steps from this marker); Ohio Buckeye Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to the National Road (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Mile Marker (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lloydsville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway (was about 800 feet away but has been permanently removed).

Credits. This page was last revised on May 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 105 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.