Union Township in Lloydsville in Belmont County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Ohio Native Plants
Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 26, 2025
1. Ohio Native Plants Marker
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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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 spin and used to make candle wicks.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.
Location. 40° 3.884′ N,
Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 26, 2025
2. Ohio Native Plants Marker
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: Mile Marker (here, next to this marker); Welcome to the National Road (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (within shouting distance of this marker); State of Ohio (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (about 300 feet away); Ohio Buckeye Tree (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Ohio Native Plants (about 400 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 here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed).
Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 30, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 95 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 30, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.
