History of North America

What plants are native to Minnesota?

Here are some native plants to Minnesota:

- Trees:

- Red Maple (Acer rubrum)

- Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)

- Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)

- White Birch (Betula papyrifera)

- Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)

- Shrubs:

- Common Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

- American Hazelnut (Corylus americana)

- Northern Red Currant (Ribes rubrum)

- Canada Buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis)

- Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)

- Wildflowers:

- Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)

- Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)

- Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

- Lupine (Lupinus perennis)

- White Prairie Clover (Petalostemon candidum)

- Grasses:

- Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

- Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

- Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)

- Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

- Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis)