North American Keystone Plants - BETA
How to use the Keystone Tool with Krista De Cooke
Tickseed
Coreopsis tinctoria
Smoother Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Prairie Ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Desert or Globe Mallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
Old Field Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Wreath Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
White Goldenrod
Solidago bicolor
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Cutleaf Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
Mexican Hat Plant
Ratibida columnifera
Our keystone tool uses ecoregions rather than state-by-state native plant lists. Most plants shown are native to a large portion of the ecoregion โ and all are highly beneficial to local insects, birds, and wildlife. Learn more about ecoregions here.
