Plants You May Find on the Mill Creek
Trees
American Beech
(Fagus grandifolia)
Ohio Buckeye
(Aesculus glabra)
Red Maple
(Acer rubrum)
Pawpaw
(Asimina triloba)
SHRUBs
Black Elderberry
(Sambucus nigra)
Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida)
Spicebush
(Lindera benzoin)
Poison Ivy
(Toxicodendron radicans)
DO NOT TOUCH
groundcover
Wild Strawberry
(Fragaria vesca)
Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
INVASIVE
Common Blue Violet
(Viola sororia)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
Flowering plants
Butterfly Weed
(Asclepias tuberosa)
Coneflower
(Echinacea purpurea)
Blazing Star
(Liatris spicata)
Wild Bergamot
(Monarda fistulosa)
These and many other species might be seen in the Mill Creek Watershed. Note, some of the species listed are prevalent but undesirable invasive species. While we hope for more native plants than invasive plants, we recognize that you may see both!