Long Island Native Plant Sale, June 7&8, 14&15

2013-06-09: Updated from my visit on Saturday, 6/8.

• The Sale
• The Plants
• My Selections

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The Sale

This Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8, and next week as well, June 14 and 15, is a rare opportunity to purchase local ecotypes - plants propagated from local wild populations - of plants native to Long Island. The sale is organized by the Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI). Proceeds benefit LINPI.


It's gratifying to see this happening. I've lived most of my life on Long Island, including the 20+ years I've lived in Brooklyn which, after all, comprises the westernmost reaches of Long Island.

Note that the location of the sale is not at LINPI's headquarters. The sale is at the Greenhouse of the Eastern Campus of Suffolk County Community College, 121 Speonk-Riverhead Road, Riverhead NY 11901.

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The Plants

Asclepias incarnata, Swamp Milkweed, one of the species on sale.


These are species that were advertised to be in the sale. There were even more species available that were not listed in advance, nearly double this number available onsite, a diverse selection.

Botanical name	Common Name
Myrica pensylvanica	Northern Bayberry
Pinus rigida	Pitch Pine
Prunus serotinus	Black Cherry
Andropogon gerardii	Big Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus	Broome Sedge
Dichanthelium clandestinum	Deer Tongue
Eragrostis spectabilis	Purple Lovegrass
Panicum virgatum	Switchgrass
Schizachyrium scoparium	Little Bluestem
Sorghastrum nutans	Indian Grass
Tridens flavus	Purple Top/Grease Grass
Asclepias syriaca	Common Milk Weed
Asclepias tuberosa	Butterfly Weed
Asclepias incarnata	Swamp Milkweed
Baptisia tinctoria	False Indigo
Chrysopsis mariana	Maryland Goldenaster
Eupatorium fistulosum	Joe Pye weed
Eupatorium hyssopifolium	Hyssop-leaved Thoroughwort
Eupatorium serotinum	Late-flowering Thoroughwort
Euthamia caroliniana	Slender Goldentop
Euthamia gramnifolia	Grass-leaved Goldentop
Lespedeza capitata	Round-headed Bush Clover
Lespedeza hirta	Hairy Bush Clover
Lespedeza virginica	Slender Bush Clover
Opuntia humifusa	Eastern Prickly Pear
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium	Sweet Everlasting
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium	Slender-leaved Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum	Virginia Mountain Mint
Rudbeckia hirta	Black Eyed Susan
Solidago nemoralis	Gray Goldenrod
Solidago juncea	Early Goldenrod
Symphyotrichum laeve	Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	New England Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum	Hairy White Field Aster
Vernonia noveboracensis	New York Ironweed

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My Selections

I picked up over a dozen different species, most of them second year seedlings in six-packs.

• Asclepias incarnata, Swamp Milkweed
• Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly Weed
• Baptisia tinctoria, Wild Indigo
• Eragrostic spectabilis, Purple Lovegrass
• Ionactis linarifolius, Stiff Aster
• Lespedeza capitata, Roundhead Lespedeza
• Opuntia humifusa, Eastern Prickly-Pear
• Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, Narrow-Leaved Mountain-Mint
• Pycnanthemum virginianum, Virginia Mountain-Mint
• Schizachyrium scoparium, Little Bluestem
• Trichostema dichotomum, Forked Blue Curls
• Verbena hastata, Blue Vervain
• Viola lanceolata, Bog White Violet

Map of Level IV Ecoregions in and around New York City, including most of Long Island.

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Links

Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI): Plant Sale
Native Plant Sale, June 7,8; June 14, 15, 2013 (Facebook Event Page)
Google Map

Pycnanthemum muticum, Clustered Mountain-Mint in my garden, bejeweled with pollinators. Two other species are on sale.