Native Plants in Woodlands and Wetlands

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The photographs below are plants growing in Beaver Bend State Park, Broken Bow, Oklahoma. I have included the BONAP Atlas map for a comparative analysis for some of the plants. Will it grow where I live and is it native to my region?

Verbena 

 Non-native, lupine clover, Trifolium lupinaster

        Kew Gardens lists this as native to Europe.

        ITIS: 

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=26204

        Native alternative, Buffalo Clover, Trifolium stoloniferum

Erigeron annuus, daisy fleabane

Resources:

BONAP, Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)]. 

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