Native Plant Guide
KEY
LIGHT SOIL MOISTURE SOIL pH
     
F = full sunlight H = hydric; wet, plants periodically of often inundated by water B = basic; prefers limestone
P = partial shade M = mesic; moist, adequate soil moisture rentention year-round A = acidic; prefers acidic soils
S = shade S = sub-xeric; moist to dry, seasonably moist, periodically dry R = restricted to either B or A
X = xeric; dry & drought resistant, little moisture retention, well drained

 
 SHRUBS
 Common Name  Scientific Name
Light
Moisture
pH
F
P
S
H
M
S
X
B
A
R
 alder  Alnus serrulata
 
         
 indigobush  Amphora fruiticosa
   
     
 black chokeberry  Aronia melanocarpa
 
 
 
 sweetshrub  Calycanthus floridus  
 
 
   
 
 American beautyberry  Callicarpa americana
 
     
 New Jersy tea  Ceanothus americanus  
 
 
 buttonbush  Cephalanthus occidentalis
 
           
 silky dogwood  Cornus amomum
 
         
 hazelnut  Corylus americana
 
       
 leatherwood  Dirca pallustris
 
         
 hearts-a-bustin  Euonymus americanus  
 
       
 swamp mallow  Hibiscus moscheutos
 
           
 oakleaf  hydrangea  Hydrangea quercifolia
 
       
 wild hydrangea  Hydrangea arborescens  
 
 
     
 golden St. John's Wort  Hypericum frondosum
   
 
 
 shrubby St. John's Wort  Hypericum prolificum
 
     
 common winterberry  llex verticilllata
     
 
 Virginia-willow  ltea virginica
         
 mountain laurel  Kalmia latifolia
     
 
 spicebush  Linder benzoin  
   
       
 ninebark  Physocarpus opulifolius
 
 
     
 wild azalia  Rhododendron canescenes'  
 
   
 fragrant sumac  Rhus aromatica
     
 
 winged sumac  Rhus copallina
   
       
 carolina rose  Rosa carolina
   
 
   
 swamp rose  Rosa palustris
 
         
 prarie rose  Rosa setigera
   
   
 elderberry  Sambucus canadensis
 
   
   
 bladdernut  Staphlea trifolia  
 
 
   
 bigleaf snowbell  Styrax grandiflora
 
   
   
 coralberry, buckbush  Symphoricarpus orbiculatus
 
     
 farkleberry  Vaccinium arboreum
     
 
 deerberry  Vaccinium stamineum
   
 
 lowbush blueberry  Vaccinium vacillans
     
 
 mapleleaf  viburnum  Viburnum acerfolium  
 
 
 


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