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

 
 SMALL TREES
 Common Name  Scientific Name
Light
Moisture
pH
F
P
S
H
M
S
X
B
A
R
 serviceberry  Amelanchier arborea
   
 
 
 hercules club  Araila spinosa
   
 
     
 paw paw  Asimina trioba  
 
   
   
 buckthorn bumelia  Bumelia lycioides 
 
 
 ironwood  Carpinus caroliniana   
         
 redbud  Cercis canadensis 
 
   
 fringe tree  Chionanthus virginicus  
 
   
 
 flowering dogwood  Cornus florida  
 
       
 roughleaf dogwood  Cornus drummondii
     
 
 Washington hawthorn  Crataegus phaenopyrum
     
   
 hawthorn  Crataegus mollis
     
   
 wahoo  Euonymous atropurpeus
 
 
   
 witch-hazel  Hamamelis virginana  
 
   
 American holly  Ilex opaca
 
   
 
 cucumbertree  Magnolia acuminata  
 
         
 hop-hornbeam  Ostya virginiana  
 
 
   
 sourwood  Oxydendrum arboreum  
   
 
 American plum  Prunus americana
     
   
 Chicasaw plum  Prunus ahgustifolia
   
     
 hop tree  Ptelea trifolia
   
   
 Carolina buckthorn  Rahmnus carolinana
   
   
 staghorn sumac  Rhus typhina
     
     
 southern rusty backhaw  Viburnum rufidulum
 
   
 northern backhaw  Viburnum prunifolium
 
     


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