Native Plant List

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

SUN

SHADE

MOIST TO
WET SOIL

ORD. MOIST
SOIL

SANDY OR
DRY SOIL

ACID SOIL
REQ'D

FRUITING TIME

Amelanchier alnifolia

Saskatoonberry

X

X

X

X

June

Amelanchier canadensis

Downy Serviceberry

X

X

X

X

June

Amelanchier laevis

Allegheny Serviceberry

X

X

X

X

June

Andromeda polifolia

Bog-rosemary

X

X

X

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Bearberry

X

X

X

X

Aug - Sept

Aronia arbutifolia

Red Chokeberry

X

X

X

X

Fall

Aronia melanocarpa

Black Chokeberry

X

X

X

X

Fall

(v)  Celastrus scandens

American Bittersweet

X

X

Fall

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Buttonbush

X

X

X

Fall

(v) Clematis virginiana

Virgin's Bower

X

X

Fall

Cornus amomum

Silky Dogwood

X

X

X

X

Fall

Cornus racemosa

Gray Dogwood

X

X

X

X

Summer

Cornus sericea

Red-osier Dogwood

X

X

X

X

July

Cornus sericea flaviramea

Yellow twig Dogwood

X

X

X

X

July

Corylus americana

American Hazel

X

X

Fall

Diervilla lonicera

Bush Honeysuckle

X

X

X

X

Elaeagnus commutata

Silverberry

X

X

X

Sept - Oct

Empetrum nigrum

X

X

Aug - Oct

Gaultheria procumbens

Wintergreen

X

X

X

Oct - Nov

Hamamelis virginiana

Witch-Hazel

X

X

X

Hypericum kalmianum

St. John's Wort

X

X

X

Aug - Sept

Juniperus communis

Common Juniper

X

X

X

2 - 3yrs

Lindera benzoin

Spicebush

X

X

X

X

X

Lonicera canandensis

American Fly Honeysuckle

X

X

X

X

X

June - July

Lonicera dioica

Glaucous Honeysuckle

X

X

X

X

July - Aug

(v) Menispermum canadense

Moonseed

X

X

Sept

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Virginia Creeper

X

X

X

X

Sept - Oct

Physocarpus opulifolius

Ninebark

X

X

X

Sept - Oct

Potentilla fruticosa

Shrubby Cinquefoil

X

X

X

persistent

Quercus prinoides

Dwarf Chinquapin Oak

X

X

Rhus aromatica

Fragrant Sumac

X

X

X

July - Aug

Rhus copallina

Winged Sumac

X

X

X

Aug - Sept

Rhus glabra

Smooth Sumac

X

X

X

July - Mar

Rhus typhina

Staghorn Sumac

X

X

X

July - Mar

Rosa blanda

Smooth Rose

X

X

X

Rosa carolina

Pasture Rose

X

X

X

fall/winter

Rosa setigera

Prairie Rose

X

X

fall/winter

Rubus odoratus

Flowering Raspberry

X

X

Salix eriocephala

Heart-leaved Willow

X

X

Salix exigua

Sandbar Willow

X

X

X

Salix discolor

Large Pussy Willow

X

X

X

Sambucus canadensis

American Elder

X

X

X

X

June/July

Sambucus pubens

Scarlet Elder

X

X

earlier than American Elder

Shepherdia canadensis

Buffaloberry

X

X

X

July

Spiraea alba

Meadowsweet

X

X

fall

Staphylea trifolia

Bladdernut

X

X

fall

Symphoricarpos albus

Snowberry

X

X

X

Sept - Nov

Vaccinium angustifolium

Lowbush Blueberry

X

June - Aug

Viburnum cassinoides

Witherod

X

X

X

X

Aug - Oct

Viburnum dentatum

Arrowwood

X

X

X

X

fall

Viburnum lentago

Nannyberry

X

X

X

X

Aug - Dec

Viburnum trilobum

Highbush Cranberry Viburnum

X

X

X

X

July - Dec

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

SUN

SHADE

MOIST
WET SOIL

ORD. MOIST
SOIL

SANDY OR
DRY SOIL

ACID SOIL REQ'D

Abies balsamea

Balsam Fir

X

X

Acer pennsylvanicum     

Moosewood

X

X

Acer rubrum

Red Maple

X

X

X

Acer saccharinum

Silver Maple

X

X

X

Acer saccharum

Sugar Maple

X

X

X

Acer saccharum subsp nigrum

Black Maple

X

X

X

Acer spicatum

Mountain Maple

X

X

Alnus rugosa

Speckled Alder

X

X

X

Amelanchier arborea

Downy Serviceberry

X

X

X

Asminia triloba

Pawpaw

X

Betula alleghaniensis

Yellow Birch

X

X

Betula papyrifera

Paper Birch

X

X

X

Betula populifolia

Grey Birch

X

X

Carpinus caroliniana

Ironwood

X

X

X

Carya cordiformis

Bitternut Hickory

X

X

X

Carya laciniosa

Shellbark Hickory

X

X

Carya ovata

Shagbark Hickory

X

X

Carya ovalis

Red Hickory

X

X

X

Celtis occidentalis

Hackberry

X

X

X

Cercis canadensis

Redbud

X

X

Cornus alternifolia

Alternate-Leaf Dogwood

X

X

Cornus florida

Flowering Dogwood

X

X

Crataegus crus-galli

Cockspur Hawthorn

X

X

X

Fagus grandifolia

American Beech

X

X

X

Fraxinus americana

White Ash

X

X

Fraxinus nigra

Black Ash

X

X

X

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Red Ash

X

X

X

X

Fraxinus profunda

Pumpkin Ash

X

X

X

Fraxinus quadrangulata

Blue Ash

X

X

X

Gleditsia triacanthos  inermis

Thornless Honey Locust

X

X

X

Gymocladus dioicus

Kentucky Coffee Tree

X

X

X

Juglans cinerea

Butternut

X

X

X

Juglans nigra

Black Walnut

X

X

X

Juniperus virginiana

Eastern Red Cedar

X

X

X

Larix laricina

Tamarack

X

X

X

Liriodendron tulipifera

Tulip Tree

X

X

Magnolia acuminata

Cucumber Tree

X

X

Malus coronaria

Wild Crabapple

X

X

Nyssa sylvatica

Black Gum

X

X

X

X

Picea glauca

White Spruce

X

X

Pinus strobus

Eastern White Pine

X

X

X

Platanus occidentalis

Buttonwood

X

X

X

Populus balsamifera

Balsam Poplar

X

X

X

X

Populus deltoides

Eastern Cottonwood

X

X

X

Populus grandidentata

Large tooth Aspen

X

X

X

X

Populus tremuloides

Trembling Aspen

X

X

X

X

Prunus americana

Wild Plum

X

X

Prunus pennsylvanica

Pin Cherry

X

X

Prunus virginiana

Choke Cherry

X

X

X

Quercus alba

White Oak

X

X

Quercus bicolor

Swamp White Oak

X

X

X

Quercus macrocarpa

Bur Oak

X

X

X

X

Quercus palustris

Pin Oak

X

X

X

X

Quercus prinus

Chestnut Oak

X

X

Quercus rubra

Red Oak

X

X

X

Quercus velutina

Black Oak

X

X

Salix amygdaloides

Peach-leaved Willow

X

X

X

Salix bebbiana

Bebb's Willow

X

X

X

Salix lucida

Shining Willow

X

X

X

Salix nigra

Black Willow

X

X

X

Sassafras albidum

Sassafras

X

X

X

X

Sorbus americana

American Mountain Ash

X

X

X

X

Sorbus decora

Showy Mountain Ash

X

X

X

X

Thuja occidentalis

Eastern White Cedar

X

X

X

Tilia americana

Basswood

X

X

Tsuga canadensis

Eastern Hemlock

X

X

X

Ulmus americana

White Elm

X

X

X