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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Acer negundo | Box Elder, Box Elder Maple, Ash-leaved Maple, Ashleaf Maple, Red River Maple, Fresno De Guajuco | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Acer pensylvanicum | Striped Maple, Moosewood | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer rubrum | Red Maple, Scarlet Maple, Soft Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple, Northern Sugar Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow, Western Yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye, Scarlet Buckeye , Firecracker Plant | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Ageratina altissima var. altissima | White Snakeroot | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Amelanchier arborea | Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry, Junebush, Shadblow, Sarvis | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar, Blue Dogbane, Willow Amsonia, Woodland Bluestar | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Aralia spinosa | Devil's Walking Stick, Hercules Club, Angelica Tree, Pigeon Tree, Shotbush, Prickly Elder, Prickly Ash | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Asimina triloba | Pawpaw, Common Pawpaw, Custard Apple, Indian Banana, Wild Banana | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo, Wild Blue Indigo, Blue False Indigo | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Betula lenta | Sweet Birch, Cherry Birch, Black Birch, Mahogany Birch | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Betula nigra | River Birch, Red Birch, Black Birch, Water Birch | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry , French Mulberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine, Common Trumpet Creeper, Cow Vine, Foxglove Vine, Hellvine, Devil's Shoestring | Perennial | Vine | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Carpinus caroliniana | American Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Water Beech, Musclewood, Ironwood | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Carya cordiformis | Bitternut Hickory, Swamp Hickory, Bitternut, Pig Hickory, Pignut Hickory, Pignut, White Hickory, Red Hickory, Bitter Walnut, Bitter Pecan | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory, Sweet Pignut Hickory, Coast Pignut Hickory, Pignut, Sweet Pignut, Smoothbark Hickory, Broom Hickory, Red Hickory, Swamp Hickory, Switch Hickory, Switchbud Hickory | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Carya tomentosa | Mockernut Hickory, Mockernut Hickory, Big Bud Hickory, Mockernut, White Hickory, Whiteheart Hickory, Fragrant Hickory, Bigbud Hickory, Hardbark Hickory, Hognut, Bullnut | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Castanea pumila | Allegheny Chinquapin, Allegheny Chinkapin, Chinquapin, Chinkapin | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Catalpa speciosa | Northern Catalpa, Catalpa Tree, Cigar Tree, Indian Bean | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea, Redroot | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Honeybells, Honey Balls, Honeyballs, Button-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud, Redbud | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree, Fringe Tree, Snowflower Tree, Flowering Ash, Old Man's Beard, Grandfather Graybeard, Grancy Graybeard | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Comptonia peregrina | Sweet-fern, Sweetfern | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed, Sand Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Coreopsis verticillata | Threadleaf Coreopsis, Whorled Tickseed, Whorled Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Cornus alternifolia | Alternateleaf Dogwood, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood, Virginia Dogwood, Florida Dogwood, White Cornel, Arrowwood, American Boxwood, False Box, St. Peter's Crown, Corona De San Pedro | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Diospyros virginiana | Common Persimmon, Eastern Persimmon, Possumwood, Date Plum, Winter Plum, Jove's Fruit | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master, Button Eryngo, Button Snakeroot, Beargrass, Bear's Grass | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Euonymus americanus | American Strawberry Bush, Strawberry Bush, Brook Euonymus, Hearts-a-burstin, Bursting Heart, Wahoo | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Eutrochium fistulosum | Joe-pye Weed, Trumpetweed, Queen Of The Meadow, Hollow Joe-pye Weed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Fagus grandifolia | American Beech, White Beech, Red Beech, Ridge Beech, Beechnut Tree | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Fraxinus americana | White Ash, American Ash, Cane Ash, Smallseed White Ash, Biltmore White Ash, Biltmore Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina Jessamine, Yellow Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, Poor Man's Rope | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Hamamelis virginiana | Witch-hazel, American Witch-hazel, Common Witch-hazel, Winterbloom, Snapping Hazelnut, Striped Alder, Spotted Alder, Tobacco-wood, Water-witch | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp Sunflower, Narrowleaf Sunflower, Narrow-leaved Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow, Marshmallow Hibiscus | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Hydrangea arborescens | Smooth Hydrangea, Wild Hydrangea, Sevenbark | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Hypericum prolificum | Shrubby St. John's-wort | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ilex opaca | American Holly, White Holly, Prickly Holly, Evergreen Holly, Christmas Holly, Yule Holly | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Dry |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut, Eastern Black Walnut, American Black Walnut | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redcedar, Virginia Juniper, Red Juniper, Pencil Cedar, Carolina Cedar, Red Savin | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Kalmia, Mountain-laurel | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star, Dotted Gayfeather, Dotted Liatris, Purples | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star, Prairie Gayfeather, Prairie Liatris, Kansas Blazing Star, Kansas Gayfeather, Kansas Liatris, Cat-tail Blazing Star, Cat-tail Gayfeather, Cat-tail Liatris, Hairy Button-snakeroot | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star, Dense Gayfeather, Dense Liatris, Marsh Blazing Star, Marsh Gayfeather, Marsh Liatris | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush, Spicebush, Wild Allspice | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum, American Sweetgum, Red Gum, White Gum, Star-leaved Gum, Starleaf Gum, Alligator Tree, Satin Walnut, Bilsted, Liquidambar | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Woodbine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Lupinus perennis | Sundial Lupine, Wild Lupine | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree, Cucumber Tree, Mountain Magnolia | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Magnolia macrophylla | Bigleaf Magnolia | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay, Sweetbay Magnolia, Southern Sweetbay, Swampbay, Swamp Magnolia, Sweet Magnolia, Small Magnolia, Laurel Magnolia, White Bay, White Laurel, Swamp Laurel, Beaver Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bluebells | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Mint, Plains Horsemint, Lemon Horsemint, Horsemint, Purple Lemon Mint | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Monarda didyma | Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea, Red Bergamot | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot, Beebalm | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm, Spotted Horsemint, Horsemint | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo, Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Sourgum, Pepperidge, Tupelo Gum, Beetlebung | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Oenothera fruticosa | Narrowleaf Evening-primrose, Narrow-leaf Evening-primrose, Sundrops, Narrowleaf Evening Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood, Sorrel Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Passiflora incarnata | Maypop, Purple Passionflower, Purple Passion Vine, Apricot Vine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Penstemon canescens | Eastern Gray Penstemon, Eastern Gray Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon, Mississippi Beardtongue, Smooth White Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus Slope Penstemon, Talus Slope Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Foxglove Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Penstemon laevigatus | Eastern Smooth Penstemon, Eastern Smooth Beardtongue, Smooth Penstemon, Smooth Beardtongue, Eastern Penstemon, Eastern Beardtongue, Hairy Penstemon, Hairy Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Penstemon smallii | Small's Penstemon, Small's Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox, Louisiana Phlox, Blue Woodland Phlox, Sweet William, Wild Sweet William | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark, Atlantic Ninebark | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead, Virginia Lions-heart | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Picea rubens | Red Spruce, Yellow Spruce, West Virginia Spruce, Eastern Spruce, He-balsam | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade | Moist, Dry |
Pinus pungens | Table Mountain Pine, Hickory Pine, Prickly Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Pinus rigida | Pitch Pine, Torch Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine, Oldfield Pine, Bull Pine, Rosemary Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pinus virginiana | Virginia Pine, Jersey Pine, Scrub Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore, Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Plane Tree, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Polemonium reptans | Greek Valerian, Jacob's Ladder | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Prunus americana | American Plum, Wild Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry, Wild Black Cherry, Rum Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash, Common Hoptree, Hop Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Quercus alba | White Oak, Northern White Oak, Eastern White Oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak, Forked-leaf White Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak, Chinquapin Oak, Chestnut Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Rock Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus palustris | Pin Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Quercus phellos | Willow Oak, Swamp Willow Oak, Pin Oak, Peach Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Quercus rubra | Northern Red Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rhododendron calendulaceum | Flame Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Rhododendron catawbiense | Catawba Rosebay, Purple Rhododendron, Red Laurel, Catawba Rhododendron, Mountain Rosebay | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | |
Rhododendron maximum | Great Laurel, Wild Rhododendron, Rosebay Rhododendron, White Laurel, Rosebay | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea, Cory Azalea, Hammock Sweet Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Ribes rotundifolium | Appalachian Gooseberry, Wild Gooseberry, Round-leaf Currant | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Robinia hispida | Bristly Locust, Standing Sweet Pea | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower, Greenhead Coneflower, Cutleaf Coneflower, Wild Goldenglow, Sochan | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry, Black Elder, Mexican Elderberry, Common Elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras, White Sassafras, Ague Tree, Cinnamon Wood, Mitten Tree, Saloop, Smelling Stick | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Sorbus americana | American Mountain Ash, American Mountain-ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Staphylea trifolia | American Bladdernut | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Moist |
Stenanthium tennesseense | Tennessee Featherbells, Tennessee Death Camas | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster, New England American-aster | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress, Baldcypress, Common Bald Cypress, Southern Bald Cypress, Deciduous Cypress, Southern Cypress, Swamp Cypress, Red Cypress, White Cypress, Yellow Cypress, Gulf Cypress, Tidewater Red Cypress | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Tilia americana var. heterophylla | American Basswood, White Basswood, Linden | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Tsuga canadensis | Eastern Hemlock | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Viburnum dentatum | Southern Arrowwood | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Viburnum prunifolium | Blackhaw, Smooth Blackhaw, Blackhaw Viburnum, Smooth Blackhaw Viburnum, Stagbush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, Rusty Blackhaw, Southern Blackhaw, Blackhaw, Bluehaw, Downy Viburnum, Southern Nannyberry, Rusty Nannyberry, Nannyberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |