Rhode Island RecommendedCommercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Rhode Island. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state. |
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Acer rubrum Red Maple, Scarlet Maple, Soft Maple |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Acer saccharinum Silver Maple, Soft Maple, White Maple |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Acer saccharum Sugar Maple, Northern Sugar Maple |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow, Western Yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Actaea pachypoda White Baneberry, Dolls Eyes |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Actaea rubra Red Baneberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Adiantum pedatum Northern Maidenhair Fern, Maidenhair Fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Alnus incana ssp. rugosa Speckled Alder |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Alnus serrulata Smooth Alder, Hazel Alder, Brookside Alder, Tag Alder, Common Alder, Black Alder |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Amelanchier canadensis Canadian Serviceberry, Canadian Service-berry, Shadblow Serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadbush, Junebush |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Anaphalis margaritacea Western Pearly Everlasting, Pearly-everlasting |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Anemone canadensis Canadian Anemone, Round-leaf Thimbleweed, Canada Anemone, Windflower, Meadow Anemone |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Aquilegia canadensis Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Aronia arbutifolia Red Chokeberry, Red Chokecherry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Asclepias tuberosa Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Betula lenta Sweet Birch, Cherry Birch, Black Birch, Mahogany Birch |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Betula populifolia Gray Birch, White Birch, Aspen-leaved Birch |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Campanula rotundifolia Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell Of Scotland, Bluebell, Harebell, Witches' Thimble |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Campanulastrum americanum American Bellflower, Tall Bellflower |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Campsis radicans Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine, Common Trumpet Creeper, Cow Vine, Foxglove Vine, Hellvine, Devil's Shoestring |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Water Beech, Musclewood, Ironwood |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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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 |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory, Scalybark Hickory, Upland Hickory, Shellbark Hickory |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Carya tomentosa Mockernut Hickory, Mockernut Hickory, Big Bud Hickory, Mockernut, White Hickory, Whiteheart Hickory, Fragrant Hickory, Bigbud Hickory, Hardbark Hickory, Hognut, Bullnut |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea, Redroot |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Chamaecyparis thyoides Atlantic White Cedar |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium Fireweed, Narrow-leaf Fireweed, Willow Herb |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Chrysopsis mariana Maryland Goldenaster, Maryland Golden-aster |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet |
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Claytonia caroliniana Carolina Springbeauty |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Claytonia virginica Virginia Springbeauty, Springbeauty |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Comptonia peregrina Sweet-fern, Sweetfern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Conoclinium coelestinum Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed, Sand Coreopsis |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Cornus alternifolia Alternateleaf Dogwood, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood, Virginia Dogwood, Florida Dogwood, White Cornel, Arrowwood, American Boxwood, False Box, St. Peter's Crown, Corona De San Pedro |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Cornus sericea ssp. sericea Redosier Dogwood, Red Osier Dogwood |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: |
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Desmodium canadense Showy Tick Trefoil |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Eutrochium purpureum Purple Joepyeweed, Sweet-scented Joepyeweed, Sweet Joepyeweed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Fagus grandifolia American Beech, White Beech, Red Beech, Ridge Beech, Beechnut Tree |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Fothergilla gardenii Dwarf Witchalder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Dwarf Fothergilla |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: |
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Fothergilla major Mountain Witchalder, Mountain Witch-alder, Large Fothergilla |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Fraxinus americana White Ash, American Ash, Cane Ash, Smallseed White Ash, Biltmore White Ash, Biltmore Ash |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Fraxinus nigra Black Ash |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Gaultheria procumbens Eastern Teaberry, Wintergreen, Checkerberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Gaylussacia baccata Black Huckleberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Hamamelis virginiana Witch-hazel, American Witch-hazel, Common Witch-hazel, Winterbloom, Snapping Hazelnut, Striped Alder, Spotted Alder, Tobacco-wood, Water-witch |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Helianthus tuberosus Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunchoke |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Hibiscus moscheutos Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow, Marshmallow Hibiscus |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Ilex glabra Inkberry, Gallberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Ilex opaca American Holly, White Holly, Prickly Holly, Evergreen Holly, Christmas Holly, Yule Holly |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Dry |
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Ilex verticillata Common Winterberry, Winterberry, Michigan Holly, Black Alder |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Juglans nigra Black Walnut, Eastern Black Walnut, American Black Walnut |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redcedar, Virginia Juniper, Red Juniper, Pencil Cedar, Carolina Cedar, Red Savin |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Kalmia, Mountain-laurel |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Liatris spicata Dense Blazing Star, Dense Gayfeather, Dense Liatris, Marsh Blazing Star, Marsh Gayfeather, Marsh Liatris |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Lindera benzoin Northern Spicebush, Spicebush, Wild Allspice |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum, American Sweetgum, Red Gum, White Gum, Star-leaved Gum, Starleaf Gum, Alligator Tree, Satin Walnut, Bilsted, Liquidambar |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Lupinus perennis Sundial Lupine, Wild Lupine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum Feathery False Lily Of The Valley, False Spikenard, False Solomon's Seal, Solomon's Plume, Smilacina |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Matteuccia struthiopteris Ostrich Fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Mitchella repens Partridgeberry, Twinberry, Running Box, Pigeon Plum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Mitella diphylla Twoleaf Miterwort, Miterwort |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade Water: Moist |
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Monarda didyma Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea, Red Bergamot |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot, Beebalm |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Morella pensylvanica Northern Bayberry, Candleberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Nyssa sylvatica Tupelo, Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Sourgum, Pepperidge, Tupelo Gum, Beetlebung |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon Fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Osmunda claytoniana Interrupted Fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Shade Water: Moist |
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Osmunda regalis Royal Fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia Creeper |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Penstemon digitalis Mississippi Penstemon, Mississippi Beardtongue, Smooth White Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus Slope Penstemon, Talus Slope Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Foxglove Beardtongue |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Penstemon hirsutus Hairy Penstemon, Hairy Beardtongue |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Phlox divaricata Wild Blue Phlox, Louisiana Phlox, Blue Woodland Phlox, Sweet William, Wild Sweet William |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox, Moss Phlox, Moss Pink, Rock Pink |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Physostegia virginiana Fall Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead, Virginia Lions-heart |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Pinus resinosa Red Pine, Norway Pine, Canadian Pine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Pinus rigida Pitch Pine, Torch Pine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Pinus strobus Eastern White Pine, Weymouth Pine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple, Indian Apple, Wild Mandrake, Pomme De Mai, Podophylle Pelt |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Polemonium reptans Greek Valerian, Jacob's Ladder |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade Water: Moist |
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Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas Fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Prunus maritima Beach Plum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Prunus serotina Black Cherry, Wild Black Cherry, Rum Cherry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Prunus virginiana Chokecherry, Common Chokecherry, Choke Cherry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Pteridium aquilinum Western Bracken Fern, Bracken Fern, Western Bracken, Bracken |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Quercus alba White Oak, Northern White Oak, Eastern White Oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak, Forked-leaf White Oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak, Red Oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Quercus ilicifolia Bear Oak, Scrub Oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak, Burr Oak, Savanna Oak, Overcup Oak, Prairie Oak, Mossy-cup Oak, Mossy-overcup Oak, Blue Oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Quercus phellos Willow Oak, Swamp Willow Oak, Pin Oak, Peach Oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Quercus rubra var. ambigua Northern Red Oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Water: |
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Quercus stellata Post Oak, Iron Oak, Cross Oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Rhododendron prunifolium Plumleaf Azalea |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Rhus copallinum Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Mountain Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, Wing-rib Sumac, Black Sumac, Upland Sumac |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Rhus typhina Staghorn Sumac, Velvet Sumac |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Rosa palustris Swamp Rose |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan |
Duration: Annual, Biennial, Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Rudbeckia laciniata Green-headed Coneflower, Greenhead Coneflower, Cutleaf Coneflower, Wild Goldenglow, Sochan |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Sassafras albidum Sassafras, White Sassafras, Ague Tree, Cinnamon Wood, Mitten Tree, Saloop, Smelling Stick |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Sibbaldiopsis tridentata Shrubby Five-fingers |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: |
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Silene virginica Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Silphium perfoliatum Cup Plant, Indian Cup |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Sorbus americana American Mountain Ash, American Mountain-ash |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Spiraea tomentosa Steeplebush |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster, New England American-aster |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Tilia americana American Basswood, American Linden, Lime Tree, Bee Tree |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Tsuga canadensis Eastern Hemlock |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Vaccinium angustifolium Lowbush Blueberry, Late Lowbush Blueberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Vaccinium corymbosum Highbush Blueberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Vaccinium macrocarpon Cranberry, Large Cranberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Viburnum acerifolium Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaf Viburnum, Maple-leaf Arrowwood, Arrowwood |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Viburnum lentago Nannyberry, Blackhaw, Sweet Viburnum, Sheepberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Viola pedata Birdfoot Violet, Bird's-foot Violet, Bird-foot Violet |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Viola sororia Missouri Violet, Common Blue Violet, Hooded Blue Violet, Florida Violet, Meadow Violet, Confederate Violet, Dooryard Violet, Purple Violet, Woolly Blue Violet, Wood Violet, Hooded Violet |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |