Trees
White oak (Quercus alba)
Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinia) Pin oak (Quercus palustrus) Willow oak (Quercus phellos) Red oak (Quercus rubra) weetgum (Liquidamber sytraciflua) Tulip tree (Liriodendren tulipifera) Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) Red maple (Acer rubrum) Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) |
River birch (Betula nigra)
American beech (Fagus grandifolia) Black willow (Salix nigra) Basswood (Tilia americana) Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) American holly (Ilex opaca) Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboretum) |
Shrubs and Understory Trees
Common serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
Shadbush (Amelanchier canadensis) Allegheny serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis) Red chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) Black chokeberry (Aronia meloncarpa) Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana) New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) Sweet pepper bush (Clethra alnifolia) Sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina) Redbud (Cercis. Canadensis) Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) Gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) ed-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea) American hazelnut (Corylus americana) Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) Smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) Inkberry (Ilex glabra) Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) Virginia sweetspire (Ilea virginica) Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) Sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) |
Northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica)
American hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Wild plum (Prunus americana) Common ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) Pinxter azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides) Flame azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum) Great laurel (Rhododendron maximum) Swamp azalea (Rhododendron viscosum) Fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatic) Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) Virginia rose (Rosa virginiana) Native pussy willow (Salix discolor) Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) Red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) White meadowsweet (Spiraea alba) Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) Mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) Arrowood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum) Smooth witherod (Viburnum nudum) Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium) |
Conifers |
Vines |
Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides)
Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) White pine (Pinus strobus) Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana) Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) |
Trumpet vine (Campsis radicans)
Virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana) Native coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) American wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) |
Ground Covers
Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
Wild ginger (Asarum canadense) Pennsylvania sedge (Carex peasylvanica) Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) Allegheny spurge (Pachysandra procumbens) Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) Wild sweet william (Phlox maculata) |
Creeping phlox (Phlox stolonifera)
Common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex) Mountain stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) Eastern foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) Common blue violet (Viola papilionacea) Barren strawberry (Waldsteinia fragarioides) |
Perennials: Standard to Dry Sites
Willowleaf bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana)
Canada anemone (Canada anemone) Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema canadensis) Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) White wood aster (Aster divaricatus) New England aster (Aster novae-angliae) Blue false indigo (Baptisia australis) Black cohosh (Cirnicifuga racernosa) Tickseed coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) Whorled coreopsis (Coreopsis verticillata) Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliata) Round-leaved boneset (Eupatorium rotundifolium) Flowering spurge (Euphorbia corollate) Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) Oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides) Coral bells (Heuchera americana) Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) |
Sundrops (Oenothera fruttcosa)
Golden ragwort (Packera aurea) Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) Meadow phlox (Phlox maculata) Narrow-leaved mountain mint (Pycnanthemurn tenuifolium) Brown-eyed susan (Rudbeckia fulgida) Lyre-leaved sage (Salvia lyrata) Mountain stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) Wild senna (Senna hebecarpa) Fire pink (Silene virginica) Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) |
Perennials: Standard to Moist Sites
Monkshood (Aconitum uncinatum)
White baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) Giant purple hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifblia) Goat’s beard (Aruncus dioicus) Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Purple-stem aster (Aster puniceus) False aster (Boltonia asteriodes) Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) Pink coreopsis (Coreposis rosea) Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) Fringe bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia) Yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) Common joe-pye weed (Eupatorium dubium) Hollowstem joe-pye weed (Eupatorium fistulosum) White snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) Queen of the prairie (Filipendula rubra) Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) |
Rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)
Blue flag iris (Iris versicolor) Spiked blazing star (Liatris spicata) Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Seedbox (Ludwigia alterifolia) Allegheny monkey flower (Mimulus ringens) Beebalm (Monarda didyma) Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Summer phlox (Phlox paniculata) Creeping Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium reptans) Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum commutatum) Cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) Blue vervain (Verbena hastata) New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) |
Grasses, Sedges and Rushes |
Ferns |
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Broomsedge bluestem (Andropogon virginicus) Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica) Fox sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) Indian wood oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) Bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) Purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) Common rush (Juncus effuses) Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Giant plume grass (Saccharum giganteum) Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) |
Northern maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum)
Lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina) Eastern hayscented fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula) Sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) Cinnamon fern (Osmunda sensibilis) Royal fern (Osmunda regalis) Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) |