Soil:
Moist, Wet, Loam
Allegheny Monkeyflower
Mimulus ringens
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Relatively pest free, Flood tolerant, Tolerates Wet, Low Maintenance, Deer tolerant, Perennial, Showy Flowers, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Rich
American Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana var. virginiana
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Drought tolerant, Shade Tolerant, Attractive Form, Good Screen, Showy Branches, Fall Color
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Well-Drained, Average, Moist Loam
Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Showy Flowers, Showy Fruit, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Clay, Flood tolerant
Perks:
Soil:
Humus, Rich, Medium, Wet, Well-Drained
Bitternut Hickory
Carya cordiformis
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Keystone Species, Straight Trunk, Tall, Deep Rooted, Tolerates Underplantings, Fall Color, Tolerates Black Walnut
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Well Drained
Black Cherry Tree
Prunus serotina
Full Sun
Light:
Keystone Species, Edible Fruit
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Acid, Wet, Well-drained, Average, Medium
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Tolerates Flooding, Will Naturalize, Showy, Fall Color, Low Maintenance
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Moist, Humus, Rich
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Showy, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Rabbits
Perks:
Soil:
Clay, Acidic, Loam, Sandy, Wet
Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Fall Color, Blue Berries, Deep Rooted, Tolerates Underplantings
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet, Acidic, Avoid Lime, Loam, Sand
Black Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium fuscatum
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Perennial, Woody Shrub, Easy to Grow, Edible Fruit, Fall Color
Perks:
Soil:
Acidic, Dry, Moist
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Full Sun
Light:
Spreads Quickly, Good Cut Flowers, Annual, Keystone Species
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Moist, Humus-rich, Well-Drained
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Spring Ephemeral, Early Spring Bloomer, Relatively pest free, Perennial, Groundcover, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Average, Dry, Medium, Well-Drained
Blue False Indigo
Baptisia australis
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Low Maintenance, Showy, Interesting Seed Pods
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet
Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Low Maintenance, Showy, Will Naturalize, Stabilizing
Perks:
Soil:
Moist Loam, Clay, Sand
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Spreads Quickly, Groundcover, Stabilizing, Showy, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Average, Dry, Moist
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Deer Resistant, Cut Flower, Keystone Species, Spreads Quickly
Perks:
Soil:
Average, Dry, Medium
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Keystone Species, Drought Tolerant, Cut Flowers, Will Naturalize, Tolerates Clay
Perks:
Soil:
Average, Medium
Broad-leaf Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Keystone Species, Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Heavy Shade, Tolerates Deer
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Average, Moist, Well Draied
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Full Sun
Light:
Drought Tolerant, Showy, Cut Flower, Easy to Grow
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Average, Medium
Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Low Maintenance, Will Naturalize, Keystone Species
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Rich, Neutral pH, Acidic, Wet
Canadian Ginger
Asarum canadense
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Heavy Shade
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet, Humus, Loam, Clay, Sandy
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Showy, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Any, Mesic, Dry, Clay, Neutral, Moist Loam, Rocky, Gravel, Moist, Sandy, Medium, Well-Drained, Wet
Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full Sun, Sun
Light:
Fragrant, Stabilizing, Tolerates Clay, Spreads Quickly, Flood Tolerant, Tolerates Wet
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Sandy, Rocky, Gravel, Average, Medium, Mesic, Well Drained
Chestnut Oak
Quercus montana
Full Sun
Light:
Keystone Species, Drought Tolerant
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Moist, Rich, Well-Drained
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Evergreen, Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Drought, Tolerates Dense Shade
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Rich, Humus, Acidic, Wet
Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda cinnamomea
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Relatively pest free, Easy to Grow, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Rabbits, Showy
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Moist, Well-Drained, Acidic, Rich, Humus
Closed Bottle Gentian
Gentiana clausa
Part Shade
Light:
Low Maintenance, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Deer, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Average, Moist, Well-Drained
Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance, Easy to Grow, Drought Tolerant, Spreads Quickly
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Average, Well-Drained
Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Showy, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Black Walnut, Tolerates Deer, Easy to Grow, Low Maintenance, Spreads Quickly
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Sand
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Full Sun
Light:
Showy, Spreads Quickly, Fragrant
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Good Fall Color, Tolerates Underplantings, Tall, Long Stemmed, Low Maintenance, Cut Flowers, Interesting Seed Pods, Flood tolerant, Deer Resistant, Tolerates Deer, Tolerates Clay
Perks:
Soil:
Medium
Common Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Showy, Will Naturalize, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Black Walnut, Tolerates Wet
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Well-Drained
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Sun, Part Sun
Light:
Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Black Walnut, Semi-Evergreen, Showy
Perks:
Soil:
Medium
Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Fragrant, Showy, Deer Tolerant, Tolerates Rabbits
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Wet, Well Drained
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full Sun
Light:
Showy, Long Blooming
Perks:
Soil:
Clay, Loam, Sand
Cutleaf Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Sun, Part Sun
Light:
Showy Flowers, Deer Resistant, Clumping, Tall, Cut Flowers, Long Blooming, Will Naturalize, Keystone Species
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet, Clay, Loam, Sand
Deertongue
Dichanthelium clandestinum
Full Sun
Light:
Cover for Wildlife
Perks:
Soil:
Humus-rich, Neutral, Acidic, Moist
Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
Sun, Shade, Part Shade
Light:
Deer Resistant
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Rich, Well-Drained
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Showy, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant
Perks:
Soil:
Average, Dry
Early Goldenrod
Solidago juncea
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance, Keystone Species, Spreads Quickly
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well-Drained, Moist
Eastern Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Drought tolerant, Interesting Seed Pods, Will Naturalize, Showy, Good Cut Flower, Tolerates Black Walnut, Low Maintenance
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Limestone, Clay Tolerant, Loamy, Sandy
Eastern Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana
Full Sun
Light:
Tolerates Drought, Aromatic Foliage, Straight Trunk, Tolerates Clay, Evergreen
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Fertile, Well-Drained, Clay Tolerant
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Any
Light:
Showy, Fragrant, Edible Flowers, Showy Branches
Perks:
Soil:
Well-drained, Moist, Well-Drained, Dry, Wet, Average
Eastern Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Ornamental, Low Maintenance, Edible Fruit, Drought Tolerant, Deer Resistant, Tolerates Clay, Early Spring Bloomer, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Well Drained, Acidic
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Full Sun
Light:
Evergreen, Straight Trunk, Stately, Low Maintenance, Showy, Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Deer, Keystone Species
Perks:
Soil:
Well-Drained, Acidic, Sandy, Loam, Limestone, Neutral, Alkaline
Ebony Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Drought Tolerant, Versatile, Tolerates Rabbits
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Moist, Rich, Humus, Loam
Evergreen Wood Fern
Dryopteris intermedia
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Low Maintenance, Semi-Evergreen, Winter Interest, Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Heavy Shade
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Moist, Acidic, Well-drained, Sandy, Loam, Rich
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Shade, Part Shade
Light:
Showy, Good Fall Color, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Black Walnut, Tolerates Deer
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Well-drained, Rich, Humus, Acidic
Foam Flower
Tiarella cordifolia
Shade, Part Shade
Light:
Low Maintenance, Will Naturalize, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant
Perks:
Soil:
Mesic, Neutral, Moist, Sandy, Rocky, Well-drained
Fox Grape
Vitis labrusca
Part Sun, Sun
Light:
Tolerates Flooding, Edible Fruit, Showy Fruit
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Wet
Goat's-Beard
Aruncus dioicus
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Tolerates Rabbits, Perennial, Showy, Low Maintenance, Tall Background, Non-Spreading
Perks:
Soil:
Well-Drained, Moist
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Long Blooming, Showy, Good Cut Flower, Low Maintenance, Good Border Plant, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates Wet, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Wet, Moist Loam
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Sun, Part Sun
Light:
Battles Invasives, Drought tolerant, Flood tolerant, Spreads Quickly
Perks:
Soil:
Dry
Gray Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Drought tolerant, Showy, Tolerates Deer, Tolerates Shallow Rocky Soil, Keystone Species
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Sun, Part Sun, Shade
Light:
Good Border Plant, Showy, Long Blooming, Tolerates Clay, Low Maintenance, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Acidic, Well-Drained, Humus-rich, Rich
Great Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Showy, Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Heavy Shade, Evergreen
Perks:
Soil:
Sand, Gravel, Average
Greater Tickseed
Coreopsis major
Part Shade
Light:
Drought Tolerant, Deer Resistant
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Well-Drained
Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Tolerates Deer, Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Moist, Loamy, Acidic
Hay-Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Spreads Quickly, Low Maintenance, Fall Color, Tolerates Rabbits
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Well-Drained, Clay Tolerant, Loamy, Clay, Moist Loam
Honey Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full Sun
Light:
Drought Tolerant, Salt Tolerant
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet, Acidic, Sandy, Peaty
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Rabbit Resistant, Flood Tolerant
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Rich, Acidic
Interrupted Fern
Osmunda claytoniana
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Low Maintenance
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Moist, Well-Drained, Rich
Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Deer Resistant, Showy, Tolerates Black Walnut
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet, Rich, Average, Loam, Clay, Sandy
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Keystone Species, Will Naturalize, Fragrant, Cut Flowers
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Average, Acid, Alkaline, Neutral, Clay, Sandy, Rocky
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Tolerates Clay, Clumping, Low Maintenance, Good Container Plant, Salt Tolerant
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Moist
Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Evergreen, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Rabbits
Perks:
Soil:
Neutral pH, Rich, Loam, Sandy, Acid, Clay, Wet, Moist
Marsh Marigold
Caltha palustris
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Showy, Mounding, Rhizomatous, Low Maintenance, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet, Acidic
Meadowsweet
Spiraea tomentosa
Sun, Part Sun
Light:
Will Naturalize, Showy Flowers, Fall Color
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Moist, Well-Drained
Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Showy, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Sandy, Rocky, Acidic, Loamy, Alkaline
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Part Shade
Light:
Showy, Evergreen
Perks:
Soil:
Moist
Narrow Leaf Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Clumping, Good Cut Flower, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Acid, Average, Loamy, Clay, Sandy, Rocky
Narrowleaf Evening Primrose
Oenothera fruticosa
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Will Naturalize, Tolerates Clay, Showy Flowers, Deer Resistant
Perks:
Soil:
Acid, Average, Rocky, Gravel, Sandy, Loam
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Spreads Quickly, Rhizomatous, Drought Tolerant, Good Border Plant, Weed Barrier
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet, Acidic, Sandy, Loamy, Clay
Netted Chain Fern
Woodwardia areolata
Shade, Part Shade
Light:
Tolerates Brackish Soil, Spreads Quickly
Perks:
Soil:
Loam, Sandy, Med, Dry, Well-Drained
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Sun, Part Sun
Light:
Low Spreading, Attractive Hedge, Drought Tolerant, Showy Flowers, Fragrant, Tolerates Road Salt
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Well-Drained, Medium
New York Fern
Thelypteris noveboracensis
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Will Naturalize, Tolerates Wet, Tolerates Deer, Low Maintenance
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Moist, Wet
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Deer Resistant, Clumping, Will Naturalize, Showy Flowers
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Medium, Rocky
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Showy, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Wet, Tolerates Black Walnut, Deer Tolerant, Good Screen
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet, Average, Acidic, Medium, Well-Drained, Humus, Rich
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Low Maintenance, Rabbit Resistant, Deer Resistant, Showy, Slow Growing, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Acidic, Moist, Well-Drained, Wet
Northern Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Tolerates Flooding, Early Bloomer, Aromatic Leaves, Low Maintenance, Fall Color, Showy Fruit
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Moist
Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Showy, Cut Flowers, Tolerates Clay, Spreads Quickly, Long Stemmed, Tall
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Medium, Moist, Wet
Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full Sun
Light:
Will Naturalize, Good Cut Flower, Low Maintenance
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Wet, Acidic, Humus, Rich
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part Shade, Shade, Sun
Light:
Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Clay, Spreads Quickly
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Clay, Moist Loam, Sandy, Acidic, Nitrogen Rich
Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Showy, Long Stemmed
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Average, Sandy, Dry, Rocky, Mesic, Well Drained
Partridge-Berry
Mitchella repens
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Evergreen, Winter Interest, Low Maintenance, Drought Tolerant, Fragrant, Will Naturalize
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Average, Medium, Moist, Loamy
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Low Maintenance, Will Naturalize, Tolerates Wet, Ornamental, Relatively pest free
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Well-Drained, Dry, Average, Loamy, Sandy, Rocky
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Sun
Light:
Clumping, Low Maintenance, Salt Tolerant, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates High Heat
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Medium, Well-Drained, Humus
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Showy, Fragrant, Tolerates Rabbits, Low Maintenance
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Medium, Sandy, Rocky
Purple Milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
Full Sun
Light:
Perennial, Low Spreading
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Moist
Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Will Naturalize, Drought Tolerant, Fall Color, Salt Tolerant, Cover for Wildlife
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Medium, Clay, Gravel, Loam, Sand
Pussy Toes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Part Shade, Sun
Light:
Deer Resistant, Poor Soil, Drought Tolerant
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Moist, Well-Drained, Wet
Pussy Willow
Salix Discolor
Full Sun
Light:
Good Cut Flower, Showy, Winter Interest, Early Spring Bloomer
Perks:
Soil:
Moist, Rich, Acidic, Wet
Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Showy Fruit, Tolerates Wet, Cover for Wildlife
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Wet
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Flood tolerant, Tolerates Wet, Tolerates Underplantings, Keystone Species, Stabilizing, Straight Trunk, Easy to Grow, Stately, Good Fall Color, Low Maintenance
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Dry, Fertile, Sandy, Well-Drained
Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Full Sun
Light:
Low Maintenance, Keystone Species, Showy Branches, Fall Color
Perks:
Soil:
Medium
Rock Cap Fern
Polypodium virginianum
Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Low Maintenance, Will Naturalize, Winter Interest, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates Rabbits
Perks:
Soil:
Medium, Moist, Sandy, Peaty
Rose-Pink
Sabatia angularis
Sun, Part Shade
Light:
Will Naturalize, Fragrant, Deer Resistant, Showy, Low Maintenance
Perks:
Soil:
Dry, Average, Moist
Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Light:
Clumping, Deer Resistant, Ornamental, Will Naturalize, Mat-Forming, Evergreen
Perks:
Soil:
Sandy, Medium, Well-Drained, Swampy, Wet, Any
Rough Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
Sun
Light:
Low Maintenance, Late Season Bloomer, Showy Branches, Tolerates Wet, Tolerates Deer, Tall Background, Fall Color, Tolerates Clay, Will Naturalize, Rhizomatous, Spreads Quickly, Keystone Species
Perks:
Mid-Atlantic
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If you see a gold star on a species, that means it has "keystone" status and is incredibly beneficial for pollintors. A blue water indicator at the bottom an image means a plant likes wet soil, and sunbeams mean it is full sun only.