Soil:

Medium, Wet, Moist, Rich, Moist Loam

Rue Anemone

Thalictrum thalictroides

Full Sun

Light:

Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Wet

Scarlet Bee Balm

Monarda didyma

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Clumping, Good Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Showy Flowers

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Wet, Rich

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet

Shallow Sedge

Carex lurida

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Flood tolerant, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Deer

Perks:

Soil:

Any, Rocky, Clay, Dry, Moist, Wet, Average, Well Drained

Smooth Hydrangea

Hydrangea arborescens

Part Shade

Light:

Good Cut Flowers, Showy, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Drought, Flood Tolerant, Tolerates Wet, Tolerates Clay, Long Stemmed, Rabbit Resistant

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Rich, Acidic, Well-drained

Sourwood

Oxydendrum arboreum

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Rich

Southern Lady Fern

Athyrium asplenioides

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Dense Shade, Tolerates Wet

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Average, Well-Drained

Spike Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

Full Sun

Light:

Showy, Good Cut Flower, Tolerates Clay, Drought Tolerant

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Wet

Spreading Sedge

Carex laxiculmis

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Semi-Evergreen, Ornamental, Clumping, Deer Resistant

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Humus, Rich

Squirrel Corn

Dicentra canadensis

Part Shade

Light:

Fragrant, Showy

Perks:

Soil:

Average, Medium, Moist, Wet

Star Sedge

Carex radiata

Part Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Will Naturalize, Showy, Evergreen, Tolerates Wet, Relatively pest free

Perks:

Soil:

Well-drained, Moist

Summer Grape

Vitis aestivalis

Full Sun

Light:

Edible Fruit, Showy

Perks:

Soil:

Sandy, Wet, Swampy

Summer Sweet

Clethra alnifolia

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Fragrant, Showy, Fall Color, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Clay

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Medium, Wet

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Full Sun

Light:

Easy to Grow, Showy, Fragrant, Tolerates Flooding, Deer tolerant

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Rich, Average, Acidic

Swamp Rose

Rosa Palustris

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Long Blooming, Tolerates Flooding

Perks:

Soil:

medium, moist, wet

Swamp Rose Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

Full Sun

Light:

Tolerates flooding, Showy, Tolerates Humidity

Perks:

Soil:

Swamp Sunflower

Helianthus angustifolius

Light:

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Medium

Sweet Goldenrod

Solidago odora

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Drought tolerant, Deer tolerant, Tolerates Clay, Will Naturalize, Keystone Species

Perks:

Soil:

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Light:

Perks:

Soil:

Tall Bellflower

Campanula americana

Light:

Perks:

Soil:

Well Drained, Moist, Rich, Mesic, Loamy

Trout Lily

Erythronium americanum

Part Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Early Bloomer, Showy

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Rich, Sand, Loam, Well-Drained

Virginia Bluebells

Mertensia virginica

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Spring Ephemeral, Showy Flowers, Tolerates Black Walnut, Attractive Form, Groundcover, Early Bloomer, Will Naturalize, Shade Tolerant, Tolerates Flooding

Perks:

Soil:

Average, Medium, Well-Drained

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Easy to Grow, Deer Resistant, Spreads Quickly, Tolerates Black Walnut, Tolerates Heavy Shade, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates Clay

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Loam, Sandy, Dry

Virginia Rose

Rosa Virginiana

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Fall Color, Showy Flowers, Showy Fruit, Tolerates Clay, Fragrant

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Average, Medium, Well-Drained, Loam

White Oak

Quercus Alba

Full Sun

Light:

Keystone Species, Showy

Perks:

Soil:

White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

Light:

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Average, Medium, Well-drained

White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Keystone Species, Showy, Spreads Quickly

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist

White old-field Aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Tolerates Flooding, Keystone Species

Perks:

Soil:

Moist Loam, Acidic

WhiteTurtlehead

Chelone glabra

Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun, Sun

Light:

Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance, Showy

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Medium, Sandy, Loam

Whorled Milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

Part Sun, Sun

Light:

Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Will Naturalize, Showy, Drought Tolerant

Perks:

Soil:

Whorled Tickseed

Coreopsis verticillata

Light:

Will Naturalize, Drought tolerant, Showy, Deer tolerant

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Medium, Wet

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Aromatic Foliage, Spreads Quickly

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Medium, Average, Acidic

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Drought Tolerant, Tolerates Rabbits, Easy to Grow

Perks:

Soil:

Wild Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Light:

Perks:

Soil:

Woodland Phlox

Phlox divaricata

Light:

Perks:

Soil:

Sand, Clay, Acidic, Neutral pH, Alkaline, Well-Drained

Woodland Stonecrop

Sedum Ternatum

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Shade Tolerant, Good Container Plant, Evergreen, Relatively pest free, Tolerates Clay, Good Border Plant, Versatile, Easy to Grow, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Rocky, Moist

Yellow Passionflower

Passiflora lutea

Part Shade

Light:

Showy, Low Maintenance, Drought Tolerant

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:

Acidic, Moist Loam

Fairy Wand

Chamaelirium luteum

Part Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Showy

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:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Rich, Acidic

Royal Fern

Osmunda spectabilis

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Cover for Wildlife, Tolerates Drought, Tolerates Rabbits

Perks:

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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.