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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in New York. 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.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow Yarrow Milfoil Western yarrow | |
| Actaea pachypoda | White baneberry Dolls eyes | |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple Scarlet maple | |
| Actaea rubra | Red baneberry | |
| Acer saccharinum | Silver maple Soft maple White maple | |
| Acer saccharum | Sugar maple Northern sugar maple | |
| Adiantum pedatum | Northern maidenhair Maidenhair Fern | |
| Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian serviceberry Canadian service-berry Shadblow serviceberry Juneberry | |
| Anemone canadensis | Canadian anemone Round-leaf thimbleweed Canada anemone Windflower Meadow anemone | |
| Anaphalis margaritacea | Western pearly everlasting Pearly-everlasting | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine Wild red columbine | |
| Asimina triloba | Pawpaw Common paw paw Indian banana | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Betula lenta | Sweet birch Cherry birch Black birch Mahogany birch | |
| Betula populifolia | Gray birch White birch Aspen-leaved birch | |
| Carya alba | Mockernut hickory Big bud hickory | |
| Campanulastrum americanum | American bellflower American-bellflower Tall bellflower | |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam Blue beech Musclewood Ironwood | |
| Carya glabra | Pignut hickory | |
| Carya ovata | Shagbark hickory | |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet creeper Trumpet vine Common trumpet creeper Cow vine | |
| Campanula rotundifolia | Bluebell bellflower Bluebell-of-Scotland Harebell | |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey tea Redroot | |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud Redbud | |
| Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium | Fireweed Narrow-leaf fireweed Willow herb | |
| Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic white cedar Atlantic white-cedar | |
| Claytonia caroliniana | Carolina springbeauty | |
| Claytonia virginica | Virginia springbeauty Springbeauty | |
| Cornus alternifolia | Alternateleaf dogwood Alternate-leaf dogwood Pagoda dogwood | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Cornus florida | Flowering dogwood Virginia dogwood | |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf coreopsis Lanceleaf tickseed Lance-leaved coreopsis Sand coreopsis | |
| Desmodium canadense | Showy tick trefoil | |
| Eutrochium purpureum | Purple joepyeweed Sweet-scented joepyeweed Sweet joepyeweed | |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beech | |
| Fothergilla gardenii | Dwarf witchalder Dwarf witch-alder Dwarf fothergilla | |
| Fraxinus americana | White ash | |
| Fraxinus nigra | Black ash | |
| Gaylussacia baccata | Black huckleberry | |
| Gaylussacia brachycera | Box huckleberry | |
| Gaultheria procumbens | Eastern teaberry Wintergreen Checkerberry | |
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem artichoke Sunchoke | |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimsoneyed rosemallow Crimson-eyed rose-mallow Marshmallow hibiscus | |
| Hypericum prolificum | Shrubby St. Johnswort | |
| Ilex opaca | American holly Christmas holly | |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut Eastern black walnut | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar Eastern redcedar Virginia juniper | |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain laurel Calico bush Kalmia | |
| Larix laricina | Tamarack American larch Hacmatack | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense blazing star Dense gayfeather Marsh blazing star | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American sweetgum | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip tree Tulip poplar Yellow poplar | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great blue lobelia | |
| Lupinus perennis | Sundial lupine Wild lupine | |
| Malus coronaria | Sweet crabapple American crab | |
| Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum | Feathery false lily of the valley False spikenard False Solomon's seal Solomon's plume Smilacina | |
| Matteuccia struthiopteris | Ostrich fern | |
| Maianthemum stellatum | Starry false lily of the valley Starry false Solomon's seal Star-flowered Solomon's seal | |
| Mitella diphylla | Twoleaf miterwort Miterwort | |
| Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry Twinberry Running box | |
| Monarda didyma | Scarlet beebalm Oswego tea Red bergamot | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot Beebalm | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Blackgum Black tupelo Sourgum Tupelo Pepperridge | |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon fern | |
| Osmunda claytoniana | Interrupted fern | |
| Osmunda regalis | Royal fern | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi penstemon Smooth white beardtongue Talus slope penstemon Foxglove beardtongue | |
| Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy beardtongue | |
| Phlox divaricata | Wild blue phlox Louisiana phlox Blue woodland phlox Sweet william Wild sweet william | |
| Phlox subulata | Creeping Phlox Moss phlox Moss pink Rock pink | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall obedient plant Obedient plant False dragonhead | |
| Pinus resinosa | Red pine Norway pine Canadian pine | |
| Picea rubens | Red spruce | |
| Pinus strobus | Eastern white pine Weymouth pine | |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine Jersey pine Scrub pine | |
| Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas fern | |
| Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple Indian apple Wild mandrake Pomme de mai Podophylle pelt | |
| Polemonium reptans | Greek valerian Greek-valerian Jacob's Ladder | |
| Prunus serotina | Black cherry Rum cherry | |
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common chokecherry Choke cherry | |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Western bracken fern Bracken fern Western bracken Bracken | |
| Quercus alba | White oak Northern white oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
| Quercus coccinea | Scarlet oak Red oak | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur oak Burr oak Savannah oak Overcup oak Prairie oak Mossy-cup oak Mossy-overcup oak Blue oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin oak Chinquapin oak Chestnut oak Yellow chestnut oak Yellow oak Rock chestnut oak Rock oak | |
| Quercus palustris | Pin oak Swamp Spanish oak | |
| Quercus rubra var. ambigua | Northern red oak | |
| Rhododendron arborescens | Smooth azalea Sweet azalea | |
| Rhododendron calendulaceum | Flame azalea | |
| Rhus copallinum | Winged sumac Shining sumac Flameleaf sumac Mountain sumac Dwarf sumac | |
| Rhododendron maximum | Great laurel Wild rhododendron Rosebay rhododendron White laurel Rosebay | |
| Rhododendron prunifolium | Plumleaf azalea | |
| Rosa palustris | Swamp rose | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan | |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Cutleaf coneflower Green-head coneflower Cut-leaf coneflower | |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras | |
| Silphium perfoliatum | Cup plant | |
| Sibbaldiopsis tridentata | Shrubby fivefingers Shrubby-fivefingers | |
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