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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Pennsylvania. 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 |
| Abies balsamea | Balsam fir Balsam | |
| Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow Yarrow Milfoil Western yarrow | |
| Acer nigrum | Black maple | |
| Actaea pachypoda | White baneberry Dolls eyes | |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple Scarlet maple | |
| Actaea rubra | Red baneberry | |
| Acer saccharum | Sugar maple Northern sugar maple | |
| Aesculus glabra | Ohio buckeye Texas buckeye Fetid buckeye Horse chestnut | |
| Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian serviceberry Canadian service-berry Shadblow serviceberry Juneberry | |
| Anemone canadensis | Canadian anemone Round-leaf thimbleweed Canada anemone Windflower Meadow anemone | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| 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 nigra | River birch Red birch | |
| Betula papyrifera | Paper birch Canoe birch White birch | |
| Betula populifolia | Gray birch White birch Aspen-leaved birch | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Bromus kalmii | Arctic brome Prairie brome Wild chess | |
| Carya alba | Mockernut hickory Big bud hickory | |
| Campanulastrum americanum | American bellflower American-bellflower Tall bellflower | |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam Blue beech Musclewood Ironwood | |
| Carya cordiformis | Bitternut hickory Swamp hickory | |
| 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 | |
| Delphinium tricorne | Dwarf larkspur Spring larkspur | |
| Diospyros virginiana | Common persimmon Eastern persimmon | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada wild rye Canadian wildrye Prairie wildrye Nodding wildrye | |
| Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus | Trumpetweed Queen of the meadow Hollow Joe-pye weed Joe-pye weed | |
| 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 | |
| Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey locust Common Honey-locust Honey-locust Thornless common honey-locust Honey shucks | |
| Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky coffeetree Stump tree | |
| Hesperostipa spartea | Porcupinegrass Porcupine grass | |
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem artichoke Sunchoke | |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimsoneyed rosemallow Crimson-eyed rose-mallow Marshmallow hibiscus | |
| 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 | |
| Koeleria macrantha | Prairie Junegrass Junegrass Prairie Koeler's grass | |
| Larix laricina | Tamarack American larch Hacmatack | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense blazing star Dense gayfeather Marsh blazing star | |
| Liatris squarrosa | Blazing star Scaly blazing star Scaly gayfeather | |
| 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 | |
| Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree Cucumber tree Mountain magnolia | |
| Malus coronaria | Sweet crabapple American crab | |
| Magnolia tripetala | Umbrella tree Umbrella magnolia | |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay magnolia Swampbay Swamp magnolia Small magnolia | |
| 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 | |
| Oenothera biennis | Common evening-primrose King's cure-all | |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern hop-hornbeam Hophornbeam Ironwood | |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel tree | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand panic grass | |
| 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 stolonifera | Creeping phlox | |
| Phlox subulata | Creeping Phlox Moss phlox Moss pink Rock pink | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall obedient plant Obedient plant False dragonhead | |
| Pinus echinata | Shortleaf pine Yellow pine Spruce pine | |
| Pinus resinosa | Red pine Norway pine Canadian pine | |
| Pinus rigida | Pitch pine Torch pine | |
| Picea rubens | Red spruce | |
| Pinus strobus | Eastern white pine Weymouth pine | |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine Jersey pine Scrub pine | |
| Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple Indian apple Wild mandrake Pomme de mai Podophylle pelt | |
| Polemonium reptans | Greek valerian Greek-valerian Jacob's Ladder | |
| Populus tremuloides | Quaking aspen Aspen | |
| Prunus americana | American plum Wild plum | |
| Prunus pensylvanica | Pin cherry Fire cherry Wild red cherry Bird cherry | |
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