Connecticut Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Connecticut. 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 |
Maianthemum canadense | Canada Mayflower False Lily-of-the-valley | |
Maianthemum racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley False Solomon's Seal Feathery False Solomon's Seal False Spikenard Solomon's Plume Smilacina | |
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 Pigeon Plum | |
Mimulus ringens | Allegheny Monkeyflower Square-stemmed Monkeyflower Square-stem Monkeyflower | |
Monarda didyma | Scarlet Beebalm Oswego Tea Red Bergamot | |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
Morella pensylvanica | Northern Bayberry Candleberry | |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo Blackgum Black Tupelo Sourgum Pepperidge Tupelo Gum Beetlebung | |
Oenothera fruticosa | Narrowleaf Evening-primrose Narrow-leaf Evening-primrose Sundrops Narrowleaf Evening Primrose | |
Oenothera perennis | Little Evening-primrose Sundrops | |
Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear Smooth Prickly Pear Devil's Tongue | |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
Osmunda claytoniana | Interrupted Fern | |
Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern | |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon Mississippi Beardtongue Smooth White Penstemon Smooth White Beardtongue Talus Slope Penstemon Talus Slope Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue | |
Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy Penstemon Hairy Beardtongue | |
Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox Louisiana Phlox Blue Woodland Phlox Sweet William Wild Sweet William | |
Phlox maculata | Wild Sweetwilliam Meadow Phlox Wild Sweet William | |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
Phlox subulata | Creeping Phlox Moss Phlox Moss Pink Rock Pink | |
Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
Pinus resinosa | Red Pine Norway Pine Canadian Pine | |
Pinus rigida | Pitch Pine Torch Pine | |
Pinus strobus | Eastern White Pine Weymouth Pine | |
Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | |
Polygonatum biflorum | Smooth Solomon's Seal Great Solomon's-seal Sealwort | |
Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple Indian Apple Wild Mandrake Pomme De Mai Podophylle Pelt | |
Polemonium reptans | Greek Valerian Jacob's Ladder | |
Prunus maritima | Beach Plum | |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry | |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
Pteridium aquilinum | Western Bracken Fern Bracken Fern Western Bracken Bracken | |
Pycnanthemum incanum | Hoary Mountain Mint Silverleaf Mountain Mint | |
Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia Mountain Mint | |
Quercus alba | White Oak Northern White Oak Eastern White Oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak Red Oak | |
Quercus ilicifolia | Bear Oak Scrub Oak | |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
Quercus phellos | Willow Oak Swamp Willow Oak Pin Oak Peach Oak | |
Quercus rubra var. ambigua | Northern Red Oak | |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
Rhus copallinum | Winged Sumac Shining Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Mountain Sumac Dwarf Sumac Wing-rib Sumac Black Sumac Upland Sumac | |
Rhododendron prunifolium | Plumleaf Azalea | |
Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac Velvet Sumac | |
Rhexia virginica | Handsome-harry Virginia Meadow Beauty Meadow-beauty | |
Rosa palustris | Swamp Rose | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower Greenhead Coneflower Cutleaf Coneflower Wild Goldenglow Sochan | |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras White Sassafras Ague Tree Cinnamon Wood Mitten Tree Saloop Smelling Stick | |
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | |
Sanguisorba canadensis | Canadian Burnet American Burnet | |
Sabatia dodecandra | Marsh Rose Gentian Marsch Rose-gentian Large Marsh Pink | |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
Senna hebecarpa | American Senna Wild Senna | |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed-grass Bermuda Blue-eyed Grass Blue-eyed Grass | |
Silene caroliniana | Sticky Catchfly Wild Pink | |
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant Indian Cup | |
Silene stellata | Widow's Frill Starry Campion | |
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata | Shrubby Five-fingers | |
Silene virginica | Fire Pink Scarlet Catchfly | |
Sorbus americana | American Mountain Ash American Mountain-ash | |
Solidago caesia | Wreath Goldenrod Blue-stemmed Goldenrod Bluestem Goldenrod | |
Solidago flexicaulis | Zigzag Goldenrod Broadleaf Goldenrod | |
Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod Prairie Goldenrod Oldfield Goldenrod Grayleaf Goldenrod Gray-leaved Goldenrod Dyersweed Goldenrod Dwarf Goldenrod Field Goldenrod | |
Solidago odora | Anisescented Goldenrod Anise-scented Goldenrod Sweet Goldenrod | |
Solidago patula | Roundleaf Goldenrod | |
Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod | |
Spiraea tomentosa | Steeplebush | |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster New England American-aster | |
Tephrosia virginiana | Goat's Rue Virginia Tephrosia Devil's Shoestring | |
Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple Meadow-rue Tall Meadow-rue Meadow Rue | |
Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow-rue | |
Thalictrum pubescens | King Of The Meadow King-of-the-meadow Tall Meadow Rue | |
Tilia americana | American Basswood American Linden Lime Tree Bee Tree | |
Tiarella cordifolia | Heartleaf Foamflower Heart-leaf Foamflower | |
Trientalis borealis | Starflower | |
Trollius laxus ssp. laxus | American Globeflower | |
Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort Spider Lily | |
Tsuga canadensis | Eastern Hemlock | |
Uvularia grandiflora | Largeflower Bellwort Large-flower Bellwort Merrybells | |
Uvularia perfoliata | Perfoliate Bellwort Mealy Bellwort Merrybells | |
Uvularia sessilifolia | Spreading Bellwort Straw Lily Wild Oats Merrybells Sessile-leaf Bellwort Sessile Bellwort | |
Vaccinium angustifolium | Lowbush Blueberry Late Lowbush Blueberry | |
Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | |
Vaccinium macrocarpon | Cranberry Large Cranberry | |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Lingonberry Northern Mountain-cranberry Cowberry | |
Verbena hastata | Swamp Verbena Blue Verbena Blue Vervain Simpler's Joy | |
Vernonia noveboracensis | New York Ironweed | |
Veratrum viride | Green False Hellebore Green Corn Lily | |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | |
Viburnum acerifolium | Mapleleaf Viburnum Maple-leaf Viburnum Maple-leaf Arrowwood Arrowwood | |
Viola blanda | Sweet White Violet Woodland White Violet | |
Viola canadensis | Canadian White Violet Canada Violet | |
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