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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Acer floridanum | Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple, Caddo Maple, Rock Maple | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Acer leucoderme | Chalk Maple, Whitebark Maple | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Acer rubrum | Red Maple, Scarlet Maple, Soft Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple, Northern Sugar Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Actaea rubra | Red Baneberry | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Adiantum pedatum | Northern Maidenhair Fern, Maidenhair Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Aesculus flava | Yellow Buckeye, Sweet Buckeye | Perennial | Tree | Shade | Moist |
Aesculus parviflora | Bottlebrush Buckeye | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye, Scarlet Buckeye , Firecracker Plant | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Aesculus sylvatica | Painted Buckeye | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | ||
Agarista populifolia | Florida Hobblebush, Tall Fetterbush, Florida Leucothoe, Agarista | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | |
Ageratina altissima var. altissima | White Snakeroot | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Amelanchier arborea | Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry, Junebush, Shadblow, Sarvis | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Amelanchier stolonifera | Running Serviceberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush, False Indigo Bush, False Indigo, Desert False Indigo | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar, Blue Dogbane, Willow Amsonia, Woodland Bluestar | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Anemone virginiana | Tall Thimbleweed, Thimbleweed, Tall Anemone | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Aralia spinosa | Devil's Walking Stick, Hercules Club, Angelica Tree, Pigeon Tree, Shotbush, Prickly Elder, Prickly Ash | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Arisaema triphyllum | Jack In The Pulpit, Indian Jack In The Pulpit, Jack-in-the-pulpit | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade | Wet, Moist |
Aronia arbutifolia | Red Chokeberry, Red Chokecherry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Asplenium resiliens | Blackstem Spleenwort | Perennial | Herb, Fern | ||
Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade | Moist |
Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides | Southern Lady Fern | Perennial | Fern | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Azolla caroliniana | Carolina Mosquitofern | Annual | Fern | ||
Baccharis halimifolia | Groundseltree, Sea-myrtle, Consumptionweed, Eastern Baccharis, Groundsel, Groundsel Bush, Salt Marsh-elder, Salt Bush, Florida Groundsel Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Baptisia alba var. macrophylla | Largeleaf Wild Indigo, White Wild Indigo | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo, Wild Blue Indigo, Blue False Indigo | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea | Longbract Wild Indigo, Cream False Indigo, Plains Wild Indigo, Cream Wild Indigo, Large-bracted Wild Indigo | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Betula nigra | River Birch, Red Birch, Black Birch, Water Birch | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry , French Mulberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Calycanthus floridus | Eastern Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice, Sweet Shrub | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine, Common Trumpet Creeper, Cow Vine, Foxglove Vine, Hellvine, Devil's Shoestring | Perennial | Vine | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Carpinus caroliniana | American Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Water Beech, Musclewood, Ironwood | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory, Sweet Pignut Hickory, Coast Pignut Hickory, Pignut, Sweet Pignut, Smoothbark Hickory, Broom Hickory, Red Hickory, Swamp Hickory, Switch Hickory, Switchbud Hickory | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory, Carolina Hickory, Scalybark Hickory, Upland Hickory, Shellbark Hickory | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea, Redroot | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Celastrus scandens | American Bittersweet | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Celtis laevigata | Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry, Hackberry, Palo Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Celtis occidentalis | Common Hackberry, Northern Hackberry, American Hackberry, Nettle Tree, Beaverwood, False Elm | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Honeybells, Honey Balls, Honeyballs, Button-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud, Redbud | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge Pea, Showy Partridge-pea, Beeflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree, Fringe Tree, Snowflower Tree, Flowering Ash, Old Man's Beard, Grandfather Graybeard, Grancy Graybeard | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Chrysogonum virginianum | Green And Gold, Green-and-gold | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Cladrastis kentukea | Kentucky Yellowwood, Yellowwood, Gopherwood, Virgilia | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Clethra alnifolia | Coastal Pepperbush, Coastal Sweet Pepperbush, Coastal Sweet Pepper, Alderleaf Pepperbush, Alderleaf Clethra, Clethra, Summer Sweet | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cliftonia monophylla | Buckwheat Tree, Buckwheat Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Wet |
Commelina erecta | Dayflower, Widow's Tears, White-mouth Dayflower, Whitemouth Dayflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Coreopsis auriculata | Lobed Tickseed, Early Coreopsis, Eared Coreopsis, Dwarf Tickseed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed, Sand Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Coreopsis nudata | Georgia Tickseed, Swamp Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus alternifolia | Alternateleaf Dogwood, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood, Red Willow, Silky Cornel | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood, Virginia Dogwood, Florida Dogwood, White Cornel, Arrowwood, American Boxwood, False Box, St. Peter's Crown, Corona De San Pedro | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Corylus americana | American Hazelnut, American Filbert | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cotinus obovatus | American Smoke Tree, Texas Smoke Tree, Wild Smoke Tree, Smoke Tree, Smokebush, Chittamwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Crataegus marshallii | Parsley Hawthorn, Parsleyleaf Hawthorn | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Crataegus phaenopyrum | Washington Hawthorn, Washington-thorn | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Crataegus spathulata | Littlehip Hawthorn, Pasture Hawthorn, Smallfruit Hawthorn | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | ||
Cyrilla racemiflora | Titi, Swamp Titi, Black Titi, White Titi, Red Titi, Leatherwood, Swamp Cyrilla, American Cyrilla, Burnwood Bark, Palo Colorado | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Cystopteris bulbifera | Bulblet Bladder Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade | Moist |
Decumaria barbara | Decumaria, Climbing Hydrangea, Woodvamp | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Eastern Hay-scented Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Diervilla sessilifolia | Southern Bush Honeysuckle, Southern Bush-honeysuckle | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Diospyros virginiana | Eastern Persimmon, Common Persimmon, Possumwood, Date Plum, Winter Plum, Jove's Fruit | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping Coneflower, Clasping-leaf Coneflower | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Dryopteris cristata | Crested Woodfern, Crested Wood Fern, Buckler Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Dryopteris ludoviciana | Southern Woodfern, Florida Shieldfern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal Woodfern, Marginal Fern, Marginal Shieldfern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Erigeron pulchellus | Robin's Plantain, Poor Robin's Plantain, Rose Petty, Robert's Plantain, Blue Spring-daisy | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean, Cherokee Bean, Red Cardinal | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Euonymus americanus | American Strawberry Bush, Strawberry Bush, Brook Euonymus, Hearts-a-burstin, Bursting Heart, Wahoo | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Eutrochium fistulosum | Joe-pye Weed, Trumpetweed, Queen Of The Meadow, Hollow Joe-pye Weed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Fagus grandifolia | American Beech, White Beech, Red Beech, Ridge Beech, Beechnut Tree | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Fothergilla gardenii | Dwarf Witchalder, Dwarf Witch-alder, Dwarf Fothergilla | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | |
Fothergilla major | Mountain Witchalder, Mountain Witch-alder, Large Fothergilla | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn, Carolina False Buckthorn, Yellow Buckthorn, Indian Cherry, Yellowwood | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Franklinia alatamaha | Franklin Tree, Franklintree, Franklinia | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Fraxinus americana | White Ash, American Ash, Cane Ash, Smallseed White Ash, Biltmore White Ash, Biltmore Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash, Red Ash, Swamp Ash, River Ash, Water Ash, Darlington Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina Jessamine, Yellow Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, Poor Man's Rope | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Geranium maculatum | Spotted Geranium, Wild Geranium, Cranesbill | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena, Purple Prairie Verbena, Dakota Mock Vervain, Dakota Vervain | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Gordonia lasianthus | Gordonia, Loblolly Bay | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Halesia carolina | Carolina Silverbell | Perennial | Tree | Shade | |
Halesia diptera | Two-wing Silverbell, Two-winged Silverbell, Silverbell, American Snowdrop Tree, Snowdrop Tree, Snowbell, Cowlicks | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Halesia tetraptera | Mountain Silverbell, Carolina Silverbell, Four-wing Silverbell, Silverbell Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Hamamelis virginiana | Witch-hazel, American Witch-hazel, Common Witch-hazel, Winterbloom, Snapping Hazelnut, Striped Alder, Spotted Alder, Tobacco-wood, Water-witch | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp Sunflower, Narrowleaf Sunflower, Narrow-leaved Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Hepatica nobilis | Hepatica | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Heuchera americana | American Alumroot, Alumroot | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow, Marshmallow Hibiscus | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Houstonia caerulea | Azure Bluet, Quaker Ladies, Bluets | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Hydrangea arborescens | Smooth Hydrangea, Wild Hydrangea, Sevenbark | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Hydrangea quercifolia | Oakleaf Hydrangea, Oak-leaf Hydrangea | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Moist |
Ilex amelanchier | Sarvis Holly, Swamp Holly | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Ilex coriacea | Baygall Bush, Large Gallberry, Gallberry, Tall Inkberry Holly, Inkberry Holly, Shining Inkberry, Inkberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Meadow Holly, Prairie Holly, Swamp Holly, Welk Holly, Deciduous Yaupon, Bearberry, Winterberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ilex glabra | Inkberry, Gallberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ilex opaca | American Holly, White Holly, Prickly Holly, Evergreen Holly, Christmas Holly, Yule Holly | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Dry |
Ilex verticillata | Common Winterberry, Winterberry, Michigan Holly, Black Alder | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon, Yaupon Holly, Cassina | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Illicium floridanum | Florida Anisetree, Florida Anise, Anise Tree, Stinkbush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Illicium parviflorum | Yellow Anisetree, Small Anisetree, Star Anise | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire, Tassel-white, Virginia Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut, Eastern Black Walnut, American Black Walnut | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redcedar, Virginia Juniper, Red Juniper, Pencil Cedar, Carolina Cedar, Red Savin | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Kalmia, Mountain-laurel | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Leucothoe axillaris | Coastal Doghobble, Coast Leucothoe | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Leucothoe fontanesiana | Highland Doghobble, Drooping Leucothoe | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star, Dense Gayfeather, Dense Liatris, Marsh Blazing Star, Marsh Gayfeather, Marsh Liatris | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star, Scaly Gayfeather, Scaly Liatris | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush, Spicebush, Wild Allspice | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum, American Sweetgum, Red Gum, White Gum, Star-leaved Gum, Starleaf Gum, Alligator Tree, Satin Walnut, Bilsted, Liquidambar | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Woodbine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Lupinus perennis | Sundial Lupine, Wild Lupine | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Lygodium palmatum | American Climbing Fern, Hartford Fern, Creeping Fern, Windsor Fern | Perennial | Fern | ||
Lyonia lucida | Shining Fetterbush, Fetterbush Lyonia, Shinyleaf, Fetterbush, Staggerbush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree, Cucumber Tree, Mountain Magnolia | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Magnolia ashei | Ashe's Magnolia, Ashe Magnolia, Deciduous Magnolia | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magnolia, Loblolly Magnolia, Great Laurel Magnolia, Big Laurel, Bull Bay | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Magnolia macrophylla | Bigleaf Magnolia | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Magnolia pyramidata | Pyramid Magnolia | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay, Sweetbay Magnolia, Southern Sweetbay, Swampbay, Swamp Magnolia, Sweet Magnolia, Small Magnolia, Laurel Magnolia, White Bay, White Laurel, Swamp Laurel, Beaver Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley, False Spikenard, False Solomon's Seal, Solomon's Plume, Smilacina | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Malus angustifolia | Southern Crabapple, Narrowleaf Crabapple, Wild Crabapple, Southern Crab, Narrowleaf Crab, Wild Crab | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Mitella diphylla | Twoleaf Miterwort, Miterwort | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot, Beebalm | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm, Spotted Horsemint, Horsemint | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle , Southern Wax Myrtle, Southern Bayberry, Eastern Bayberry, Bayberry, Candleberry, Tallow Shrub | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Nyssa aquatica | Water Tupelo, Blackgum, Sourgum, Cotton Gum, Swamp Tupelo, Water Gum | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Wet |
Nyssa ogeche | Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo, Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Sourgum, Pepperidge, Tupelo Gum, Beetlebung | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Oenothera fruticosa | Narrowleaf Evening-primrose, Narrow-leaf Evening-primrose, Sundrops, Narrowleaf Evening Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose, Showy Evening Primrose, Mexican Evening Primrose, Showy Primrose, Pink Ladies, Buttercups, Pink Buttercups | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern, Bead Fern, Sympathy Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Osmanthus americanus | American Olive, Devilwood, Wild Olive | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Osmunda claytoniana | Interrupted Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade | Moist |
Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam, American Hop-hornbeam, Woolly Hop-hornbean, Eastern Ironwood, Roughbark Ironwood, Ironwood, Deerwood, Leverwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood, Sorrel Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Pachysandra procumbens | Allegheny Spurge, Mountain Spurge | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Passiflora incarnata | Maypop, Purple Passionflower, Purple Passion Vine, Apricot Vine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple Cliffbrake | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Dry | |
Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon, Prairie Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Foxglove Beardtongue, False Foxglove, Large-flowered Penstemon, Large-flowered Beardtongue, Cobaea Penstemon, Cobaea Beardtongue, Wild Foxglove | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon, Mississippi Beardtongue, Smooth White Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus Slope Penstemon, Talus Slope Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Foxglove Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Penstemon smallii | Small's Penstemon, Small's Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Persea borbonia | Redbay, Red Bay, Sweet Bay, Silk Bay, Red Bay Persea, Laurel Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Philadelphus inodorus | Scentless Mock Orange | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Phlox carolina | Carolina Phlox, Summer Phlox, Thickleaf Phlox | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox, Louisiana Phlox, Blue Woodland Phlox, Sweet William, Wild Sweet William | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox, Prairie Phlox, Fragrant Phlox | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Phlox stolonifera | Creeping Phlox | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Phlox subulata | Creeping Phlox, Moss Phlox, Moss Pink, Rock Pink | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark, Atlantic Ninebark | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Pinckneya bracteata | Fevertree, Pinckneya, Feverbark, Poinsettia Tree, Georgia Bark | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine, Shortleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Yellow Pine, Shortstraw Pine, Arkansas Pine, Longtag Pine, Spruce Pine, Oldfield Pine, Arkansas Soft Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pinus elliottii | Slash Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Pinus glabra | Spruce Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Pinus palustris | Longleaf Pine, Georgia Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Longstraw Pine, Hill Pine, Hard Pine, Heart Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Pinus strobus | Eastern White Pine, Weymouth Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine, Oldfield Pine, Bull Pine, Rosemary Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pinus virginiana | Virginia Pine, Jersey Pine, Scrub Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Planera aquatica | Planer Tree, Water Elm | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore, Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Plane Tree, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus caroliniana | Carolina Cherry-laurel, Cherry-laurel, Laurel Cherry, Carolina Laurel Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash, Common Hoptree, Hop Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Pteridium aquilinum | Western Bracken Fern, Bracken Fern, Western Bracken, Bracken | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Pycnanthemum incanum | Hoary Mountain Mint, Silverleaf Mountain Mint | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus alba | White Oak, Northern White Oak, Eastern White Oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak, Forked-leaf White Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak, Red Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Quercus falcata | Southern Red Oak, Bottomland Red Oak, Three-lobed Red Oak, Spanish Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus hemisphaerica | Coast Laurel Oak, Darlington Oak, Laurel Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Quercus laevis | Turkey Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | |
Quercus laurifolia | Laurel Oak, Swamp Laurel Oak, Darlington Oak, Diamond-leaf Oak, Laurel-leaf Oak, Water Oak, Obtusa Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Quercus lyrata | Overcup Oak, Swamp Post Oak, Water White Oak, Swamp White Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus michauxii | Swamp Chestnut Oak, Basket Oak, Cow Oak, Swamp Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Quercus montana | Chestnut Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak, Mountain Chestnut Oak, Rock Oak, Tanbark Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus nigra | Water Oak, Possum Oak, Duck Oak, Punk Oak, Spotted Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Quercus palustris | Pin Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Quercus phellos | Willow Oak, Swamp Willow Oak, Pin Oak, Peach Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Quercus rubra | Northern Red Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak, Shumard's Oak, Shumard Red Oak, Southern Red Oak, Swamp Red Oak, Spotted Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak, Iron Oak, Cross Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak, Southern Live Oak, Virginia Live Oak, Live Oak, Encino | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Rhododendron alabamense | Alabama Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | |
Rhododendron arborescens | Smooth Azalea, Sweet Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Rhododendron atlanticum | Dwarf Azalea, Coastal Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Rhododendron austrinum | Orange Azalea, Florida Azalea, Yellow Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Rhododendron calendulaceum | Flame Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Rhododendron canescens | Mountain Azalea, Wild Azalea, Honeysuckle Azalea, Piedmont Azalea, Sweet Azalea, Hoary Azalea, Southern Pinxterflower | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Rhododendron catawbiense | Catawba Rosebay, Purple Rhododendron, Red Laurel, Catawba Rhododendron, Mountain Rosebay | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | |
Rhododendron flammeum | Piedmont Azalea, Oconee Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Rhododendron maximum | Great Laurel, Wild Rhododendron, Rosebay Rhododendron, White Laurel, Rosebay | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Rhododendron minus | Piedmont Rhododendron, Dwarf Rhododendron, Carolina Laurel | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Rhododendron prunifolium | Plumleaf Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rhus copallinum | Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Mountain Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, Wing-rib Sumac, Black Sumac, Upland Sumac | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac, Velvet Sumac | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Robinia hispida | Bristly Locust, Standing Sweet Pea | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower, Greenhead Coneflower, Cutleaf Coneflower, Wild Goldenglow, Sochan | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Rudbeckia triloba | Browneyed Susan, Brown-eyed-susan, Thin-leaved Coneflower, Three-lobed Rudbeckia | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Palmetto | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sabal palmetto | Cabbage Palmetto, Cabbage Palm | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry, Black Elder, Mexican Elderberry, Common Elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras, White Sassafras, Ague Tree, Cinnamon Wood, Mitten Tree, Saloop, Smelling Stick | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Serenoa repens | Saw Palmetto | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Silene virginica | Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass, Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed-grass, Bermuda Blue-eyed Grass, Blue-eyed Grass | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Smilax smallii | Lance-leaf Greenbriar, Southern Smilax, Jacksonvine, Jacksonbriar | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Staphylea trifolia | American Bladdernut | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Moist |
Stewartia malacodendron | Silky Camellia, Virginia Stewartia, Round-fruited Stewartia | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | |
Stewartia ovata | Mountain Camellia, Mountain Stewartia | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Moist |
Stokesia laevis | Stokes Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Styrax americanus | American Snowbell, American Snowbells, American Silverbells, Big-leaf Snowbell, Storax | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Styrax grandifolius | Bigleaf Snowbell, Bigleaf Storax, Coast Snowbell | Perennial | Tree | ||
Symplocos tinctoria | Horse Sugar, Common Sweetleaf, Sweetleaf, Yellowwood, Wild Laurel | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress, Baldcypress, Common Bald Cypress, Southern Bald Cypress, Deciduous Cypress, Southern Cypress, Swamp Cypress, Red Cypress, White Cypress, Yellow Cypress, Gulf Cypress, Tidewater Red Cypress | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Thelypteris kunthii | Wood Fern, River Fern, Southern Shield Fern, Kunth's Maiden Fern, Normal Shield Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Thelypteris noveboracensis | New York Fern, Tapering Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens | Eastern Marsh Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun | Moist |
Thermopsis villosa | Carolina Bushpea, Aaron's Rod, Bush Pea | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Tradescantia hirsuticaulis | Hairystem Spiderwort, Hairy-stem Spiderwort, Hairy-stemmed Spiderwort | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort, Spider Lily | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Tsuga canadensis | Eastern Hemlock | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Vaccinium arboreum | Farkleberry, Tree Sparkleberry, Sparkleberry, Winter Huckleberry, Huckleberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Vaccinium darrowii | Darrow's Blueberry, Evergreen Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Vaccinium elliottii | Elliott's Blueberry, Mayberry | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Vaccinium pallidum | Blue Ridge Blueberry, Early Lowbush Blueberry | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Vernonia noveboracensis | New York Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Viburnum acerifolium | Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaf Viburnum, Maple-leaf Arrowwood, Arrowwood | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Viburnum dentatum | Southern Arrowwood | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Viburnum nudum | Possumhaw Viburnum, Possumhaw | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Viburnum prunifolium | Blackhaw, Smooth Blackhaw, Blackhaw Viburnum, Smooth Blackhaw Viburnum, Stagbush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, Rusty Blackhaw, Southern Blackhaw, Blackhaw, Bluehaw, Downy Viburnum, Southern Nannyberry, Rusty Nannyberry, Nannyberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Viola pedata | Birdfoot Violet, Bird's-foot Violet, Bird-foot Violet | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Wisteria frutescens | American Wisteria, Texas Wisteria, Kentucky Wisteria | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Woodsia obtusa | Bluntlobe Cliff Fern, Blunt Cliff Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Woodwardia areolata | Netted Chainfern, Chain Fern, Netted Chain Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Xanthorhiza simplicissima | Yellowroot, Shrub Yellowroot | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | |
Yucca aloifolia | Spanish Dagger, Spanish Bayonet, Aloe Yucca | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Yucca filamentosa | Adam's Needle | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Zenobia pulverulenta | Honeycup, Dusty Zenobia | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |