Peirce’s Woods, Longwood GardensThis seven-acre area has been developed as an "art form" garden that brings together the most ornamental characteristics of the eastern deciduous forest. Under the high branches of oak, ash, maple and tulip trees, sweeps of native shrubs and native ground cover plantings carpet the woodland floor, punctuated by flowering understory trees. Various "rooms" have been created within the woods, with emphasis on native deciduous azaleas blooming from early spring to summer. The concept of using native plants to create the woodland garden as an art form is one of the first such projects in any public garden. |
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Actaea pachypoda | White Baneberry, Dolls Eyes | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian Serviceberry, Canadian Service-berry, Shadblow Serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadbush, Junebush | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny Serviceberry, Allegheny Service-berry, Serviceberry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern, Subarctic Lady Fern, Lady Fern, Ladyfern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, 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 |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud, Redbud | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | 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 |
Diphylleia cymosa | American Umbrellaleaf, Umbrella-leaf | Perennial | Herb | ||
Drosera filiformis | Threadleaf Sundew | Perennial | Herb | ||
Drosera intermedia | Spoonleaf Sundew | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Dryopteris intermedia | Intermediate Woodfern, Evergreen Wood-fern, Fancy Wood Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade | Moist |
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Enemion biternatum | Eastern False Rue Anemone, Isopyrum | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, 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 |
Geranium maculatum | Spotted Geranium, Wild Geranium, Cranesbill | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
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 |
Hibiscus coccineus | Scarlet Rosemallow, Crimson Rosemallow, Wild Red Mallow, Texas Star Hibiscus | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Houstonia caerulea | Azure Bluet, Quaker Ladies, Bluets | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Hydrangea arborescens | Smooth Hydrangea, Wild Hydrangea, Sevenbark | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | 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 |
Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Leucothoe axillaris | Coastal Doghobble, Coast Leucothoe | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star, Dense Gayfeather, Dense Liatris, Marsh Blazing Star, Marsh Gayfeather, Marsh Liatris | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush, Spicebush, Wild Allspice | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Luzula acuminata | Hairy Woodrush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
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 |
Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Pachysandra procumbens | Allegheny Spurge, Mountain Spurge | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark, Atlantic Ninebark | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, 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 bicolor | Swamp White Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Quercus phellos | Willow Oak, Swamp Willow Oak, Pin Oak, Peach Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Quercus velutina | Black Oak, Quercitron Oak, Yellow Oak, Smoothbark Oak, Yellowbark Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Rhododendron flammeum | Piedmont Azalea, Oconee Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Rhynchospora latifolia | Sand-swamp Whitetop Sedge, Tall Whitetop Sedge, Whitetop Sedge, Sand-swamp Whitetop, Tall Whitetop, Whitetop, Colorful Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Sanguisorba canadensis | Canadian Burnet, American Burnet | Perennial | Herb | Wet | |
Sarracenia flava | Yellow Pitcherplant, Trumpets, Yellow Pitcher Plant | Perennial | Herb | ||
Sarracenia leucophylla | Crimson Pitcherplant, Crimson Pitcher-plant, Crimson Pitcher Plant | Perennial | Herb | ||
Sarracenia psittacina | Parrot Pitcherplant, Parrot Pitcher Plant | Perennial | Herb | ||
Sedum ternatum | Woodland Stonecrop, Wild Stonecrop | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Spiranthes odorata | Marsh Ladies'-tresses, Fragrant Ladies'-tresses, Marsh Lady's Tresses | Perennial | Herb | ||
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic Aster, Aromatic American Aster, Fall Aster, Wild Blue Aster, Shale Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Tiarella cordifolia var. collina | Heartleaf Foamflower, Wherry's Foamflower | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Trillium grandiflorum | White Wake-robin, White Trillium, Large-flower Wake-robin, Large-flower Trillium, Large-flowered Wake-robin, Large-flowered Trillium | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Tsuga canadensis | Eastern Hemlock | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Uvularia grandiflora | Largeflower Bellwort, Large-flower Bellwort, Merrybells | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Uvularia perfoliata | Perfoliate Bellwort, Mealy Bellwort, Merrybells | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Vernonia gigantea ssp. gigantea | Giant Ironweed, Tall Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |