Plants of Chesapeake BayBayscapes - From the US Fish and Wildlife Service Chesapeake Bay Field Office. This 83 page guide contains color photos of over 400 plant species native to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, including all states with drainage to the the Bay: Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York. |
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Acer negundo | Box Elder, Box Elder Maple, Ash-leaved Maple, Ashleaf Maple, Red River Maple, Fresno De Guajuco | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Acer rubrum | Red Maple, Scarlet Maple, Soft Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer saccharinum | Silver Maple, Soft Maple, White Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple, Northern Sugar Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Acer spicatum | Mountain Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade | Moist |
Actaea pachypoda | White Baneberry, Dolls Eyes | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Actaea racemosa var. racemosa | Black Cohosh, Black Bugbane, Bugbane, Black Snakeroot, Fairy Candles | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Adiantum pedatum | Northern Maidenhair Fern, Maidenhair Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Agalinis purpurea | Purple False Foxglove, Purple Gerardia, Gerardia | Annual | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ageratina altissima var. altissima | White Snakeroot | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Agrostis perennans | Upland Bentgrass, Autumn Bentgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Alnus serrulata | Smooth Alder, Hazel Alder, Brookside Alder, Tag Alder, Common Alder, Black Alder | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Amelanchier arborea | Common Serviceberry, Downy Serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry, Junebush, Shadblow, Sarvis | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian Serviceberry, Canadian Service-berry, Shadblow Serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadbush, Junebush | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ammophila breviligulata | American Beachgrass, American Beach Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem, Brushy Bluestem | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge, Broomsedge Bluestem, Yellowsedge Bluestem, Whiskey Grass, Popotillo Pajon | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Anemone canadensis | Canadian Anemone, Round-leaf Thimbleweed, Canada Anemone, Windflower, Meadow Anemone | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Anemone virginiana | Tall Thimbleweed, Thimbleweed, Tall Anemone | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Antennaria neglecta | Field Pussytoes, Prairie Everlasting | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Aralia nudicaulis | Wild Sarsaparilla | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Shade | Moist |
Aralia racemosa | American Spikenard | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
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 |
Aristolochia macrophylla | Pipevine, Dutchman's Pipe | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Aronia arbutifolia | Red Chokeberry, Red Chokecherry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Aronia melanocarpa | Black Chokeberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Aruncus dioicus | Bride's Feathers, Goat's Beard | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Asarum canadense | Canadian Wild Ginger, Wild Ginger | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Asimina triloba | Pawpaw, Common Pawpaw, Custard Apple, Indian Banana, Wild Banana | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony Spleenwort | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern, Subarctic Lady Fern, Lady Fern, Ladyfern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
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 australis | Blue Wild Indigo, Wild Blue Indigo, Blue False Indigo | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Baptisia tinctoria | Horseflyweed, Yellow Wild Indigo | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Betula alleghaniensis | Yellow Birch | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Betula lenta | Sweet Birch, Cherry Birch, Black Birch, Mahogany Birch | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Betula nigra | River Birch, Red Birch, Black Birch, Water Birch | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Bidens cernua | Nodding Beggartick, Bur Marigold, Nodding Beggarticks, Nodding Bur Marigold, Nodding Burmarigold, Nodding Burr-marigold, Sticktight | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Boltonia asteroides | Boltonia, White Doll's Daisy | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Botrychium virginianum | Rattlesnake Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade | Moist |
Calamagrostis canadensis | Bluejoint | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry , French Mulberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Caltha palustris | Yellow Marsh Marigold, Cowslip | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Campanulastrum americanum | American Bellflower, Tall Bellflower | Annual | Herb | 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 |
Cardamine concatenata | Cutleaf Toothwort, Pepper Root | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Carex crinita var. crinita | Fringed Sedge, Long Hair Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Carex glaucodea | Blue Sedge, Blue Wood Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Carex lurida | Shallow Sedge, Sallow Sedge, Lurid Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Carex stricta | Upright Sedge, Uptight Sedge, Tussock Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Carex vulpinoidea | Fox Sedge, Brown Fox Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Carpinus caroliniana | American Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Water Beech, Musclewood, Ironwood | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Carya cordiformis | Bitternut Hickory, Swamp Hickory, Bitternut, Pig Hickory, Pignut Hickory, Pignut, White Hickory, Red Hickory, Bitter Walnut, Bitter Pecan | Perennial | Tree | Sun, 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 |
Carya tomentosa | Mockernut Hickory, Mockernut Hickory, Big Bud Hickory, Mockernut, White Hickory, Whiteheart Hickory, Fragrant Hickory, Bigbud Hickory, Hardbark Hickory, Hognut, Bullnut | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Castanea pumila | Allegheny Chinquapin, Allegheny Chinkapin, Chinquapin, Chinkapin | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Caulophyllum thalictroides | Blue Cohosh, Squaw-root, Papoose-root, Caulophylle Faux-pigamon | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
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 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 | Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant, Sensitive Plant | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic White Cedar | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium | Fireweed, Narrow-leaf Fireweed, Willow Herb | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats, Indian Wood Oats, Wild Oats, River Oats, Flathead Oats, Upland Oats, Upland Sea Oats | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Chimaphila maculata | Striped Prince's Pine, Spotted Wintergreen, Pipsissewa, Spotted Pipsissewa, Ratsbane, Rheumatism Root, Striped Wintergreen | Perennial | Subshrub | Shade | Dry |
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 |
Chrysopsis mariana | Maryland Goldenaster, Maryland Golden-aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Claytonia virginica | Virginia Springbeauty, Springbeauty | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Clematis viorna | Vasevine, Leatherflower | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Clematis virginiana | Devil's Darning Needles, Virgin's Bower, Old Man's Beard | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
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 |
Clitoria mariana | Atlantic Pigeonwings, Butterfly Pea | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Comptonia peregrina | Sweet-fern, Sweetfern | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Tickseed, Tall Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Coreopsis verticillata | Threadleaf Coreopsis, Whorled Tickseed, Whorled Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
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 |
Cornus racemosa | Gray Dogwood | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Corylus americana | American Hazelnut, American Filbert | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur Hawthorn, Cockspur Thorn, Newcastle Hawthorn, Newcastle Thorn, Hog Apple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Crataegus viridis | Green Hawthorn, Southern Hawthorn | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Danthonia spicata | Poverty Oatgrass, Poverty Wild Oat Grass, Curly Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Delphinium tricorne | Dwarf Larkspur, Spring Larkspur | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Eastern Hay-scented Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Desmodium paniculatum | Panicledleaf Ticktrefoil, Panicled Tick Trefoil, Velcro Vine | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Dicentra canadensis | Squirrel Corn | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's Breeches | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Dicentra eximia | Turkey Corn, Fringed Bleedinghearts, Wild Bleedingheart | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Dichanthelium clandestinum | Deertongue, Deer-tongue | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Dichanthelium commutatum | Variable Panicgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Diospyros virginiana | Eastern Persimmon, Common Persimmon, Possumwood, Date Plum, Winter Plum, Jove's Fruit | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Distichlis spicata | Saltgrass, Coastal Salt Grass, Inland Salt-grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Dodecatheon meadia | Eastern Shooting Star, Shooting Star, Pride Of Ohio, Roosterheads, Prairie Pointers | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Doellingeria umbellata | Parasol Whitetop, Flat-topped White Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata | Parasol Whitetop, Flat-top Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Dryopteris carthusiana | Spinulose Woodfern, Spinulose Wood Fern, Shield Fern, Toothed Wood Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Dryopteris cristata | Crested Woodfern, Crested Wood Fern, Buckler Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Dryopteris intermedia | Intermediate Woodfern, Evergreen Wood-fern, Fancy Wood Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade | Moist |
Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal Woodfern, Marginal Fern, Marginal Shieldfern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Dulichium arundinaceum | Threeway Sedge, Three-sided Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye, Canadian Wildrye, Prairie Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Elymus hystrix | Eastern Bottlebrush Grass, Bottlebrush Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Elymus riparius | Riverbank Wildrye, Riverbank Wild-rye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye, Virginia Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Erigeron pulchellus | Robin's Plantain, Poor Robin's Plantain, Rose Petty, Robert's Plantain, Blue Spring-daisy | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Erythronium americanum | Yellow Trout-lily, American Trout-lily, Eastern Trout-lily, Yellow Dogtooth Violet, Adder's Tongue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum | Spotted Trumpetweed, Spotted Joe-pye-weed | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Eupatorium hyssopifolium | Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort, Hyssop-leaf Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Eurybia divaricata | White Wood Aster | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Eutrochium fistulosum | Joe-pye Weed, Trumpetweed, Queen Of The Meadow, Hollow Joe-pye Weed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Eutrochium purpureum | Purple Joepyeweed, Sweet-scented Joepyeweed, Sweet Joepyeweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Fagus grandifolia | American Beech, White Beech, Red Beech, Ridge Beech, Beechnut Tree | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Festuca rubra | Red Fescue | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
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 |
Gaultheria procumbens | Eastern Teaberry, Wintergreen, Checkerberry | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Gaylussacia baccata | Black Huckleberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Gaylussacia frondosa | Blue Huckleberry, Dangleberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Wet |
Gentiana clausa | Bottle Gentian, Blind Gentian | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Geranium maculatum | Spotted Geranium, Wild Geranium, Cranesbill | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Gillenia trifoliata | Bowman's Root, Indian Physic | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Goodyera pubescens | Downy Rattlesnake Plantain | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
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 |
Helenium autumnale | Common Sneezeweed, Fall Sneezeweed, Autumn Sneezeweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp Sunflower, Narrowleaf Sunflower, Narrow-leaved Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Helianthus decapetalus | Thinleaf Sunflower, Ten-petaled Sunflower, Thin-leaved Sunflower, Pale Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland Sunflower, Rough Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Heliopsis helianthoides | Smooth Oxeye, Oxeye Sunflower, False Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Hepatica nobilis var. acuta | Sharplobe Hepatica, Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Mountain Hepatica | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa | Roundlobe Hepatica, Round-lobed Hepatica, Liverleaf | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Heracleum maximum | Common Cowparsnip, Cow Parsnip | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Heuchera americana | American Alumroot, Alumroot | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Heuchera villosa | Hairy Alumroot | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
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 |
Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia Waterleaf, Eastern Waterleaf, Shawnee Salad | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Hylotelephium telephioides | Allegheny Stonecrop | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Hypericum densiflorum | Bushy St. John's-wort | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Wet |
Ilex glabra | Inkberry, Gallberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ilex laevigata | Smooth Winterberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | 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 |
Impatiens capensis | Jewelweed, Orange Jewelweed, Spotted Touch-me-not | Annual | Herb | Shade | Wet, Moist |
Ionactis linariifolius | Flaxleaf Whitetop Aster, Stiff Aster, Flaxleaf Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Iris prismatica | Slender Blue Iris, Slender Blue Flag, Coastal Iris | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Iris versicolor | Harlequin Blueflag, Northern Blue Flag, Large Blue Iris | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Iris virginica | Virginia Iris, Great Blue Flag, Southern Blue Flag | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire, Tassel-white, Virginia Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Iva frutescens | Jesuit's Bark, High-tide Bush, High-water Shrub, Marsh Elder, Bigleaf Marsh Elder | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Sun | Wet |
Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut, Eastern Black Walnut, American Black Walnut | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Juncus canadensis | Canadian Rush, Canada Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Juncus effusus | Common Rush, Soft Rush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Juncus roemerianus | Needlegrass Rush, Black Needlerush | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redcedar, Virginia Juniper, Red Juniper, Pencil Cedar, Carolina Cedar, Red Savin | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Justicia americana | American Water-willow, Water-willow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Kalmia angustifolia | Sheep Laurel, Lambkill Kalmia, Lambkill | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Kalmia, Mountain-laurel | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow, Virginia Fen-rose, Saltmarsh Mallow, Seashore Mallow | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun | Moist |
Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass, Rice Cut Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Wet |
Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza, Roundhead Bush-clover, Round-headed Lespedeza, Round-headed Bush-clover | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Liatris scariosa | Devil's Bite, Large Blazing Star, Large Gayfeather, Large Liatris, Savanna Blazing Star, Savanna Gayfeather, Savanna Liatris | Perennial | Herb | Sun | 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 |
Lilium canadense | Canada Lily, Canadian Lily, Wild Yellow Lily | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Lilium philadelphicum | Wood Lily | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Lilium superbum | Turk's-cap Lily | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Limonium carolinianum | Carolina Sealavender, Sea Lavender | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
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 |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | 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 |
Lyonia ligustrina | Maleberry, He-huckleberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Lyonia mariana | Piedmont Staggerbush, Staggerbush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree, Cucumber Tree, Mountain Magnolia | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
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 canadense | Canada Mayflower, False Lily-of-the-valley | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, 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 coronaria | Sweet Crabapple, American Crab | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Medeola virginiana | Indian Cucumber, Indian Cucumber-root | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bluebells | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Mikania scandens | Climbing Hempvine, Climbing Hempweed | Perennial | Vine | Shade | Wet |
Mimulus ringens | Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower, Square-stem Monkeyflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry, Twinberry, Running Box, Pigeon Plum | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Mitella diphylla | Twoleaf Miterwort, Miterwort | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Monarda bradburiana | Eastern Beebalm, Wild Bergamot, Horsemint | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Monarda didyma | Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea, Red Bergamot | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, 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 caroliniensis | Southern Bayberry, Swamp Bayberry, Swamp Candleberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Wet |
Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle , Southern Wax Myrtle, Southern Bayberry, Eastern Bayberry, Bayberry, Candleberry, Tallow Shrub | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Morella pensylvanica | Northern Bayberry, Candleberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry, Moral | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily, Yellow Cow Lily, Cow Lily, Spatter Dock, Wakas | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Nuttallanthus canadensis | Canada Toadflax, Blue Toadflax, Old-field Toadflax | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Nymphaea odorata | American White Water-lily, Fragrant White Water-lily, Fragrant Water-lily, White Water-lily, Sweet-scented White Water-lily, Sweet-scented Water-lily, Beaver Root | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet |
Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo, Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Sourgum, Pepperidge, Tupelo Gum, Beetlebung | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Oenothera biennis | Common Evening-primrose, King's Cure-all, Common Evening Primrose | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Oenothera fruticosa | Narrowleaf Evening-primrose, Narrow-leaf Evening-primrose, Sundrops, Narrowleaf Evening Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Oenothera perennis | Little Evening-primrose, Sundrops | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern, Bead Fern, Sympathy Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear, Smooth Prickly Pear, Devil's Tongue | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Orontium aquaticum | Goldenclub, Neverwet | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Osmorhiza longistylis | Longstyle Sweetroot, Aniseroot, Sweet-cicely, Wild Licorice | Perennial | Herb | 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 |
Oxalis violacea | Violet Woodsorrel, Violet Wood-sorrel | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Packera aurea | Golden Groundsel, Golden Ragwort, Butterweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Panicum amarum | Bitter Panicgrass, Beachgrass, Coastal Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
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 |
Peltandra virginica | Tuckahoe, Green Arrow Arum, Arrow Arum, Green Arum | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
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 laevigatus | Eastern Smooth Penstemon, Eastern Smooth Beardtongue, Smooth Penstemon, Smooth Beardtongue, Eastern Penstemon, Eastern Beardtongue, Hairy Penstemon, Hairy Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
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 maculata | Wild Sweetwilliam, Meadow Phlox, Wild Sweet William | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Phlox paniculata | Fall Phlox, Perennial Phlox | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
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 |
Aronia ×prunifolia | Purple Chokeberry, Red Chokeberry | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark, Atlantic Ninebark | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead, Virginia Lions-heart | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
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 rigida | Pitch Pine, Torch Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Pinus serotina | Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Wet |
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 |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore, Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Plane Tree, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple, Indian Apple, Wild Mandrake, Pomme De Mai, Podophylle Pelt | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Polemonium reptans | Greek Valerian, Jacob's Ladder | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Polygonatum biflorum | Smooth Solomon's Seal, Great Solomon's-seal, Sealwort | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Polygonatum pubescens | Hairy Solomon's Seal | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed, Pickerel Rush | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood, Carolina Poplar, Necklace Poplar, Alamo | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Populus heterophylla | Swamp Cottonwood, Swamp Poplar, Black Cottonwood, Downy Poplar | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Prunus americana | American Plum, Wild Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus maritima | Beach Plum | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Prunus pensylvanica | Pin Cherry, Fire Cherry, Wild Red Cherry, Bird Cherry, Pigeon Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Prunus serotina | Black Cherry, Wild Black Cherry, Rum Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry, Common Chokecherry, Choke Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | 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 |
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Narrowleaf Mountain Mint, Slender Mountain Mint, Common Horsemint | 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 bicolor | Swamp White Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
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 ilicifolia | Bear Oak, Scrub Oak | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun | Dry |
Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak, Barren Oak, Black Oak, Jack 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 muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak, Chinquapin Oak, Chestnut Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Rock Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, 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 stellata | Post Oak, Iron Oak, Cross Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus velutina | Black Oak, Quercitron Oak, Yellow Oak, Smoothbark Oak, Yellowbark Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Rhexia virginica | Handsome-harry, Virginia Meadow Beauty, Meadow-beauty | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Rhododendron atlanticum | Dwarf Azalea, Coastal 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 maximum | Great Laurel, Wild Rhododendron, Rosebay Rhododendron, White Laurel, Rosebay | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Rhododendron periclymenoides | Pink Azalea, Pinxterbloom Azalea, Pinxterflower | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Rhododendron prinophyllum | Early Azalea, Roseshell Azalea, Woolly Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Moist |
Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea, Cory Azalea, Hammock Sweet Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
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 |
Ribes rotundifolium | Appalachian Gooseberry, Wild Gooseberry, Round-leaf Currant | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Rosa carolina | Carolina Rose, Pasture Rose | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Rosa palustris | Swamp Rose | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Rubus allegheniensis | Allegheny Blackberry | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Rubus odoratus | Purple-flowering Raspberry, Thimbleberry | Perennial | Subshrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower, Orange Rudbeckia, Perennial Black-eyed Susan, Goldstrum | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
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 |
Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina Wild Petunia | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Sabatia angularis | Rosepink, Rose-pink | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Saccharum giganteum | Sugarcane Plumegrass, Giant Plumegrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead, Arrowhead, Duckroot, Duck-potato, Wapato | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Salix humilis | Prairie Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Wet, Dry |
Salix nigra | Black Willow, Gulf Black Willow, Swamp Willow, Sauz | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Salix sericea | Silky Willow | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage, Cancer Weed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry, Black Elder, Mexican Elderberry, Common Elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa | Red Elderberry, Scarlet Elder, Red-berried Elder | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Moist |
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras, White Sassafras, Ague Tree, Cinnamon Wood, Mitten Tree, Saloop, Smelling Stick | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail, Lizard Tail, Breastweed, Water Dragon | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Saxifraga pensylvanica | Eastern Swamp Saxifrage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Saxifraga virginiensis | Early Saxifrage | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Dry |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens | Common Threesquare, Common Three-square | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Softstem Bulrush, Soft-stem Club-rush, Great Bulrush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Scirpus atrovirens | Green Bulrush, Dark Green Bulrush | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Scirpus cyperinus | Woolgrass, Cottongrass Bulrush, Marsh Bulrush, Teddybear Paws | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Scutellaria integrifolia | Helmet-flower, Rough Skullcap, Common Large Skullcap, Tall Skullcap | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Sedum ternatum | Woodland Stonecrop, Wild Stonecrop | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Senna marilandica | Maryland Senna, Maryland Wild Senna, Southern Wild Senna, Wild Senna | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Silene caroliniana | Sticky Catchfly, Wild Pink | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Silene stellata | Widow's Frill, Starry Campion | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Silene virginica | Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant, Indian Cup | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet, 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 |
Sisyrinchium atlanticum | Eastern Blue-eyed Grass | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Smilax herbacea | Smooth Carrionflower, Carrionflower | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Canadian Goldenrod, Canada Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Solidago caesia | Wreath Goldenrod, Blue-stemmed Goldenrod, Bluestem Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod, Canadian Goldenrod, Tall Goldenrod, Giant Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Solidago flexicaulis | Zigzag Goldenrod, Broadleaf Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Solidago juncea | Early Goldenrod, Plume Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod, Prairie Goldenrod, Oldfield Goldenrod, Grayleaf Goldenrod, Gray-leaved Goldenrod, Dyersweed Goldenrod, Dwarf Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Solidago odora | Anisescented Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Solidago rugosa | Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod, Rough-leaved Goldenrod, Roughleaf Goldenrod, Rough-stemmed Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod, Noble Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Sorbus americana | American Mountain Ash, American Mountain-ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sparganium americanum | American Bur-reed | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Spartina alterniflora | Saltmarsh Cordgrass, Saltwater Cordgrass, Salt Cordgrass, Smooth Cordgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Spartina cynosuroides | Big Cordgrass | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Spartina patens | Saltmeadow Cordgrass, Salt-meadow Cordgrass, Marsh-hay Cordgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass, Freshwater Cordgrass, Sloughgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Spiraea alba | White Meadowsweet | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Spiraea alba var. latifolia | White Meadowsweet, Meadowsweet | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Spiraea tomentosa | Steeplebush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Spiranthes cernua | Nodding Ladies'-tresses, Ladies'-tresses, Nodding Lady's Tresses | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Stachys tenuifolia | Smooth Hedgenettle, Slender Betony | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Staphylea trifolia | American Bladdernut | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Moist |
Stellaria pubera | Star Chickweed | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Broad-leaved Aster, Common Blue Wood Aster, Heartleaf Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster, Heath Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster, Heath Aster, White Aster, White Prairie Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve | Smooth Blue Aster, Smooth Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster, New England American-aster | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii | New York Aster | Perennial | Herb | ||
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novi-belgii | New York Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Symplocarpus foetidus | Skunk Cabbage, Skunk-cabbage | Perennial | Herb | 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 |
Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow-rue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Thalictrum pubescens | King Of The Meadow, King-of-the-meadow, Tall Meadow Rue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Thalictrum thalictroides | Rue Anemone, Rue-anemone | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Thelypteris noveboracensis | New York Fern, Tapering Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Thelypteris palustris | Eastern Marsh Fern, Marsh Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun | Wet |
Thuja occidentalis | Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Tiarella cordifolia | Heartleaf Foamflower, Heart-leaf Foamflower | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Tilia americana | American Basswood, American Linden, Lime Tree, Bee Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort, Spider Lily | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Tridens flavus | Purpletop Tridens, Redtop Tridens, Tall Redtop Tridens, Purpletop, Redtop, Tall Redtop | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Trillium erectum | Red Trillium, Red Wakerobin, Stinking Benjamin, Wet Dog Trillium, Wet Dog Wakerobin, Purple Trillium, Purple Wakerobin | Perennial | Herb | 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 |
Trillium sessile | Toadshade, Red Trillium, Red Wake-robin, Sessile Trillium, Sessile Wake-robin, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Wake-robin | Perennial | Herb | Shade | Moist |
Trillium undulatum | Painted Trillium, Painted Wakerobin | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade | Moist |
Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Tsuga canadensis | Eastern Hemlock | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Ulmus americana | American Elm, White Elm, Soft Elm, Water Elm, Common Elm | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ulmus rubra | Slippery Elm, Red Elm, Gray Elm, Soft Elm | Perennial | Tree | Sun, 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 |
Uvularia sessilifolia | Spreading Bellwort, Straw Lily, Wild Oats, Merrybells, Sessile-leaf Bellwort, Sessile Bellwort | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Vaccinium angustifolium | Lowbush Blueberry, Late Lowbush Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Vaccinium macrocarpon | Cranberry, Large Cranberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
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 |
Veratrum virginicum | Virginia Bunchflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Veratrum viride | Green False Hellebore, Green Corn Lily | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Verbena hastata | Swamp Verbena, Blue Verbena, Blue Vervain, Simpler's Joy | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Verbesina alternifolia | Wingstem, Yellow Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Vernonia noveboracensis | New York Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | 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 nudum var. cassinoides | Withe-rod, Witherod Viburnum, Possumhaw, Wild Raisin | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Viburnum prunifolium | Blackhaw, Smooth Blackhaw, Blackhaw Viburnum, Smooth Blackhaw Viburnum, Stagbush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Viola cucullata | Marsh Blue Violet, Blue Marsh Violet, Thin Leaf Wood Violet | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Viola hastata | Halberd-leaf Yellow Violet | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Viola pedata | Birdfoot Violet, Bird's-foot Violet, Bird-foot Violet | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Viola pubescens var. pubescens | Downy Yellow Violet, Downy Violet, Hairy Violet, Yellow Violet, Common Yellow Violet | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Viola sororia | Missouri Violet, Common Blue Violet, Hooded Blue Violet, Florida Violet, Meadow Violet, Confederate Violet, Dooryard Violet, Purple Violet, Woolly Blue Violet, Wood Violet, Hooded Violet | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Viola striata | Striped Cream Violet, Striped Violet, Common White Violet, Pale Violet | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Wisteria frutescens | American Wisteria, Texas Wisteria, Kentucky Wisteria | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Woodwardia areolata | Netted Chainfern, Chain Fern, Netted Chain Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Woodwardia virginica | Virginia Chainfern, Virginia Chain Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Yucca filamentosa | Adam's Needle | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Zizania aquatica | Annual Wildrice, Wild Rice | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Zizia aurea | Golden Zizia, Golden Alexanders | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |