More Native Plant Suggestions

Affects the Watershed & Surrounding Areas

Suggested Native Plant Species

This list contains plants that would be found in the natural areas of the Delaware piedmont and nearby coastal plain forests.

Indicator Status :-
Dm - Grows best in well-drained, open meadows
Wm - Grows best in emergent wetlands and open wet meadows
Fw - Grows best in forested wetlands
P - Grows best in piedmont forests
C - Restricted to the coastal plain
If an indicator status is not given, assume the species will grow in both piedmont and coastal plain forests

Trees

SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME
Acer rubrum	Red Maple
Acer saccharinum	Silver Maple
Betula lenta	Sweet Birch
Carpinus caroliniana	Ironwood
Carya cordiformis	Bitternut Hickory
Carya glabra	Pignut Hickory
Carya ovalis Sweet	Pignut Hickory
Carya ovata	Shagbark Hickory
Carya tomentosa	Mockernut Hickory
Cornus florida	Flowering Dogwood
Diospyros virginiana	Persimmon
Fagus grandifolia	American Beech
Fraxinus americana	White Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Green Ash
Ilex opaca	American Holly
Juglans nigra	Black Walnut
Dm Juniperus	virginiana Eastern Red Cedar
Liquidambar styraciflua	Sweetgum
Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip Poplar
CFw Magnolia virginiana	Sweetbay Magnolia
Nyssa sylvatica	Sourgum/Blackgum
Dm Pinus virginiana	Virginia Pine
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore
Prunus serotina	Wild Black Cherry
Quercus alba	White Oak
Quercus coccinea	Scarlet Oak
Quercus falcata	Spanish Oak
Quercus palustris	Pin Oak
Quercus phellos	Willow Oak
Quercus prinus	Chestnut Oak
Quercus rubra	Red Oak
Quercus velutina	Black Oak
Salix nigra	Black Willow
Sassafras albidum	Sassafras
Ulmus rubra	Slippery Elm

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Shrubs/Vines

SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME
Amelanchier arborea	Downy Serviceberry
C Amelanchier canadensis	Shadbush
Aronia arbutifolia	Red Chokeberry
Asimina triloba	Pawpaw
Cornus amomum	Silky Dogwood
Corylus americana	American Hazelnut
Euonymus americanus	Strawberry Bush
Gaylussacia baccata	Black Huckleberry
Hamamelis virginiana	Witch Hazel
Fw Ilex glabra	Inkberry Holly
Ilex verticillata	Winterberry
Kalmia latifolia	Mountain Laurel
Lindera benzoin	Spicebush
Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Virginia Creeper
Rhododendron periclymenoides	Pinkster Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum	Swamp Azalea
Dm Rhus copallina	Shining Sumac
Dm Rhus glabra	Smooth Sumac
Dm Rhus typhina	Staghorn Sumac
Dm Rubus pensylvanicus (frondosus)	Pennsylvania Blackberry
Wm Sambucus canadensis	Elderberry
Staphylea trifolia	Bladdernut
Vaccinium atrococcum	Highbush Black Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum	Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium stamineum	Deerberry
Vaccinium vacillans	Low Blueberry
Viburnum acerifolium	Maple-leaved Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum	Southern Arrowwood
Fw Viburnum nudum	Possumhaw Viburnum
Viburnum prunifolium	Smooth Blackhaw

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Broad-Leaved Herbaceous Plants

SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME
P Anemonella thalictroides	Rue Anemone
Aralia nudicaulis	Wild Sarsaparilla
Arisaema triphyllum	Jack-in-the-Pulpit
P Asarum canadense	Wild Ginger
Wm Asclepias incarnata	Swamp Milkweed
Dm Asclepias syriaca	Common Milkweed
Dm Asclepias tuberosa	Butterfly Weed
P Aster cordifolius	Heartleaf Aster
P Aster divaricatus	White wood Aster
Wm Aster novae-angliae	New England Aster
Wm Aster novae-belgii	New York Aster
Wm Aster puniceus	Purplestem Aster
Claytonia virginica	Spring Beauty
P Dentaria laciniata	Cutleaf Toothwort
P Dicentra cucullaria	Dutchman's Breeches
Erythronium americanum	Trout Lily
Wm Eupatorium fistulosum	Joe-Pye Weed
Eupatorium rugosum	White Snakeroot
P Geranium maculatum	Wild Geranium
Wm Impatiens capensis	Orange Jewelweed
Fw Lobelia cardinalis	Cardinal Flower
Wm Lobelia siphilitica	Great Lobelia
Medeola virginiana	Indian Cucumber-root
P Mertensia virginica	Bluebells
P Polygonatum biflorum	Solomon's-seal
Podophyllum peltatum	Mayapple
Polemonium reptans	Greek Valerian
Dm Rudbeckia hirta	Black-eyed Susan
P Sanguinaria canadensis	Bloodroot
Smilacina racemosa	False Solomon's-seal
P Solidago caesia	Blue-stem Goldenrod
Dm Solidago canadensis	Canada Goldenrod
Dm Solidago flexicaulis	Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa	Tall Hairy Goldenrod
Fw Symplocarpus foetidus	Skunk Cabbage
P Uvularia perfoliata	Perfoliate Bellwort
Uvularia sessilifolia	Sessile Bellwort
Wm Vernonia noveboracensis	New York Ironweed
P Viola pubescens	Downy Yellow Violet
P Viola sororia	Woolly Blue Violet

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Ferns

SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME
Athyrium Filix-femina	Lady Fern
Athyrium thelypterioides	Silvery Spleenwort
P Dryopteris intermedia	Intermediate Wood Fern
P Dryopteris marginalis	Marginal Wood Fern
Onoclea sensibilis	Sensitive Fern
Fw Osmunda cinnamomea	Cinnamon Fern
Fw Osmunda regalis	Royal Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides	Christmas Fern
Thelypteris noveboracensis	New York Fern
Fw Thelypteris palustris	Marsh Fern
Fw Woodwardia areolata	Netted Chain Fern

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Highly Invasive Non-Natives