Native Plant Recommendations

Alphabetized by Scientific Name


Trees
Shrubs
Vines and Ground Covers
Perennials: Flowering Plants
 
Perennials: Ferns

Key to Light and Moisture Abbreviations
List Alphabetized by Common Name

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TREES

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SHRUBS

  • Amelanchier arborea
  • Amelanchier canadensis
  • Amelanchier laevis
  • Andromeda polifolia 
    var. glaucophylla
  • Cephalanthus occidentalis
  • Comptonia peregrina
  • Cornus racemosa
  • Cornus sericea
  • Corylus americana
  • Diervilla lonicera
  • Dirca palustris
  • Hamamelis virginiana
  • Ilex verticillata
  • Juniperus communis 
    var. depressa
  • Kalmia angustifolia
  • Myrica gale
  • Myrica pensylvanica
  • Pentaphylloides floribunda (Potentilla fruticosa)
  • Photinia (Aronia) melanocarpa
  • Prunus maritima
  • Prunus virginiana

 

  • Rhododendron canadense
  • Rhododendron (Ledum) groenlandicum
  • Rhus hirta (R. typhina)
  • Rosa blanda
  • Rosa carolina
  • Rosa virginiana
  • Salix discolor
  • Sambucus canadensis
  • Sambucus racemosa spp. pubens (S. pubens)
  • Taxus canadensis
  • Vaccinium corymbosum
  • Viburnum acerifolium
  • Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum
  • Viburnum  lantanoides (V. alnifolium)
  • Viburnum lentago
  • Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides
  • V. opulus var. americanum (V. o. var. trilobum)

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VINES and GROUND COVERS

  • Amelanchier stolonifera
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
  • Celastrus scandens
  • Clematis virginiana
  • Cornus canadensis
  • Gaultheria procumbens
  • Juniperus horizontalis
  • Mitchella repens
  • Parthenocissus quinquefolia
  • Vaccinium angustifolium
  • Vaccinium macrocarpon
  • Vitis labrusca

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PERENNIALS: FLOWERING PLANTS

  • Actaea pachypoda, A. rubra
  • Aquilegia canadensis
  • Aralia racemosa
  • Argentina anserina
  • Arisaema triphyllum
  • Asclepias syriaca
  • Caltha palustris
  • Campanula rotundifolia
  • Caulophyllum thalictroides
  • Chelone glabra
  • Clintonia borealis
  • Erythronium americanum
  • Eupatorium maculatum
  • Eupatorium perfoliatum
  • Iris versicolor
  • Medeola virginica
  • Physostegia virginiana
  • Polygonatum pubescens
  • Sanguinaria canadensis
  • Symphyotrichum (Aster) novae-angliae
  • Symphyotrichum (Aster) novi-belgii
  • Tiarella cordifolia
  • Uvularia sessilifolia
  • Viola species

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PERENNIALS: FERNS

  • Adiantum pedatum
  • Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum
  • Dennstaedtia punctilobula
  • Dryopteris carthusiana
  • Dryopteris marginalis
  • Mattuccia struthiopteris 
    var. pensylvanica
  • Onoclea sensibilis
  • Osmunda cinnamomea
  • Osmunda claytoniana
  • Osmunda regalis 
    var. spectabilis
  • Phegopteris connectilis
  • Polystichum acrostichoides

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By Lois Berg Stack, Extension ornamental horticulture specialist

For more information, contact your University of Maine Cooperative Extension county office.

Published and distributed in furtherance of Acts of Congress of May 8 and June 30, 1914, by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the Land Grant University of the state of Maine and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Cooperative Extension and other agencies of the U.S.D.A. provide equal opportunities in programs and employment.


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