Soil:

Moist, Wet, Loam

Allegheny Monkeyflower

Mimulus ringens

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Relatively pest free, Flood tolerant, Tolerates Wet, Low Maintenance, Deer tolerant, Perennial, Showy Flowers, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Rich

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana var. virginiana

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Drought tolerant, Shade Tolerant, Attractive Form, Good Screen, Showy Branches, Fall Color

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Well-Drained, Average, Moist Loam

Arrowwood Viburnum

Viburnum dentatum

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruit, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Clay, Flood tolerant

Perks:

Soil:

Humus, Rich, Medium, Wet, Well-Drained

Bitternut Hickory

Carya cordiformis

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Keystone Species, Straight Trunk, Tall, Deep Rooted, Tolerates Underplantings, Fall Color, Tolerates Black Walnut

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Well Drained

Black Cherry Tree

Prunus serotina

Full Sun

Light:

Keystone Species, Edible Fruit

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Acid, Wet, Well-drained, Average, Medium

Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Tolerates Flooding, Will Naturalize, Showy, Fall Color, Low Maintenance

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Humus, Rich

Black Cohosh

Actaea racemosa

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Showy, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Rabbits

Perks:

Soil:

Clay, Acidic, Loam, Sandy, Wet

Black Gum

Nyssa sylvatica

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Fall Color, Blue Berries, Deep Rooted, Tolerates Underplantings

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Acidic, Avoid Lime, Loam, Sand

Black Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium fuscatum

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Perennial, Woody Shrub, Easy to Grow, Edible Fruit, Fall Color

Perks:

Soil:

Acidic, Dry, Moist

Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Full Sun

Light:

Spreads Quickly, Good Cut Flowers, Annual, Keystone Species

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Humus-rich, Well-Drained

Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Spring Ephemeral, Early Spring Bloomer, Relatively pest free, Perennial, Groundcover, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Average, Dry, Medium, Well-Drained

Blue False Indigo

Baptisia australis

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Showy, Interesting Seed Pods

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet

Blue Flag Iris

Iris versicolor

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Showy, Will Naturalize, Stabilizing

Perks:

Soil:

Moist Loam, Clay, Sand

Blue Mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Spreads Quickly, Groundcover, Stabilizing, Showy, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Average, Dry, Moist

Blue Wood Aster

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Deer Resistant, Cut Flower, Keystone Species, Spreads Quickly

Perks:

Soil:

Average, Dry, Medium

Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod

Solidago caesia

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Keystone Species, Drought Tolerant, Cut Flowers, Will Naturalize, Tolerates Clay

Perks:

Soil:

Average, Medium

Broad-leaf Goldenrod

Solidago flexicaulis

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Keystone Species, Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Heavy Shade, Tolerates Deer

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Average, Moist, Well Draied

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Full Sun

Light:

Drought Tolerant, Showy, Cut Flower, Easy to Grow

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Average, Medium

Calico Aster

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Will Naturalize, Keystone Species

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Rich, Neutral pH, Acidic, Wet

Canadian Ginger

Asarum canadense

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Heavy Shade

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Humus, Loam, Clay, Sandy

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Showy, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Any, Mesic, Dry, Clay, Neutral, Moist Loam, Rocky, Gravel, Moist, Sandy, Medium, Well-Drained, Wet

Carolina Rose

Rosa carolina

Full Sun, Sun

Light:

Fragrant, Stabilizing, Tolerates Clay, Spreads Quickly, Flood Tolerant, Tolerates Wet

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Sandy, Rocky, Gravel, Average, Medium, Mesic, Well Drained

Chestnut Oak

Quercus montana

Full Sun

Light:

Keystone Species, Drought Tolerant

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Moist, Rich, Well-Drained

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Evergreen, Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Drought, Tolerates Dense Shade

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Rich, Humus, Acidic, Wet

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Relatively pest free, Easy to Grow, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Rabbits, Showy

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Well-Drained, Acidic, Rich, Humus

Closed Bottle Gentian

Gentiana clausa

Part Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Deer, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Average, Moist, Well-Drained

Clustered Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum muticum

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance, Easy to Grow, Drought Tolerant, Spreads Quickly

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Average, Well-Drained

Common Blue Violet

Viola sororia

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Showy, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Black Walnut, Tolerates Deer, Easy to Grow, Low Maintenance, Spreads Quickly

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Sand

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Full Sun

Light:

Showy, Spreads Quickly, Fragrant

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet

Common Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Good Fall Color, Tolerates Underplantings, Tall, Long Stemmed, Low Maintenance, Cut Flowers, Interesting Seed Pods, Flood tolerant, Deer Resistant, Tolerates Deer, Tolerates Clay

Perks:

Soil:

Medium

Common Spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Showy, Will Naturalize, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Black Walnut, Tolerates Wet

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Well-Drained

Coral Honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens

Sun, Part Sun

Light:

Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Black Walnut, Semi-Evergreen, Showy

Perks:

Soil:

Medium

Creeping Phlox

Phlox stolonifera

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Fragrant, Showy, Deer Tolerant, Tolerates Rabbits

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Wet, Well Drained

Culver's Root

Veronicastrum virginicum

Full Sun

Light:

Showy, Long Blooming

Perks:

Soil:

Clay, Loam, Sand

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Sun, Part Sun

Light:

Showy Flowers, Deer Resistant, Clumping, Tall, Cut Flowers, Long Blooming, Will Naturalize, Keystone Species

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Clay, Loam, Sand

Deertongue

Dichanthelium clandestinum

Full Sun

Light:

Cover for Wildlife

Perks:

Soil:

Humus-rich, Neutral, Acidic, Moist

Dutchman's Breeches

Dicentra cucullaria

Sun, Shade, Part Shade

Light:

Deer Resistant

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Rich, Well-Drained

Dwarf Crested Iris

Iris cristata

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Showy, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant

Perks:

Soil:

Average, Dry

Early Goldenrod

Solidago juncea

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance, Keystone Species, Spreads Quickly

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well-Drained, Moist

Eastern Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Drought tolerant, Interesting Seed Pods, Will Naturalize, Showy, Good Cut Flower, Tolerates Black Walnut, Low Maintenance

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Limestone, Clay Tolerant, Loamy, Sandy

Eastern Red Cedar

Juniperus virginiana

Full Sun

Light:

Tolerates Drought, Aromatic Foliage, Straight Trunk, Tolerates Clay, Evergreen

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Fertile, Well-Drained, Clay Tolerant

Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Any

Light:

Showy, Fragrant, Edible Flowers, Showy Branches

Perks:

Soil:

Well-drained, Moist, Well-Drained, Dry, Wet, Average

Eastern Serviceberry

Amelanchier canadensis

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Ornamental, Low Maintenance, Edible Fruit, Drought Tolerant, Deer Resistant, Tolerates Clay, Early Spring Bloomer, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Well Drained, Acidic

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Full Sun

Light:

Evergreen, Straight Trunk, Stately, Low Maintenance, Showy, Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Deer, Keystone Species

Perks:

Soil:

Well-Drained, Acidic, Sandy, Loam, Limestone, Neutral, Alkaline

Ebony Spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Drought Tolerant, Versatile, Tolerates Rabbits

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Rich, Humus, Loam

Evergreen Wood Fern

Dryopteris intermedia

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Semi-Evergreen, Winter Interest, Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Heavy Shade

Perks:

Soil:

Acidic, Moist Loam

Fairy Wand

Chamaelirium luteum

Part Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Showy

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Moist, Acidic, Well-drained, Sandy, Loam, Rich

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

Shade, Part Shade

Light:

Showy, Good Fall Color, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Black Walnut, Tolerates Deer

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Well-drained, Rich, Humus, Acidic

Foam Flower

Tiarella cordifolia

Shade, Part Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Will Naturalize, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant

Perks:

Soil:

Mesic, Neutral, Moist, Sandy, Rocky, Well-drained

Fox Grape

Vitis labrusca

Part Sun, Sun

Light:

Tolerates Flooding, Edible Fruit, Showy Fruit

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Wet

Goat's-Beard

Aruncus dioicus

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Tolerates Rabbits, Perennial, Showy, Low Maintenance, Tall Background, Non-Spreading

Perks:

Soil:

Well-Drained, Moist

Golden Alexanders

Zizia aurea

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Long Blooming, Showy, Good Cut Flower, Low Maintenance, Good Border Plant, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates Wet, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Wet, Moist Loam

Golden Ragwort

Packera aurea

Sun, Part Sun

Light:

Battles Invasives, Drought tolerant, Flood tolerant, Spreads Quickly

Perks:

Soil:

Dry

Gray Goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Drought tolerant, Showy, Tolerates Deer, Tolerates Shallow Rocky Soil, Keystone Species

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Sun, Part Sun, Shade

Light:

Good Border Plant, Showy, Long Blooming, Tolerates Clay, Low Maintenance, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Acidic, Well-Drained, Humus-rich, Rich

Great Rhododendron

Rhododendron maximum

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Showy, Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Heavy Shade, Evergreen

Perks:

Soil:

Sand, Gravel, Average

Greater Tickseed

Coreopsis major

Part Shade

Light:

Drought Tolerant, Deer Resistant

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Well-Drained

Harebell

Campanula rotundifolia

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Tolerates Deer, Will Naturalize, Low Maintenance

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Moist, Loamy, Acidic

Hay-Scented Fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Spreads Quickly, Low Maintenance, Fall Color, Tolerates Rabbits

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Well-Drained, Clay Tolerant, Loamy, Clay, Moist Loam

Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Full Sun

Light:

Drought Tolerant, Salt Tolerant

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Acidic, Sandy, Peaty

Inkberry Holly

Ilex glabra

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Rabbit Resistant, Flood Tolerant

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Rich, Acidic

Interrupted Fern

Osmunda claytoniana

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Well-Drained, Rich

Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium reptans

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Deer Resistant, Showy, Tolerates Black Walnut

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Rich, Average, Loam, Clay, Sandy

Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Keystone Species, Will Naturalize, Fragrant, Cut Flowers

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Average, Acid, Alkaline, Neutral, Clay, Sandy, Rocky

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Tolerates Clay, Clumping, Low Maintenance, Good Container Plant, Salt Tolerant

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Moist

Marginal Wood Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Evergreen, Low Maintenance, Tolerates Rabbits

Perks:

Soil:

Neutral pH, Rich, Loam, Sandy, Acid, Clay, Wet, Moist

Marsh Marigold

Caltha palustris

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Showy, Mounding, Rhizomatous, Low Maintenance, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Acidic

Meadowsweet

Spiraea tomentosa

Sun, Part Sun

Light:

Will Naturalize, Showy Flowers, Fall Color

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Moist, Well-Drained

Moss Phlox

Phlox subulata

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Showy, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Sandy, Rocky, Acidic, Loamy, Alkaline

Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia

Part Shade

Light:

Showy, Evergreen

Perks:

Soil:

Moist

Narrow Leaf Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Clumping, Good Cut Flower, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Acid, Average, Loamy, Clay, Sandy, Rocky

Narrowleaf Evening Primrose

Oenothera fruticosa

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Tolerates Clay, Showy Flowers, Deer Resistant

Perks:

Soil:

Acid, Average, Rocky, Gravel, Sandy, Loam

Narrowleaf Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Spreads Quickly, Rhizomatous, Drought Tolerant, Good Border Plant, Weed Barrier

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Acidic, Sandy, Loamy, Clay

Netted Chain Fern

Woodwardia areolata

Shade, Part Shade

Light:

Tolerates Brackish Soil, Spreads Quickly

Perks:

Soil:

Loam, Sandy, Med, Dry, Well-Drained

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

Sun, Part Sun

Light:

Low Spreading, Attractive Hedge, Drought Tolerant, Showy Flowers, Fragrant, Tolerates Road Salt

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Well-Drained, Medium

New York Fern

Thelypteris noveboracensis

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Tolerates Wet, Tolerates Deer, Low Maintenance

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Moist, Wet

New York Ironweed

Vernonia noveboracensis

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Deer Resistant, Clumping, Will Naturalize, Showy Flowers

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Medium, Rocky

Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Showy, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates Clay, Tolerates Wet, Tolerates Black Walnut, Deer Tolerant, Good Screen

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Average, Acidic, Medium, Well-Drained, Humus, Rich

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Rabbit Resistant, Deer Resistant, Showy, Slow Growing, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Acidic, Moist, Well-Drained, Wet

Northern Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Tolerates Flooding, Early Bloomer, Aromatic Leaves, Low Maintenance, Fall Color, Showy Fruit

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist

Obedient Plant

Physostegia virginiana

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Showy, Cut Flowers, Tolerates Clay, Spreads Quickly, Long Stemmed, Tall

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Medium, Moist, Wet

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Full Sun

Light:

Will Naturalize, Good Cut Flower, Low Maintenance

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Acidic, Humus, Rich

Ostrich Fern

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Part Shade, Shade, Sun

Light:

Tolerates Rabbits, Tolerates Clay, Spreads Quickly

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Clay, Moist Loam, Sandy, Acidic, Nitrogen Rich

Partridge Pea

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Showy, Long Stemmed

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Average, Sandy, Dry, Rocky, Mesic, Well Drained

Partridge-Berry

Mitchella repens

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Evergreen, Winter Interest, Low Maintenance, Drought Tolerant, Fragrant, Will Naturalize

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Average, Medium, Moist, Loamy

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Will Naturalize, Tolerates Wet, Ornamental, Relatively pest free

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Well-Drained, Dry, Average, Loamy, Sandy, Rocky

Pink Muhly Grass

Muhlenbergia capillaris

Sun

Light:

Clumping, Low Maintenance, Salt Tolerant, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates High Heat

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Medium, Well-Drained, Humus

Pinxterbloom Azalea

Rhododendron periclymenoides

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Showy, Fragrant, Tolerates Rabbits, Low Maintenance

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Medium, Sandy, Rocky

Purple Milkweed

Asclepias purpurascens

Full Sun

Light:

Perennial, Low Spreading

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Moist

Purpletop Tridens

Tridens flavus

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Drought Tolerant, Fall Color, Salt Tolerant, Cover for Wildlife

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Medium, Clay, Gravel, Loam, Sand

Pussy Toes

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Part Shade, Sun

Light:

Deer Resistant, Poor Soil, Drought Tolerant

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Well-Drained, Wet

Pussy Willow

Salix Discolor

Full Sun

Light:

Good Cut Flower, Showy, Winter Interest, Early Spring Bloomer

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Rich, Acidic, Wet

Red Chokeberry

Aronia arbutifolia

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Showy Fruit, Tolerates Wet, Cover for Wildlife

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Wet

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Flood tolerant, Tolerates Wet, Tolerates Underplantings, Keystone Species, Stabilizing, Straight Trunk, Easy to Grow, Stately, Good Fall Color, Low Maintenance

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Dry, Fertile, Sandy, Well-Drained

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Full Sun

Light:

Low Maintenance, Keystone Species, Showy Branches, Fall Color

Perks:

Soil:

Medium

Rock Cap Fern

Polypodium virginianum

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Low Maintenance, Will Naturalize, Winter Interest, Drought Tolerant, Tolerates Rabbits

Perks:

Soil:

Medium, Moist, Sandy, Peaty

Rose-Pink

Sabatia angularis

Sun, Part Shade

Light:

Will Naturalize, Fragrant, Deer Resistant, Showy, Low Maintenance

Perks:

Soil:

Dry, Average, Moist

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Clumping, Deer Resistant, Ornamental, Will Naturalize, Mat-Forming, Evergreen

Perks:

Soil:

Sandy, Medium, Well-Drained, Swampy, Wet, Any

Rough Goldenrod

Solidago rugosa

Sun

Light:

Low Maintenance, Late Season Bloomer, Showy Branches, Tolerates Wet, Tolerates Deer, Tall Background, Fall Color, Tolerates Clay, Will Naturalize, Rhizomatous, Spreads Quickly, Keystone Species

Perks:

Soil:

Moist, Wet, Rich, Acidic

Royal Fern

Osmunda spectabilis

Part Shade, Shade

Light:

Cover for Wildlife, Tolerates Drought, Tolerates Rabbits

Perks:

Mid-Atlantic

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If you see a gold star on a species, that means it has "keystone" status and is incredibly beneficial for pollintors. A blue water indicator at the bottom an image means a plant likes wet soil, and sunbeams mean it is full sun only.