Native Plants List
Plant	Climate requirements	Mature Ht	Comments
Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis	shade	4-8"	Large white flowers, red fruits
Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens	Shade, acid	2-4"	Shiny, evergreen leaves, red fruit
American Bittersweet, Celastrus scandens	Shade	Vine	Orange fruit for decoration
Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shade	Vine	Fruit for wild birds, fast growing
Clematis	Shaded roots	Vine	Abundant Flowers
Swamp Azalea, Rhododendron viscosum	Wet, acid, sun to partial shade	6-10'	Fragrant white flowers
Elderberry	Wet	6-10'	Large white flower clusters; high vitamin purple fruit
Blueberry, highbush	acid soil	3-8'	Fruit and flowers and rainbow fall foliage
Arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum	Sun and partial shade	6-8'	White flowers, Wildlife food, adaptable
American Highbush Cranberry,
Viburnum trilobum	Wet, shade	8-10'	White flowers, red fruit Sept-Dec, Fruit for wildlife
Speckled Alder, Alnus rugosa	Wet	10-25'	Fixes nitrogen, wildlife cover and holds stream banks
Juneberry	Shade	8-10'	White flowers, purple blueberry-like fruits in June or July, outstanding fall color
Pagoda Dogwood, Cornus alternifolia	Sun or partial shade	10-20'	White flowers, purple fruit, fall color
Winterberry, Ilex verticillata	Wet	5-10'	Red fruit in winter (Need male and female to produce fruit)
Northern Bayberry, Myrica pensylvanica	Dry, salt-tolerant	6-8'	Fragrant leaves, waxy fruit for birds (Need male and female to produce fruit)
Hazelbert (Filbert), Corylus americana	Dry, Sun or shade	6-9'	Wildlife food
Flowering Raspberry, Rubus odoratus	Sun or shade	3-5'	Large purple flowers and red fruits
Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa	Wet or Dry	3-6'	Red foliage in fall; wild bird food
Steeplebush, Spirea tomentosa	Dry or Wet	2-4'	Pink flowers, grows anywhere
Meadowsweet, Spirea latifolia	Dry	2-4'	White flowers, very adaptable
Potentilla,	Dry	2-3'	White or yellow flowers all season
Cranberry (lowbush),	Wet, shade	2-6"	Large cranberries for many uses.
Blueberry (Lowbush)		12-18"	Well-drained, acidic soil high in organic matter
Rose, Rosa palustris	Wet	4-6'	Pink flowers, red fruit
Virginia Rose, Rosa virginiana	Dry	3-6'	Pink flowers, red fruit
Hawthorns	Dry	10-25'	White flowers, red fruit
Witchhazel, Hamamelis virginiana	Shade or sun	10-25'	Yellow flowers in fall
American Plum	Dry	8-15'	Abundant white flowers, red fruit
Chokecherry	Sun or partial shade	10-20'	White flowers, red or purple fruit, for song birds
Staghorn Sumac, Rhus typhina	Dry	10-25'	Covers banks, birdfood, amazing orange red fall color
Smooth Sumac, Rhus glabra	Dry	8-15'
Pussy Willow, Salix discolor	Wet, sun	10-20'	Force new stems for catkins in early spring
Wild Raisin, Viburnum lentago	Shade or Sun	8-15'	White flowers, blue-black fruit, purple-red fall foliage
Redosier dogwood, Cornus sericea	Wet	5-8'	Red stems in winter, wild bird fruits
White Cedar, Arborvitae	Sun or Partial Shade	20-35'	Fragrant twigs, great nesting site
White Ash	Sun	100'	Purple fall foliage
Red Maple	Sun, wet	100'	Red fall foliage
Sugar Maple	Sun	100'	Yellow or Orange foliage
Moosewood Maple, Acer pennsylvanium	Partial shade	35'	Yellow foliage, striped bark
Black Locust	Sun	70'	Fragrant flowers
Tamarack/Larch	Sun, Wet	60'
Bur Oak	Sun	70'	The hardiest oak, wildlife feasts
Pin Oak	Sun	70'
Red Oak	Sun	70'
Birch - White, gray, or yellow	Sun	30’
Apples	Sun	15-25'	Fragrant flowers and edible fruit
American Mountain Ash	Sun	20-30'	White flowers, orange-red berries for wild birds
Jerusalem Artichokes	Sun	6-8'	Chocolate scented yellow sunflowers; in fall, edible tubers.
			Excellent along road where snow will be piled-
			comes up again from roots each spring. Good under roof eaves.

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