WVWA Native List

Native are available at native plant nurseries. Some natives are also available at local nurseries and garden centers. To ensure you are getting the plant you expect, check the plant’s tag using the complete Latin name, not the common name. Many plants have several different common names but the Latin name will always be the same! Make sure that both Latin names are on the tag. If the first Latin name is the same but the second Latin name is different, the plant may be a non-native specie of the same genus. Print this list, take it to the nursery and match both Latin names.

Trees *Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus White Oak (Quercus alba) *Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia quinquefolia) Scarlet Oak (Quercus virginiana) American Wisteria (Wisteria coccinia) *Northern Bayberry (Myrica frutescens) Pin Oak (Quercus palustrus) pensylvanica) Willow Oak (Quercus phellos) American Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya Ground Covers Red Oak (Quercus rubra) virginiana) Pussytoes (Antennaria Sweetgum (Liquidamber Common Ninebark (Physocarpus plantaginifolia) sytraciflua) opulifolius) *Wild Ginger (Asarum Tulip Tree (Liriodendren Pinxter Azalea (Rhododendron canadense) tulipifera) periclymenoides) Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica) Flame Azalea (Rhododendron pensylvanica) *American Sycamore calendulaceum) Wintergreen (Gaultheria (Platanus occidentalis) Great Laurel (Rhododendron procumbens) *Red Maple (Acer rubrum) maximum) Allegheny Spurge (Pachysandra Sugar Maple (Acer Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) procumbens) saccharum) Carolina Rose (Rosa carolina) Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox *River Birch (Betula Virginia Rose () divaricata) nigra) Native Pussy Willow (Salix Wild Sweet William (Phlox American Beech (Fagus discolor) maculata) grandifolia) Elderberry (Sambucus Creeping Phlox (Phlox Black Willow (Salix nigra) canadensis) stolonifera) Basswood (Tilia americana) *Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla White Meadowsweet (Spiraea simplex) Shrubs and Understory Trees alba) Mountain Stonecrop (Sedum *Serviceberry (Amelanchier Steeplebush (Spiraea ternatum) arborea) tomentosa) Eastern Foamflower (Tiarella Chokecherry (Aronia arbutifolia) Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) cordifolia) Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana) Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum Common Blue Violet (Viola Buttonbush (Cephalanthus acerifolium) papilionacea) occidentalis) Arrowood Viburnum (Viburnum Barren Strawberry (Waldsteinia Fringe Tree (Chionanthus dentatum) fragarioides) virginicus) Smooth Witherod (Viburnum Sweet Pepper Bush (Clethra nudum) Perennials alnifolia) Blackhaw (Viburnum Drier Site1 Sweet Fern (Comptonia prunifolium) Willowleaf Bluestar (Amsonia peregrina) tabernaemontana) Redbud (Cercis Canadensis) Conifers Canada Anemone (Canada Flowering Dogwood (Cornus Atlantic White Cedar anemone) ) (Chamaecyparis thyoides) *Wild Columbine (Aquilegia Redtwig Dogwood (Cornus Eastern red Cedar (Juniperus canadensis) sericea) virginiana) *Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema American Hazelnut (Corylus White Pine (Pinus strobus) canadensis) americana) Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana) *Butterfly Weed (Asclepias Witch Hazel (Hamamelis Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga tuberosa) virginiana) canadensis) White Wood Aster (Aster Smooth Hydrangea (Hydrangea divaricatus) arborescens) Vines New England Aster (Aster novae- Inkberry Holly (Ilex glabra) Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) angliae) Winterberry Holly (ilex *Virgin’s Bower (Clematis *Blue False Indigo (Baptisia verticillata) virginiana) australis) Virginia Sweetspire (Itea *Native Coral Honeysuckle Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga virginica) (Lonicera sempervirens) racemosa) Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) *Tickseed Coreopsis (Coreopsis Common Joe-Pye Weed Indian grass (Sorghastrum lanceolata) (Eupatorium dubium) nutans) Whorled Coreopsis (Coreopsis Hollowstem Joe-Pye Weed Eastern Gamagrass (Tripsacum verticillata) (Eupatorium fistulosum) dactyloides) Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliata) White Snakeroot (Eupatorium Ferns Round-leaved Boneset rugosum) Northern Maidenhair Fern (Eupatorium rotundifolium) Queen of the (Filipendula (Adiantum pedatum) *Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia rubra) Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina) corollata) *Sneezeweed (Helenium Eastern Hayscented Fern *Wild Geranium (Geranium autumnale) (Dennstaedtia punctilobula) maculatum) Swamp Sunflower (Helianthus Sensitive Fern (Onoclea Oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides) angustifolius) sensibilis) Coral Bells (Heuchera *Rose Mallow (Hibiscus Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda americana) moscheutos) sensibilis) Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia *Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor) Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) virginica) *Spiked Blazing Star (Liatris Christmas Fern (Polystichum Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa) spicata) acrostichoides) Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea) Cardinal Flower (Lobelia *Beardtongue (Penstemon cardinalis) 1 Standard to dry sites. digitalis) Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia 2 Standard to moist sites. Meadow Phlox (Phlox maculata) siphilitica) Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint Seedbox (Ludwigia alterifolia) * Indicates native plants (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) *Allegheny Monkey Flower relatively unpalatable to white- Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia (Mimulus ringens) tailed deer. fulgida) Beebalm (Monarda didyma) Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata) *Wild Bergamot (Monarda For photographs of these plants Mountain Stonecrop (Sedum fistulosa) go to: ternatum) Summer Phlox (Phlox paniculata) 1.) University of Connecticut Wild Senna (Senna hebecarpa) Creeping Jacob’s Ladder Plant Database at: Fire Pink (Silene virginica) (Polemonium reptans) http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plan Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum ts/ angustifolium) commutatum) Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia 2.) USDA Natural Resource Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum laciniata) Conservation Service at: virginicum) Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) http://plants.usda.gov/java/nam New York Ironweed (Vernonia eSearch Perennials noveboracensis) Moister Site2 *Monkshood (Aconitum Grasses, Sedges and Rushes For additional information on uncinatum) Big Bluestem (Andropogon landscaping with native plants in *White Baneberry (Actaea gerardii) Pennsylvania go to: pachypoda) Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/uc *Giant Purple Hyssop (Agastache scoparium) mprd1/groups/public/documents scrophulariifolia) Broomsedge Bluestem /document/dcnr_003304.pdf *Goat’s Beard (Aruncus dioicus) (Andropogon virginicus) *Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex incarnata) pensylvanica) Purple-stem Aster (Aster Fox Sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) puniceus) Indian Wood Oats False Aster (Boltonia asteriodes) (Chasmanthium latifolium) Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus *Pink Coreopsis (Coreposis hystrix) rosea) Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra spectabilis) cucullaria) Common Rush (Juncus effuses) *Fringe Bleeding Heart (Dicentra Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) eximia) Giant Plume Grass (Saccharum Yellow trout Lily (Erythronium giganteum) americanum)