Common Native Plants of Kenney Ridge Compiled by Chet Thomas
SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME FIELD EDGE WOOD WET DRY Deciduous Trees, Large1 Acer floridanum Southern Sugar Maple Acer leucoderme Chalk Maple Acer rubrum Red Maple X Carya glabra Pignut Hickory Carya pallida Pale Hickory Carya tomentosa Mockernut Hickory Diospyros virginiana Persimmon Fagus grandiflora Beech X Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green Ash Liquidamber styraciflua Sweetgum Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar Nyssa sylvatica Black Gum Ostrya virginiana Hophornbeam Prunus serotina Black Cherry Quercus alba White Oak Quercus falcata Southern Red Oak X Quercus nigra Water Oak
Understory/Flowering Trees Amelanchier arborea Serviceberry X Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood X Cercis canadensis Redbud X X Chionanthus virginicus Fringe Tree X Cornus florida Dogwood X X Hamamelis virginiana Witch Hazel X Oxydendrum arboreum Sourwood X X Prunus angustifolia Chickasaw Plum X X Sassafras albidum Sassafras X X
Evergreen Trees Ilex americana American Holly X Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar X X Pinus echinata Shortleaf Pine X X X Pinus taeda Loblolly Pine X X X
Shrubs Aesculus sylvatica (?) Buckeye X X Callicarpa americanus Beautyberry (purple) X X Calycanthus floridus Sweetshrub X X Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea X Euonymus americanus Strawberry bush X Ilex decidua Possumhaw Itea virginica Virginia willow X Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel X Rhododendron canescens Piedmont Azalea X
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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME FIELD EDGE WOOD WET DRY Rhus Sumac X Vaccinium arboreum Sparkleberry X Vaccinium stamineum Deerberry X Viburnum acerifolia Maple-leaf Viburnum X Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw X
Herbaceous/Perennials Arisaema triphyllum Jack-in-the-pulpit X Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed X X Baptisia australis Wild Indigo X Chrysogonum virginianum Green and Gold X Chrysopsis graminifolia Silk Grass X X Chrysopsis mariana Maryland Goldenaster X Coreopsis major Coreopsis X X Eupatorium fistulosum Joe-pye Weed X X Geranium maculatum Wild geranium X Liatris microcephala(?) Blazing Star X Oenethera speciosa Primrose X Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple X Silene virginica Fire Pink X Solidago species (several) Goldenrod X X X Vernonia novaboracensis Ironweed X X X
Vines Campsis radicans Trumpet Creeper X Gelsemium sempervirens Carolina jessamine X Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper X X X Passiflora incarnata Passion vine X
Ferns Asplenium platyneuron Ebony Spleenwort X Athyrium filix-femina Southern Lady Fern X Polypodium polypodiodes Resurrection fern X Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern X Thelypteris kunthii Southern shield fern X Thelypteris novaboracensis New York Fern X
Grasses Andropogon glomeratus Bushy Beard Grass X X Andropogon ternarius Splitbeard Bluestem X Andropogon virginicus Broomsedge X Chasmanthium latifolium Upland River Oats X X Eragrostis spectabilis Purple Lovegrass X Erianthus sp. Plumegrass X X Sorgastrum nutans Indian Grass X X
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