THE NATIVE PLANT CENTER AT WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Deer-Resistant Native Plants Compiled by Michael Hagen

Species Common name Species Common name Herbaceous perennials—Sun Grasses Ageratina altissima White snakeroot Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania sedge Amsonia tabernaemontana Eastern bluestar Carex plantaginea Plantainleaf sedge Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed Chasmanthium latifolium Northern sea-oats A. incarnata ‘Milkmaid’ Swamp milkweed Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted hairgrass Baptisia australis Blue wild indigo Panicum virgatum Switchgrass B. australis ‘Carolina Moonlight’ Blue wild indigo Panicum virgatum ‘Rehbraun’ Switchgrass B. australis ‘Purple Smoke’ Blue wild indigo Sporobolis heterolepis Prairie dropseed Conoclinium coelestinum Blue mistflower Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower Ferns Eupatoriadelphus dubius ‘Baby Joe’ Coastal Plain Joe-pye weed Adiantum pedatum Northern maidenhair fern Eurybia spectabilis Eastern showy aster Dryopteris goldiana Goldie’s wood fern Eutrochium maculatum ‘Gateway’ Spotted Joe-pye weed Osmunda regalis Royal fern Liatris spicata Dense blazing star Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern Penstemon digitalis Foxglove-beardtongue Thelypteris noveboracensis New York fern Pycnanthemum muticum Clustered mountain mint P. tenuifolium Narrowleaf mountain mint Trees and shrubs Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ Black-eyed Susan Amelanchier canadensis Shadbush R. subtomentosa ‘Henry Eilers’ Sweet coneflower Calycanthus floridus Carolina allspice Solidago rugosa Wrinkleleaf goldenrod Clethra alnifolia Sweet pepperbush Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed Hamamelis virginiana Witch-hazel Zizia aurea Golden Alexander Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ Virginia sweetspire Juniperus virginiana Eastern red cedar Herbaceous perennials—Shade Lindera benzoin Spicebush Actaea racemosa Black snakeroot Photinia pyrifolia ‘Brilliantissima’ Red chokeberry Actaea pachypoda White baneberry Potentilla fruticosa Bush cinquefoil Actaea rubra Red baneberry Sambucus canadensis Elderberry Anemone canadensis Canada anemone Symphoricarpus albus Snowberry Anemone quinquefolia Wood anemone Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw viburnum Anemone virginiana Thimbleweed Aruncus dioicus Goatsbeard

Astilbe biternata False goatsbeard Asarum canadense Wild ginger Chelone glabra White turtlehead

Chrysogonum virginianum Golden star Dicentra eximia Wild bleeding heart Eurybia divaricatus White wood aster

Geranium maculatum Wild geranium Heuchera americana ‘Dale’s Strain’ American alumroot Pachysandra procumbens Allegheny spurge Phlox divaricata Wild blue phlox Phlox stolonifera Creeping phlox Symphyotrichum cordifolium Heart-leaved aster Tiarella cordifolia Heartleaf foamflower

nativeplantcenter.org 3-29-16