Black Walnut Tolerant/Resistant Plants Native Plants Are Part of Our Rich Natural Heritage

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! Black Walnut Tolerant/Resistant Plants Native plants are part of our rich natural heritage. These special plants are adapted to our local conditions, require less maintenance in the landscape and offer food sources for native wildlife. Native plants play a vital role in creating healthy ecosystems that can support a rich diversity of birds, insects, and other animals. Plant native! Perennials Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Asters Symphyotricum sp. Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Bee Balm Monarda didyma Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptans Bellwort Uvularia sp. Phlox Phlox sp. Bergamot, Wild Monarda fistulosa Spiderwort Tradescantia sp. Bleeding Heart Dicentra sp. St. John's Wort, Spotted Hypericum punctatum Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis Stonecrop Sedum ternatum Coral Bells Huechera sp. Sundrops Oenethera fruticosa Geranium, Wild Geranium maculatum Trillium Trillium sp. Goldenrod Solidago sp. Violets Viola sp.

Grasses and Ferns Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Christmas Fern Polystichum Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina acrostichoides Sedges Carex sp. Cinnamon Fern Onoclea sensiblis Wood Fern Dryopteris marginalis

Shrubs Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Blueberry, Highbush Vaccinium corymbosum Hazelnut, American Corylus Americana Chokeberry, Black Photinia melanocarpa Holly, Winterberry Ilex verticillata Chokeberry, Red Photinia pyrifolia Inkberry Ilex glabra Dogwood, Pagoda Cornus alternifolia Spicebush Lindera benzoin Dogwood, Red Twig Cornus sericea Viburnum, Arrowwood Viburnum dentatum Elder, American Sambucus canadensis Viburnum, Blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium

Trees for Fruits Common Name Botanical Name Common Name Botanical Name Black Gum/Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica Magnolia, Sweetbay Magnolia virginiana Cherry, Black Prunus serotina Red-Cedar, Eastern Juniperus virginiana Dogwood, Flowering Cornus florida Shadbush Amelanchier laevis Holly, American Ilex opaca Shadbush, Downy Amelanchier arborea