Suggestions for Plant Schedule The EC encourages homeowners and project landscape architects to take the following information into account when deciding on the plants for the yards.
Invasive Species (don’t plant) Suitable Native Substitutes Acer platanoides - Norway maple Ailanthus altissima - Tree of heaven Alliaria petiolata - Garlic mustard Ampelopsis glandulosa - Porcelain berry Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper Aralia elata - Japanese angelica tree Berberis thunbergii - Japanese barberry Ilex verticillata - Winterberry Holly Celastrus orbiculatus - Asian bittersweet Centaurea maculosa - Spotted knapweed Cirsium arvense - Creeping thistle Cystic scoparius - Scotch Broom Dipsacus fullonum - Fuller's teasel Elaeagnus umbellata - Autumn olive Myrica pensylvanica - Bayberry Euonymus alatus - Burning bush Viburnum nudum - Possumhaw Fallopia japonica - Japanese knotweed Hedera helix - English Ivy Ilex crenata - Japanese Holly Ilex glabra - Inkberry Holly Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle Campsis radicans - Trumpet Vine Lonicera maackii - Bush honeysuckle Lindera benzoin - Spicebush Lythrum salicaria - Purple loosestrife Vernonia noveboracensis - Ironweed Microstegium vimineum - Japanese stiltgrass Miscanthus sinensis - Chinese silvergrass Saccharum giganteum - Sugarcane Plumegrass Pyrus calleryana - Calorie Pear Ranunculus ficaria - Lesser celandine Rhamnus cathartica - Common buckthorn Rosa multiflora - Multiflora rose Rosa rugosa - Beach Rosa Rubus phoenicolasius - Wineberry Wisteria floribunda - Japanese Wisteria Beneficial Herbaceous plants /Shrubs Achillea millefolium - Common Yarrow Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Milkweed Chelone glabra - White Turtlehead Clethra alnifolia - Sweet Pepperbush Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower Eutrochium maculatum - Spotted Joe Pye Weed Hydrangea quercifolia - Oakleaf hydrangea Itea virginica - Sweetspire Liatris spicata - Dense Gayfeather Lilium superbum - Turk's-Cap Lily Lobelia siphilitica - Great Blue Lobelia Monarda fistulosa - Oswego-Tea Monarda didyma - Scarlet Beebalm Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass Phlox divaricata - Wild Blue Phlox Rhododendron catawbiense - Catawba Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum - Rosebay Rhododendron Rhododendron viscosum - Swamp Azalea Rudbeckia hirta - Black-Eyed-Susan Schizachyrium scoparium - Little bluestem Solidago nemoralis - Gray Goldenrod Symphyotrichum novae-angliae - New England American-Aster Symphyotrichum patens - Late Purple American-Aster Viburnum densiflora - Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum acerifolium - Mapleleaf Viburnum
Grasses Carex argyrantha - Silvery Sedge Carex swanii - Swan’s Sedge Carex squarrosa - Squarrose Sedge Elymus hystrix - Bottlebrush Grass Eragrostis spectabilis - Purple Lovegrass Schizachyrium scoparium - Little False Bluestem Tripsacum dactyloides - Eastern Mock Grama
Native Trees Amelanchier canadensis - Serviceberry (Small flowering tree) Tsuga canadensis - Canadian Hemlock - (mid sized evergreen) Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud (Small flowering tree) Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood (Small flowering tree) Pinus rigida- Pitch Pine Pinus strobus - White Pine (Quick growing evergreen) Ilex opaca - American Holly Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red-Cedar Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum (Large shade tree) Nyssa sylvatica - Blackgum (Large shade tree) Sassafras albidum – Sassafras (Medium shade tree) Quercus alba - White Oak (Large shade tree) Quercus rubra - Red Oak (Large shade tree) Quercus montana - Chestnut Oak (Large shade tree)