NATIVE PLANT LIST Please note this list is not all inclusive For use in Sudbury, Middlesex County TREES
Trees Deciduous Trees Evergreen Abies balsamea - Balsam fir Acer negundo - Box elder Chamaecyparis thyoides - White cedar Acer pensylvanicum - Striped maple Ipex opaca - American holly Acer rubrum - Red maple Juniperus virginiana - Eastern red cedar Acer saccharinum - Silver maple Juniperus communis - Pasture juniper Acer saccharum - Sugar maple Picea mariana - Black Spruce Acer spicatum - Mountain maple Pinus banksiana - Jack Pine Amelanchier canadensis – Shadblow serviceberry, Pinus rigida - Pitch pine Juneberry Pinus strobus - Eastern white pine Betula alleghaniensis - Yellow birch Tsuga Canadensis - Eastern Hemlock Betula lenta - Cherry birch Thuja occidentalis - Eastern arborvitae Betula nigra - River birch Betula papyrifera - Paper birch Betula populifolia - Gray birch Carpinus caroliniana - Blue beech, Hornbeam, Musclewood Carya cordiformis – Bitternut, Swamp hickory Carya ovata - Shagbark hickory Cercis Canadensis - Eastern redbud Cornus florida - Flowering dogwood Crataegus crus-gali - Cockspur hawthorn Crataugus virdis - Green hawthorn Fagus grandifolia var. grandifolia - Beech Fraxinus americana - White ash Fraxinus nigra - Black ash Fraxinus pensylvanica - Green ash Larix laricina - Tamarack, American larch Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Tree/tulip poplar Magnolia virginiana - Sweetbay magnolia Nyssa sylvatica - Black gum, Tupelo Ostrya virginiana - Ironwood, Hophornbeam Platanus occidentalis - Sycamore, Plane-tree Populus deltoids - Eastern Cottonwood Populus grandidentata - Large-toothed aspen Populus tremuloides - Quaking aspen Prunus nigra - Canada plum Prunus pensylvanica - Fire or Pin cherry Prunus serotina - Black cherry Ptela trifoliata - Hoptree Quercus alba - White oak Quercus bicolor - Swamp white oak Quercus coccinea - Scarlet oak Quercus palustris - Pin oak Quercus rubra - Red oak Quercus velutina - Black oak Salix nigra - Black willow Sassafras albidum - Sassafras Sorbus americana – Mountain ash Tilia americana - American linden, Basswood Ulmus americana - American elm Ulmus rubra - Red elm, Slippery elm SHRUBS
Shrubs Deciduous Alnus incana - Speckled alder, mountain alder Alnus serrulata - Smooth alder Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus - Red raspberry Aronia melanocarpa - Black chokeberry Rubus occidentalis - Black raspberry Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea, Red root Rubus parviflorus - Thimbleberry Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush Rubus odoratus - Flowering raspberry Clethra alnifolia – Summersweet, Sweet pepperbush Salix bebbiana - Bebb willow, long-beaked willow Comptonia peregrine - Sweet Fern Salix discolor - Pussy willow Cornus alternifolia - Pogoda dogwood, alternate-leaved Salix exigua - Sand Bar Willow dogwood Sambucus canadensis - Elderberry, Common elder Cornus amomum ssp. obliqua - Swamp dogwood, Silky Sambucus racemosa var. pubens - Scarlet elderberry, red- dogwood berried elder Cornus racemosa - Gray dogwood Spirea latifolia - Meadowsweet Cornus sericea - Red Osier Dogwood Spiraea tomentosa - Steeplebush, Hardhack Corylus americana - American hazelnut or Filbert Vaccinium angustifolium - Low-bush blueberry Corylus cornuta - Beaked hazelnut Vaccinium corymbosum - Highbush blueberry Diervilla lonicera - Bush honeysuckle Vaccinium macrocarpon, American cranberry Gaylussaica baccata - Black huckleberry Viburnum acerifolium - Maple leaf viburnum Hamamelis virginiana - Witch hazel Viburnum cassinoides, Witherod Viburnum Hydrangea arborescens - Smooth hydrangea Viburnum dentatum, Arrowwood Viburnum/ Northern Ilex verticillata - Winterberry, Black alder Arrowwood Lindera benzoin - Spicebush Viburnum lentago - Nannyberry Lonicera dioica - Limber or wild honeysuckle Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides - Wild raisin Lyonia ligustrina - Male-berry, Male-blueberry Viburnum trilobum - American Cranberrybush Myrica pennsylvanica- Northern Bayberry Physocarpus opulifolius - Eastern ninebark Prunus maritima - Beach plum Prunus virginiana - Chokecherry Shrubs Evergreen Nemmopanthus micronatus - Mountain Holly Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - Bearberry, Kinnikinnik Rhododendron canadense – Rhodora, Canada rosebay Chamaedaphne calyculata - Leatherleaf Rhododendron Rosa palustris - Swamp Rose Epigaea repens - Trailing arbutus Rhododendron periclymeniodes - Pinxterbloom azalea Gaultheria hispidula - Creeping snowberry Rhododendron viscosum - Swamp azalea Ilex glabra - Inkberry Rhus aromatic - Fragrant sumac Juniperus communis - Common juniper Rhus copallinum - Dwarf or winged sumac Kalmia angustifolia - Sheep laurel, Lambkill kalmia Rhus glabra - Smooth sumac Kalmia latifolia - Mountain laurel Rhus hirta or typhina- Staghorn sumac Rhododendron maximum - Great Laurel/ Rosebay Ribes cynosbati - Prickly gooseberry, Dogberry Taxus canadensis - Canada yew Rosa blanda - Early wild rose, Smooth rose Juniperus horizontalis - Creeping juniper Rosa carolina - Carolina rose Rosa virginiana - Virginia rose
HERBACEOUS Eragrostis spectabilis - Purple lovegrass, Tumblegrass Hierochloe odorata - Sweet grass Alisma plantago-aquatica- Water Plantain Juncus effusus var. solutus - Soft rush Andromeda polifolia - Bog Rosemary Leersia oryzoides - Rice cut grass Caltha palutris - Marsh Marigold Muhlenbergia schreberi - Nimble Will Carex comosa - Bearded sedge Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass Carex lucustris - Lake Sedge Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem Carex lupulina - Hop Sedge Scirpus acutus - Hardstem Bulrush Carex vulpinoides - Fox Sedge Scirpus atrovirens - Dark green bulrush Cinna arundinacea - Stout Wood-Redgrass Scirpus cyperinus - Wool grass Dulichium arundinaceum - Three-Way Sedge Scirpus tabernaemontani - Great bulrush Epigaea repens - Mayflower/Trailing Arbutus Sorghastrum nutans - Indian grass Gaultheria procumbens - Spartina pectinata - Prairie cordgrass, Freshwater Wintergreen/Teaberry/Checkerberry cordgrass Glyceria Canadensis - Fowl Manna Grass Calamagrostis canadensis - Bluejoint grass Juncus Canadensis - Canada Rush Typha latifolia - Cattail Mimulus rigens - Monkey Flower
Nymphea odorata - White Water Lily Ferns Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper/ Woodbine Adiantum pedatum - Northern maidenhair fern Poa palustris - Fowl Bluegrass Athyrium filix-femina - Lady fern Polugonum amphibium - Water Smartweed Botrychium virginianum - Rattlesnake fern Polugonum biflorum - Solomon’s Seal Cystopteris bulbifera - Bladder fern Pontederia cordata - Pickerel Weed Dennstaedtia punctilobula - Hay-scented fern Potamogeton epihydrus - Ribbon-leaf Pondweed Dryopteris intermedia – Intermediate wood fern Potamogeton nodosus - Long-leaf Pondweed Dryopteris marginalia - Marginal wood fern Sagittaria latifolia - Northern Arrowhead/Duck Potato Gymnocarpium dryopteris - Oak fern Scirpus fluviatilis - River Bulrush Matteuccia struthiopteris - Ostrich fern Scirpus pungens - Common Three-square Osmunda cinnamomea - Cinnamon fern Scirpus robustus - Saltmarsh Bulrush Osmunda claytoniana - Interrupted fern Scirpus validus - Soft-stem Bulrush Osmunda regalia - Royal fern Sparganium americanum - Bureed Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive fern, bead fern Symplocarpus foetidus - Skunk Cabbage Phegopteris hexagonoptera - Broad beech fern Thelypteris palustris - Marsh Fern Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas fern Typha angustifolia - Narrow-leaved Cattail Thelypteris noveboracensis - New York fern, tapering Vallisneria Americana - Wild Celery fern Thelypteris palustris - Massachusetts fern Grasses/Grasslike Plants Woodwardia areolata - netted chain fern Woodwardia virginica - Virginia chain fern Agrostis scabra - Ticklegrass, Fly-away grass
Andropogon gerardii - Big bluestem
Bromus pubescens - Woodland or Canada brome Forbes - Perennial Carex crinita - Fringed sedge Carex echinata – Star Sedge Actaea pachypoda - White baneberry Carex intumescens - Bladder sedge Acorus calamus - Sweet flag, Calamus Carex lurida - Shallow sedge Ageratina altissima var. altissima - White snakeroot Carex pensylvanica - Pennsylvania sedge Allium canadense - Wild garlic Carex plantaginea - Plantain-leaved sedge Allium tricoccum - Wild leek Carex scoparia – Broom sedge Anaphalis margaritacea - Pearly everlasting Carex stipata - Awl-fruited sedge Anemone canadensis - Canada anemone, Windflower Carex stricta -Tussock sedge Anemone cylindrica - Thimbleweed, Candle anemone Carex utriculata - Beaked sedge Anemone virginiana - Thimbleweed, Tall anemone Danthonia spicata - Poverty grass Antennaria spp. - Pussytoes, Everlasting Deschampsia cespitosa - Tufted hairgrass Apocynum androsaemifolium - Spreading dogbane Eleocharis palustris - Creeping spikesedge, spike rush Aquilegia canadensis - Columbine Elymus canadensis - Canada wild rye Arisaema triphyllum - Jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip Elymus hystrix var. hystrix - Bottlebrush grass Asarum canadense -Wild ginger Asclepias amplexicaulis - Milkweed balm Asclepias incarnata - Swamp milkweed Nuphar lutea - Yellow pond lily, cow lily, spatter dock Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly weed Osmorhiza longistylis - Sweet cicely, Sweet jarvil Asclepias syriaca - Common milkweed Peltandra virginica - Arrow arum Aster divaricatus - White wood aster Pentaphylloides floribunda - Potentilla, Shrubby Aster dumosus - Bushy aster cinquefoil Aster ericoides - Heath aster, White wreath aster Potentilla argute - White cinquefoil, Prairie cinquefoil, Aster laevis - Smooth aster Tall cinquefoil Aster pilosus - Frost aster) Potentilla simplex - Common cinquefoil Aster novae-angliae - New England aster Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - Slender mountain mint Aster puniceus - Red-stem aster, Swamp aster Pycnanthemum virginianum - Mountain mint Baptisia tinctoria - Wild indigo Pyrola elliptica - Shinleaf Caltha palustris - Marsh marigold, Cowslip Rhexia virginica - Meadow beauty Campanula rotundifolia - Harebell Rudbeckia laciniata - Cut-leaf coneflower Cardamine diphylla - Two-leaved toothwort Sanguinaria candensis - Bloodroot Caulophyllum thalictroides - Blue cohosh Senecio aureus - Golden ragwort Chelone glabra - Turtlehead Sibbaldiopsis tridentata - Three-toothed cinquefoil Claytonia caroliniana - Broad-leaved spring beauty Sisyrinchium angustifolium - Narrow-leaved blue-eyed Clintonia borealis - Clintonia, Blue-bead lily grass Coptis trifolia ssp. groenlandica - Goldthread Sisyrinchium atlanticum - Eastern blue-eyed grass Cornus canadensis - Bunchberry Solidago caesia - Blue-stemmed goldenrod, Wreath Desmodium canadense - Canada tick-trefoil, Canada goldenrod tickclover Solidago canadensis - Meadow goldenrod Dicentra cucullaria - Dutchman's breeches Solidago juncea - Early goldenrod, Plume goldenrod Epilobium angustifolium - Fireweed, Willow herb Solidago nemoralis - Gray goldenrod, Old-field Erythronium americanum - Eastern trout lily, Yellow goldenrod trout lily Solidago rugosa - Rough-leaved goldenrod Eupatorium fistulosum - Joe-pye weed Solidago ulmifolia - Elm-leaved goldenrod Eupatorium maculatum - Spotted Joe-pye weed Streptopus roseus - Rosy twisted stalk Eupatorium perfoliatum - Boneset Thalictrum dioicum - Early meadow rue Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia - Grass-leaved Thalictrum pubescens - Tall meadow rue goldenrod Tiarella cordifolia - Foam flower Euthamia tenuifolia – Slender goldentop Trientalis borealis ssp. borealis – Starflower Fragaria virginiana - Wild strawberry Trillium cernuum - Nodding trillium Galium triflorum - Sweet-scented bedstraw Trillium erectum - Wakerobin, Purple trillium Gentiana clausa - Bottle gentian Trillium undulatum - Painted trillium Geranium maculatum - Wild geranium, Cranesbill Uvularia sessilifolia - Wildoats, Merrybells Geum rivale - Purple avens, Water avens Verbena hastata - Blue verbena, Blue vervain Helianthus divaricatus – Rough woodland sunflower Viola conspersa - American dog violet Helianthus strumosus – Pale-leaf woodland sunflower Viola cucullata - Blue marsh violet Houstonia caerulea - Bluets Viola pedata - Bird-foot violet Hypoxis hirsuta - Yellow star grass Viola pubescens - Downy or smooth yellow violet Iris versicolor - Blue flag Viola lanceolate – Bog white violet Lespedeza capitata - Roundheaded bush clover Viola primulifolia - Primrose-leaved violet Lilium canadense - Wild yellow lily, Canada lily Viola sagittata – Arrowleaf violet Lilium philadelphicum - Wood lily Viola sororia - Common blue violet, Meadow violet Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal flower Zizia aurea - Golden alexanders Lobelia siphilitica - Great blue lobelia Lysimachia ciliata - Fringed loosestrife Maianthemum canadense - Wild lily-of-the-valley, Canada mayflower Forbes - Annuals/Biennials Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum - False Corydalis sempervirens - Pale corydalis Solomon's seal, false spikenard Gentianopsis crinita - Fringed gentian Maianthemum stellatum - Starry Solomon's seal Lobelia spicata - Pale lobelia Mitchella repens - Partridge berry Oenothera biennis - Common evening primrose Monarda fistulosa - Wild bergamot, Horsemint, Bee Vines Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis - Purple clematis Clematis virginiana - Virgin's bower Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper, Woodbine Vitis aestivalis - Summer grape Vitis labrusca - Fox grape Vitis riparia - Riverbank grape