Plant List

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1	Plant Type	Common Name	Scientific Name	PA Native	North American Native	Features	Growth	Benefits	Hosts	Status
2	Shrub	Northern Bayberry	Myrica Pensylvanica	Yes	Yes	grey berries late-summer-fall	tolerates poor soil height 6', width 3'	Berries are a food source for birds	Columbia Silk Moth	Out
3	Shrub	Ninebark	Physocarpus opulifolius	Yes	Yes	white flower clumps early summer	grows in most soils height 9', width 3'	valuable to pollinators Fruit is food for songbirds	Various moths	Available
4	Shrub	Black Currant	Ribes Americanum	Yes	Yes	yellow flower clusters in spring	height 5', width 4'	pollinators use flowers small mammals eat berries human edible berries		Available
5	Shrub	Button Bush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Yes	Yes	white round flowers in summer	tolerates wide range of soils, but thrives in moist height 8', width 5'	valuable to pollinators Sead is food for birds Used by Mallards for Nesting	Hydrangea Sphinx Royal Walnut Moth Tital Sphinx	Available
6	Shrub	Silky Dogwood	Cornus obliqua	Yes	Yes	White flower clusters in spring blue berries in late summer	tolerates a wide range of soils sun - shade small tree	valuable to pollinators Berries are food source for birds and small mammals	Spring Azure, Summer Azure Butterfly	Available
7	Shrub	Gray Dogwood	Cornus racemosa	Yes	Yes	White flower clusters in spring white berries in late summer	tolerates a wide range of soils sun - shade small tree	valuable to pollinators Berries are food source for birds and small mammals	Summer Azure	Out
8	Shrub	Arrowwood Viburnum	Viburnum dentatum	Yes	Yes	White flower clusters in spring blue berries in late summer	tolerates a wide range of soils sun - shade h = 6', w = 4'	Valuable to pollinators Berries are food source for birds and small mammals	Baltimore Checkerspot, Summer AzureButterfly	Available
9	Shrub	Nannyberry Vibernum	Viburum lentango	Yes	Yes	White flower clusters in spring black berries in late summer	tolerates wide range of soils and sun exposure h = 7 - 12', w = 5 -12'	Valuable to pollinators Berries are food source for birds and small mammals	Summer Azure	Out
10	Shrub	American Hazelnut	Corylus americana	Yes	Yes	Edible nuts	tolerations a wide range of soils sun - shade h = 10', w = 5'	Nuts are food source for birds and mammals		Available
11	Shrub	Downy Serviceberry	Amelanchier Canadensis	Yes	Yes	white flowers early spring edible berries early summer Deer Resistant	tolerates a wide range of soils h - 20', w - 5 '	Berries are food source for birds and mammals (esp. Cedar Waxwing)		Available
12	Shrub	Allegheny Serviceberry	Amelanchier laevis	Yes	Yes	white flowers early spring edible berries early summer Deer Resistant	tolerates a wide range of soils h - 20', w - 5 '	Berries are food source for birds and mammals (esp. Cedar Waxwing)		Available
13	Shrub	Elderberry	Sambucus Canadensus	Yes	Yes	white flower clusters in spring purple edible berries in late summer	tolerates a wide range of soils h - 12', w - 10'	valuable to pollinators Berries are food source for birds and small mammals		Available
14	Shrub	American Highbush Cranberry	Vibernum Trilobum	Yes	Yes	White flowers early spring edible tart red berries early fall	full sun to part shade tolerates wet to dry soil h - 13', w - 4-'	valuable to pollinators Berries are food source for birds and small mammals		Available
15	Shrub	Black Chokeberry	Aronia melanocarpa	Yes	Yes	White flowers early spring edible tart black berries early fall	tolerates a wide range of soil sun - part shade h - 9', w - 8'	valuable to pollinators Berries are food source for birds and small mammals		Available
16	Shrub	Winterberry	Ilex vericillata	Yes	Yes	small white in early summer red berries throughout winter	Must have both male and female for berries sun/partial shade, wet or dry soil.	Berries are food source for birds especially the American Robin		Out
17	Shrub	Spice bush	Lindera benzion	Yes	Yes	small yellow clusters in early spring Red berries mid-late summer Aromatic stems and leaves	sun - shade height 8', width 5'	Host plant for catepillars Berries are food source for over 20 species of birds	Spicebush Swallowtail Promethia Silkmoth Cyntia Moth Eastern tiger Swallowtail Imperial Moth Tulip Tree beauty	Available
18	Shrub	Highbush Blueberry	Vaccinium corymbosum	Yes	Yes	edible berries	sun height 6', width 6'	berries are food source for birds and mammals		Out
19	Shrub	Lowbush Blueberry	Vaccinium angustifolium	Yes	Yes	edible berries	Sun- 2'	berries are food source for birds and mammals		Out
20	Shrub	Wild Plum	Prunus Americana	Yes	Yes	edible fruit, white spring flowers	sun height 10', width 10'	fruit is food source for birds and mammals	Host plant for several butterflys and numerous moths	Available
21	Shrub	American Pussywillow	Salix discolor	Yes	Yes	show flowers in early spring	sun tolerant of most soils height 20', width 20'		Viceroy butterfly Mourning Cloak moth	Available
22	Shrub	Adam's Needle	Yucca filamentosa	Yes	Yes	White Flowers, evergreen foliage	Sun, soil hardy, up to 6' high			Available
23	Shrub	Black huckleberry	Gaylussacia baccata	Yes	Yes	Black edible berry	Sun / Part Shade, up to 5' tall	Fruit is food source for birds and mammals	Brown elfin, Gordian sphinx, Henry's elfin, Huckleberry sphinx	Out
24	Shrub	Mountain winterberry	Ilex montana	Yes	Yes	Red berry in late fall/winter	Sun / Shade, up to 30' tall			Out
25	Shrub	Choke cherry	Prunus virginiana	Yes	Yes	White flower clusters in spring, dark bitter berries	Sun, up to 30' tall and 24' wide	Fruit is food source for birds and mammals		Out
26	Shrub	American witch hazel	Hamamelis virginiana	Yes	Yes	Yellow flowers in fall	Sun / Shade, up to 20' tall			Out
27	Shrub	Coralberry	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	Yes	Yes	Red berries persisting into winter	Shade tolerant/ dense thicket forming	Fruit is avian food source in winter		Available
28	Shrub	Snowberry	Symphoricarpos albus	Yes	Yes	White berries persisting into winter	Shade tolerant/ short thicket forming shrub	Fruit is avian food source in winter	Vashtin sphinx	Available
29	Vine	Trumpet Honeysuckle	Lonicera sempervirens	Yes	Yes	Red nectary flowers	Sun	Attracts nectar seeking organisms		Out
30	Vine	American wysteria	Wisteria frutescens	Yes	Yes	Purple flowers	Sun	Attracts butterflies		Available
31	Vine	Riverbank Grape	Vitis riparia	Yes	Yea	Edible fruit	Sun / Shade	Provides food for birds		Out
32	Tree	Common Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Yes	Yes	Tree	Sun / Shade	Fruit is food source for birds and mammals		Available
33	Tree	River Birch	Betula Nigra	Yes	Yes	showy, scaly bark Deer Resistant	sun - shade height 50', width 20'	Bark is winter home for insects	Mourning Cloak Butterfly Dreamy Dusky Wing Butterfly	Out
34	Tree	Eastern Redbud	Cercis Canadensis	Yes	Yes	showy early spring pink flowers Deer Resistant	sun - shade 30' - 15'		Redbud Leaffolder Henry's Elfin	Available
35	Tree	American Sycamore	Platanus Occidentalis	Yes	Yes	Marbled Bark Deer Resistant	sun - shade, wet - dry large tree	Large trees form cavities for birds and mammals	Sycamore tussock moth	Available
36	Tree	Red Maple	Acer rubrum	Yes	Yes	Red fall foliage	sun adaptable to most soils h - 100'	attracts birds	inchworms Rosy Maple Moth	Available
37	Tree	Sugar Maple	Acer sachharum	Yes	Yes	Fall foliage	sun adaptable to soils h - 100'	attracts birds	Rosy Maple Moth inchworms	Available
38	Tree	Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum	Yes	Yes	Rapid Growth Fall foliage	sun adaptable to soils h - 100'	attracts birds	Cecropia silkmoth	Available
39	Tree	Red Oak	Quercus rubra	Yes	Yes	Mast crop	Shade tolerant	Nuts feed everything	Hundreds of insect species	Out
40	Tree	White swamp oak	Quercus bicolor	Yes	Yes	Mast crop	Shade tolerant	Nuts feed everything	Hundreds of insect species	Available
41	Tree	White oak	Quercus alba	Yes	Yes	Mast crop	Shade tolerant	Nuts feed everything	Hundreds of insect species	Out
42	Tree	Burr Oak	Quercus Macrocarpa	Yes	Yes	Fall foliage acorns	sun/shade rich soil h - 100'	attracts birds and small mammals	red oak hosts hundreds of insects throughout their life stages	Out
43	Tree	Black gum	Nyssa sylvayica	Yes	Yes	Fruit for birds / fall foliage	Part to full sun	Feeds birds		Available
44	Tree	Paw Paw	Asimina Triloba	Yes	Yes	Edible fruit deer resistant	sun/shade rich soil h - 35'	mammals eat fruit	Zebra Swallowtail	Available
45	Tree	American Sweet Crabapple	Malus coronaria	Yes	Yes	white - pink blossoms in spring edible but bitter fruit	sun adaptble to soils h - 25'	birds eat fruit	important for early pollinators	Available
46	Tree	White Spruce	Piceau glauca	Yes	Yes	Evergreen	Sun - part shade	Valuable nesting site	Columbia silkmoth	Available
47	Tree	Tulip Tree	Liriodendron tulipifera	Yes	Yes	Tulip shaped blossoms, golden fall foliage	60 - 90'		Eastern tiger swallowtail	Available
48	Perrenial	New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Yes	Yes	purple flowers in late summer/early fall	part shade - sun moist soil	important to pollinators	Pearl Crescent Checkerspot butterflies	Available
49	Perrenial	Obedient	Physostegia virginiana	Yes	Yes	purple flowers in summer - fall Deer resistant	part shade - sun up to 5'	important to pollinators and hummingbirds		Available
50	Perrenial	Black Eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	Yes	Yes	yellow flowers spring - summer Deer resistent	sun up to 3'	important to pollinators	Gorgone Checkerspot Bordered Patch	Available
51	Perrenial	Evening Primrose	Oenethera biennis	Yes	Yes	yellow flowers in summer	sun - shade up to 3' sandy or rocky soil	attracts birds		Out
52	Perrenial	Joe Pye Weed	Eutrochium purpureum	Yes	Yes	purple flowers in late summer	sun 5 - 7'	attracts pollinators		Available
53	Perrenial	Common Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale	Yes	Yes	yellow flowers in summer - fall Deer resistant	sun 3 - 5'	attracts pollinators		Available
54	Perenial	Celandine Poppy	Stylophorum diphyllum	No	Yes	yellow flowers - Apr - June Deer Resistant	part shade - shade likes moisture	attracts pollinators chipmunks feed on seeds		Available
55	Perrenial	Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias Incarnata	Yes	Yes	pink flower (June - Aug)	sun - part shade up to 5'	attracts pollinators and hummingbirds	Monarch	Available
56	Perrenial	Commom Milkweed	Asclepias Syriaca	Yes	Yes	purple flower (June - Aug)	sun up to 5'	attracts pollinators and hummingbirds	Monarch	Available
57	Perrenial	Butterfly Weed	Asclepias tuberosa	Yes	Yes	Orange flower in summer	sun up to 2'	attracts pollinators and hummingbirds	Monarch	Available
58	Perrenial	Henry Eiler Rubeckia	Rudbeckia subtomentosa	No	Yes	yellow daisy-like flowers throughout summer	sun - part shade up to 5'	attracts pollinators		Available
59	Perenial	Outhouse Flower	rudbeckia laciniata	No	Yes	yellow flowers July - Sept Deer resistant	Sun 5'	attracts pollinators		Available
60	Perenial	Anemone	Anemone Canadensis	Yes	Yes	white flowers in May - June ground cover	part shade - shade 24"	attracts predatory insects		Available
61	Perenial	Virginia Bluebells	Mertensia Virginica	Yes	Yes	blue flowers in April - June	part shade - shade 24"	attracts pollinators		Available
62	Perenial	Golden Ragwort	Packera aurea	Yes	Yes	Yellow flowers April - Aug	sun - shade 24"	attracts pollinators		Available
63	Perenial	Foxglove beardtongue	Penstemon digitalis	Yes	Yes	white - purple flowers May - July	Sun 24 - 36"	attracts pollinators		Available
64	Perenial	Scarlet Bee Balm	Monarda didyma	Yes	Yes	red flowers summer into fall	Sun - part shade 2 - 4' tall	attracts pollinators		Available
65	Perrenial	Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	Yes	Yes	Purple flowers in summer Deer resistant	sun up to 4'	attracts pollinators		Available
66	Perennial	Purple Coneflower	Echinacea Purpurea	Yes	Yes	Purple flowers throughout summer	sun - part shade up to 4'	attracts pollinators		Available
67	Perennial	False Sunflower/oxeye	Heliopsis helanthoides var. scabra	Yes	Yes	red tinted yellow flowers throughout summer	Sun - part shade up to 4'	attracts pollinators		Available
68	Perennial	White Avens	Geum canadense	Yes	Yes	small white flowers throughout summer	shade to part shade up to 4' (usually smaller)	attracts pollinators		Available
69	Perennial	Ohio Spiderwort	Tradescantia ohiensis	Yes	Yes	blue flowers througout spring and summer	Part Shade Dry Soils up to 3'	attracts pollinators		Available
70	Perennial	Lanceleaf Coreopsis	Coreopsis lanceolata	No	Yes	yellow flowers throughout summer	Sun - Shade Dry soils upt to 2'	attracts pollinators		Available
71	Perennial	mistflower	Conoclinium coelestinum	Yes	yes	blue flowers summer into fall	Sun - Part Shade Moist Sandy Soil up to 3' tall	attracts pollinators		Available
72	Perennial	Golden Alexander	Zizia aurea	Yes	Yes	small yellows flowers throughout summer	Sun - Part Shade Moist Soil up to 3' tall	attracts pollinators	swallowtail larva	Available
73	Perennial	Violet Wood Sorrel	Oxalis violacea	Yes	Yes	violet flowers through summer	Part Shade 16"	attracts birds		Available
74	Perennial	Wild Sweet William	Phlox divaricata	Yes	Yes	Spring blue flowers	Shade -part shade			Available
75	Perennial	Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	Yes	Yes					Available
76	Perennial	Meadowsweet	Spirea alba	Yes	Yes					Available
77	Perennial	Gaura	Oenothera gaura	Yes	Yes	White/pink flowers in summer	Up to 6'. Shade - part shade			Available
78	Perennial	Jacobs ladder	Polemonium reptans	Yes	Yes	Blue flowers late spring	18". Part shade			Available
79	Perennial	Spotted bee balm	Monarda punctata	Yes	Yes	Pink flowers spring to summer	Up to 3'. Sun tolerant of dry soil.			Available
80	Perennial	Culver root	Veronicastrum virginicum	Yes	Yes	White summer flowers	Up to 6'. Part shade- sun			Available
81	Perennial	Solomons seal	Polygonatum biflorum	Yes	Yes	White teardrop flowers in spring	18". Shade- part shade			Available
82	Perennial	Blue vervian	Verbana hastata	Yes	Yes	Blue flowers in summer	2' - 6'. Shade - sun			Available
83	Perennial	Blood Root	Sanguinaria canadensis	Yes	Yes	White flowers early spring	5 - 10", shade			Available
84	Perennial	Pale purple coneflower	Echinacea pallida	No	Yes	Purple flowers	15 - 30", sun			Available
85	Perennial	Golden tickseed	Coreopsis tinctoria	No	Yes	Yellow Flowers	15 - 40", sun			Available
86	Perennial	Blue wild indigo	Baptista australis	Yes	Yes	Blue Flowers Spring - Summer	Up to 40", sun		Wild Indigo Duskwing	Available
87	Perennial	Cutleaf cone flower	Rudbeckia laciniata	Yes	Yes	Large yellow flowers	Up to 6', sun - shade			Available
88	Perennial	Blue cardinal flower	Lobelia siphilitica	Yes	Yes	Blue flowers late summer	Up to 5', sun - shade			Available
89	Perennial	Narrow leaved cone flower	Echinacea angustifolia	No	Yes	Pinkish flowers	Up to 24", sun			Available
90	Perennial	Aromatic Aster	Symphyotrichum oblongifolium	Yes	Yes	Purple flowers late summer - fall	Up to 24", Sun - Part Shade		Pearl Crescent	Available
91	Perennial	Iron weed	Veronia noveburacensis	Yes	Yes	Purple late summer - fall	5-7', Sun			Available
92	Perennial	Yellow cone flower	Ratibida pinnata	Yes	Yes	Yellow, summer - fall	Up to 5', sun - part shade			Available
93		White vervain
94		Wild geranium
95	Grass	Indiangrass	Sorghastrum nutans	Yes	Yes		Sun - 2 to 7'			Available
96	Grass	Little bluestem	Schizachrium scoparium	Yes	Yes		Sun - 1 to 4'			Available
97	Grass	Switchgrass	Panicum virgatum	Yes	Yes		Sun - 3 to 7'
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