Other plant types: Fern/Fern Ally | Grass/Grasslike | Groundcover | Herbaceous Emergent | Shrub | Tree | Vine
| Soil Moisture: | Sunlight: | Flower Color (simplified, all shades): | ||
| W = wet | Su = full sun | B = brown | R = red | O = orange |
| M = moist | PS = part shade | W = white | P = pink | G = green |
| D = dry | Sh = full shade | Y = yellow | Pu = purple | Bl = blue |
| * denotes evergreen or semi-evergreen foliage | ||||
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Height | Color | Bloom |
| Aquilegia canadensis | eastern or wild columbine |
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2' | R-Y | Apr-May | |
| Aralia racemosa | spikenard |
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to 6' | W | July | |||
| Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-in-the-pulpit |
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1' | striped | Apr-Jun | ||
| Asclepias incarnata | swamp milkweed |
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4' | P | May-Jun | |||
| Asclepias syriaca | common milkweed |
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6' | Pu | Jun-Aug | ||||
| Asclepias tuberosa | butterflyweed |
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3' | O | May-Jun | ||
| Aster divaricatus | white wood aster |
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1-3' | W | Jul-Aug | ||
| Aster ericoides | heath aster |
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1-3.5' | W | Jul-Nov | ||
| Aster laevis | smooth blue aster |
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2-5' | Bl, Pu | Aug-Oct | ||||
| Aster novae-angliae | New England aster |
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to 6' | Pu | Sep-Oct | ||
| Aster pilosus | white heath aster |
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3.5' | W | Aug-Oct | |||
| Baptisia australis | blue false indigo |
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3-5' | Bl, Pu | May-Jun | ||
| Baptisia tinctoria | wild indigo |
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3' | Y | Jun-Sep | ||||
| Caltha palustris | marsh marigold |
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1-2' | Y | Apr-Jun | |||
| Chelone glabra | white turtlehead |
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3' | W | Aug-Oct | |||
| Chrysogonum virginianum | green-and-gold |
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<1' | Y | Mar-Jun | |||
| Cimicifuga racemosa | black snakeroot |
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5' | W | Jun-Jul | ||||
| Claytonia virginica | narrowleaf spring beauty |
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<1' | W, P | Mar-May | ||||
| Dentaria laciniata | toothwort |
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1' | W, Pu | Apr-Jun | ||||
| Desmodium paniculatum | panicled tick-trefoil |
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2-4' | Pu | Jul-Sep | |||
| Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's breeches |
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<1' | W | Apr-May | ||||
| Dicentra eximia | wild bleeding heart |
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1.5' | P, W | Apr-Sep | ||||
| Dodecatheon meadia | shooting star |
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1.5' | W-Y | Apr-Jun | |||
| Erythronium americanum | trout lily |
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1' | Y | Mar-Jun | ||
| Eupatorium fistulosum | Joe-Pye weed |
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1.5-6' | P | Jul-Sep | |||
| Eupatorium maculatum | spotted Joe-Pye weed |
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2-6' | P | Jul-Sep | |||
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | common boneset |
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3.5' | W | Jul-Oct | ||
| Eupatorium purpureum | green-stemmed Joe-Pye weed |
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2-6' | P | Jul-Sep | |||
| Eupatorium rugosum | white snakeroot |
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3.5' | W | Jun-Aug | |||
| Geranium maculatum | wild geranium |
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2' | P, Pu | Apr-Jul | |||
| Helenium autumnale | yellow sneezeweed |
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1.5-3' | Y | Aug-Nov | ||
| Helianthus divaricatus | woodland sunflower |
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1.5-6' | Y | Jul-Sep | ||||
| Hepatica americana | round-lobed hepatica |
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<1' | W | Mar-Jun | ||
| Heuchera americana | alumroot |
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1.5' | W * | Apr-Jun | ||
| Heuchera villosa | Hairy Heuchera |
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0.5-2.5' | W-G | Jul-Oct | ||
| Houstonia caerulea | bluet, innocence |
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<1' | Bl, W | Apr-Jun | |||
| Lilium canadense | Canada lily |
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1.5-4.5' | O | Jun-Aug | ||
| Lilium superbum | Turk's cap lily |
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4-7' | Y, O, R | Jul-Aug | ||
| Lobelia cardinalis | cardinal flower |
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3' | R | Jul-Sep | ||
| Lobelia siphilitica | great blue lobelia |
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3' | Bl | Aug-Oct | |
| Meehania cordata | Meehan’s mint |
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<1’ | P, Pu | June | |||
| Mertensia virginica | Virginia bluebells |
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1' | Bl | Mar-Apr | |||
| Monarda didyma | beebalm, Oswego tea |
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2-4' | R | Jul-Sep | |||
| Monarda fistulosa | wild bergamot |
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1.5-5 | P, Pu | Jul-Aug | ||
| Monarda punctata | horsemint |
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0.5-3' | Y-Pu | Jun-Oct | ||||
| Oenothera fruticosa | narrow-leaved sundrops |
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2' | Y | Jun-Sep | |||
| Oenothera perennis | sundrops |
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1-3' | Y | May-Aug | ||||
| Opuntia humifusa (O. compressa) | eastern prickly-pear cactus |
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<1' | Y | Jun-Jul | ||||
| Penstemon digitalis | beardtongue |
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2' | W | Jun-Jul | ||
| Penstemon laevigatus | smooth beardtongue |
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1-3' | Pu | May-Jun | ||
| Phlox divaricata | woodland blue phlox |
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1.5' | Bl | Apr-May | |||
| Phlox stolonifera | creeping phlox |
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1' | Bl * | Apr-Jun | ||||
| Phlox subulata | moss phlox |
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<1' | P, W * | Apr-May | ||||
| Physostegia virginiana | obedient plant, false dragonhead |
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3' | P, Pu | Aug-Sep | |||
| Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple |
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1' | W | Apr-May | |||
| Polemonium reptans | Jacob's ladder |
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0.5-1.5' | Bl | Apr-Jun | |||
| Polygonatum biflorum | Solomon's seal |
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0.5-2' | W | May-Jun | ||
| Porteranthus trifoliatus (Gillenia trifoliatus) | Bowman's root |
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1.5-3' | W | May-Jul | |||
| Pycnanthemum incanum | hoary mountain mint |
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3' | P, Pu | Jul-Aug | ||||
| Rudbeckia hirta | black-eyed Susan |
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2' | Y | Jun-Oct | ||
| Rudbeckia laciniata | tall or green-headed coneflower |
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1.5-9' | Y | Jul-Sep | |||
| Rudbeckia triloba | three-lobed coneflower |
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1.5-4.5' | Y | Jun-Oct | |||
| Sanguinaria canadensis | bloodroot |
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<1' | W | Mar-May | ||||
| Saxifraga virginiensis | early saxifrage |
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1' | W | Mar-May | |
| Senecio aureus | golden ragwort |
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0.5-2.5' | Y | Apr-Aug | |
| Senna marilandica (Cassia marilandica) | Maryland wild senna |
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3-4' | Y | Jul-Aug | ||||
| Silene caroliniana | wild pink |
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0.5' | W, P * | Apr-May | ||
| Silene stellata | starry campion |
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1-2' | W | Jul-Sep | ||
| Sisyrinchium graminoides | blue-eyed grass |
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0.5-1.5' | Bl | Apr-Jun | ||
| Smilacina racemosa | false Solomon's seal |
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2.5' | W | May-Jul | |||
| Solidago caesia | blue-stemmed goldenrod |
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1-3' | Y | Aug-Oct | ||
| Solidago juncea | early goldenrod |
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1-4' | Y | Jun-Oct | |||
| Solidago nemoralis | gray goldenrod |
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0.5-3' | Y | Jul-Nov | |||
| Solidago rugosa | wrinkle leaf goldenrod |
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1-6' | Y | Aug-Oct | |||
| Solidago speciosa | showy goldenrod |
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2-6' | Y | Jul-Oct | ||
| Symplocarpus foetidus | skunk cabbage |
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1-3' | Mar-Apr | |||||
| Thalictrum dioicum | early meadow rue |
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2' | G, Pu | Apr-May | ||||
| Tiarella cordifolia | foamflower |
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1' | W | Apr-Jul | ||
| Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia spiderwort |
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2-3' | Bl, Pu | Apr-Jun | ||
| Trillium erectum | wakerobin |
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1.5' | Pu to W | Apr-Jun | ||||
| Trillium grandiflorum | white trillium |
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1' | W | Apr-Jun | ||||
| Verbena hastata | blue vervain |
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4' | Bl, Pu | Jun-Oct | ||
| Vernonia noveboracensis | New York ironweed |
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4-8' | Pu | Aug-Oct | ||||
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's root |
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3-5' | W | Jun-Sep | |
| Viola pedata | bird's foot violet |
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<1' | Pu | Mar-Jun | |||
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